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  • Nutrition With a Get-Big Mission: Got the NAC?

    Oral forms of glutathione are useless because they degrade into the three amino acids that make up glutathione, essentially eliminating its...

    NutritionJerry BrainumMarch 7, 2009
  • Midlife-Muscle Supplement Guide

    Amino acids are the building blocks of muscle tissue, so it only makes sense that liberal use of a branched-chain-amino-acid supplement...

    Muscle GainSteve HolmanMarch 4, 2009
  • The Acid Factor

    From a dietary standpoint, muscle growth results when anabolic factors predominate over catabolic factors. Anabolic factors include a hormonal milieu favorable...

    NutritionJerry BrainumMarch 1, 2009
  • Compound Your Growth

    If you know something about muscle function, you realize that taking a couple of supplements together can help create exceptional anabolism—but...

    Muscle GainSteve HolmanFebruary 26, 2009
  • Dehydration

    The scientific literature on dehydration’s effect on anaerobic strength and power is contradictory. Some studies show a definite drop in strength...

    NutritionJerry BrainumFebruary 24, 2009
  • Scouting the Supplement Scene

    Despite the changes in serum hormones, no changes in body composition occurred; however, clinical safety markers were not adversely affected with...

    NutritionJose Antonio, Ph.D.February 21, 2009
  • Workout Stress Test

    When scientists look at factors associated with longer life span, stress is always one of them. In the brain, lifetime release...

    Muscle ScienceJerry BrainumFebruary 15, 2009
  • Dieting and Dating

    When you’re preparing for a show, you have to focus on the things that you have to do in order to...

    Burn FatDave GoodinFebruary 12, 2009
  • Steroids, Supplements and Liver Damage

    Breathless mass-media distortion leads much of the public to think that merely using anabolic steroids results in huge mass and extraordinary...

    NutritionJerry BrainumFebruary 9, 2009
  • Anabolic Yogurt?

    Research suggests that calcium and vitamin D can spur increases in muscle size and strength.

    NutritionJerry BrainumFebruary 6, 2009
  • IGF-1 and Mortality

    Intense exercise triggers the release of IGF-1, which repairs the damage and causes the tissue to grow.

    HormonesJerry BrainumFebruary 3, 2009
  • A More Efficient GH Response

    Using extended-set techniques—such as X Reps, supersets and drop sets—is one of the ways I have continued to improve my physique...

    Muscle ScienceSteve HolmanJanuary 28, 2009
  • Marijuana Not Linked to Lung Cancer

    The study does not reveal how marijuana avoids causing cancer. Tashkin speculates that perhaps THC, a chemical in marijuana smoke, prompts...

    NutritionRobert Goldman MD, PhDJanuary 25, 2009
  • The Testosterone Zone

    DHEA, Hormone Therapy and Quality of Life

    HormonesJerry BrainumJanuary 22, 2009
  • Say Yes to NO

    NO-boosting supplements increase muscle pump during exercise. They all contain the amino acid L-arginine, which is the main nutritional ingredient in...

    NutritionJerry BrainumJanuary 19, 2009