Flax seeds have been cultivated for their health benefits for 5,000 years but it’s only in the last few decades that nutritional science has realized just how good they are for us. They were already known to be beneficial for health by many cultures. The European King Charlemagne made it …
Foods Rich in Vitamin A When we talk about vitamins, most people usually think about vitamin C and those in the ‘B’ family because of their popularity. You don’t often hear much about Vitamin A, despite is being one of the most important vitamins for your health. Vitamin A is …
The chemical (2S)-3-(4-cyanophenoxy)-N-[4-cyano-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-2-hydroxy-2-methyl-propanamide is also know as Ostarine and goes by the additional nomenclatures as Enobosarm, MK-2866, GTx-024 and S-22. Ostarine is a non-steroidal Selective Androgen Receptor Modulator (SARM). SARMs are relatively new (first appearing in 2003) compounds that bind to specific androgen receptors in the human body and can …
There are countless companies producing nutrition bars that can be found virtually anywhere, from gyms to supermarkets and even gas stations and convenience stores. While nutrition bars may have reached an all-time high in popularity, many people who consume them don’t bother to read the nutritional information to fully understand …
I’m always interested when I hear about new supplements that might have beneficial effects, especially for weight training and muscle gain. When my doctor recommend lipitor because of high cholesterol, I used supplements to lower my cholesterol to the point where lipitor was no longer indicated. So when a buddy …
What is Creatine? Creatine monohydrate is a naturally occurring nitrogenous organic acid found in vertebrates that helps supply energy to cells by increasing the formation of adenosine triphosphate. While creatine can be made in a lab, it can also found in high protein foods like fish, eggs and meat. Creatine is naturally produced from …
Just like my brush with high cholesterol, this year saw me with a blood pressure that seemed to be running high by about 10 points on both sides. So instead of the acceptable 119/79 systolic/diastolic, I was more typically in the range of 125-135/85-95. Blood pressure does tend to increase …
Beta-Hydroxy beta-methylbutyric acid, AKA HMB is a metabolite of the amino acid leucine, and it has been making the advertising rounds and has fired up the Internet rumor mill as a “new” muscle builder. Yet there are few studies to support it’s muscle building capabilities. The few studies there are …
Anyone who has taken niacin, at least the right kind of niacin (that being nicotinic acid) has probably experienced the niacin flush side effect. Even after years of taking 2,000mg of niacin a day, I still occasionally get it. Sometimes it’s no more than a slight tingling in the skin …
I’m not a doctor, or a nurse, or a nutritionist, or any other kind of health care professional. What I am, at the time of writing this, is a 50 year-old male who was told five years ago by his family doctor that he needed to go on statin drugs because of …
