Archive for the Supplements Category
Let’s be clear about one thing; getting your body fat low enough so that you can see your abs is hard work! Unless you’re one of the elite few with great genetics, it takes hard work in the gym and a super-strict diet to get a body that turns heads on the beach.
By Jeremy Bane (reprinted with kind permission of ‘Hard Gainer’)
When it comes to protein, most bodybuilders agree that you need more than the average couch potato if you want to make rapid gains in muscle size and strength.
The amino acid L-arginine is most familiar today as the main active ingredient in popular food supplements designed to boost nitric oxide (NO) levels.
Elk velvet antler supplements have been used in traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years as an aphrodisiac and as a cure for ulcers, arthritis and anemia.
Depending on who you ask, soy products are either a great boon to mankind or the worst crap on Earth. Those who advocate the use of soy in its various forms, including soy protein, tofu and soy flour, point to many studies that show protective effects. A study of Seventh Day Adventist (a religious movement) men, for example, associated drinking soy milk with a 70 percent reduction in prostate cancer.
An exciting new study from Mississippi State University shows that a blend of whey protein, amino acids, Creatine, and carbohydrate taken after exercise is twice as effective at triggering muscle growth as a carbohydrate-only drink.
Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) was first introduced to the UK in the late 1990’s by Maximuscle. At the time, there were only a few studies around to show that it helps you lose fat and build muscle. In the past few years, the research has continued to grow at a rapid rate. In fact, a recent issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (one of the most prestigious nutrition journals in the world) contains a whole section devoted to CLA.
Scientists have found nutritional supplements can stop the muscle wastage associated with extended periods of physical inactivity. The loss of muscle strength can be a problem, for instance, for people confined to a hospital bed. A University of Texas team were able to check the process by giving volunteers drinks containing essential amino acids and carbohydrates.
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