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"Eat some candy after your workout, you need to keep those insulin levels high bro, that's how you get jacked". No "bro", it isn't. Insulin is a hormone that tells your body's cells to use the sugar in your blood. It is a so called "anabolic" hormone, which many people have interpreted to mean...

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Some thoughts and opinions? I’m reading that IGF has way quicker Benefits. But in the long run HGH is the way to go?

I've been lifting off and on since I was 14, I'm 36 now. At work I slipped on some grease going down stairs and shattered my cuboid and broke my lateral cuneiform and my 4th and 5th metatarsal's. The injury is call the "Nutcracker". I've had two surgeries and have been doing physical therapy for...

Three universal goals nearly all of us share are: (1) to live longer, (2) to live free of illness and (3) to control our weight. Amazingly, walking lets us achieve all three. In fact, walking may be your best medicine for slowing the aging process, reducing your chances of illness and slashing...

New Study: Growth Hormone Does Not Boost Exercise Performance Some bodybuilders use growth hormone (GH) to gain a competitive edge, but what are the real benefits? A study just published in Growth Hormone & IGF Research found that GH administration elicits significant changes in body...

Protein Rules Of Bodybuilding The purpose of this article is straightforward and simple – help you reach your fitness or physique goals with three simple, science-backed tips for getting the most from your dietary protein. Protein consumption is such a popular subject that the basics can...

The Great Debate: Fat vs Sugar by Matt Weik Once upon a time people who roamed the earth would eat food to sustain energy and to survive. They didn’t have the luxury of half-gallons of ice cream, bags of potato chips, French fries, and...

Food Fact Friday on Red Wine, I alluded to the idea that Red Wine contains beneficial polyphenols. • 🍷One of these polyphenols is resveratrol. Research has supported the concept that resveratrol has the ability to increase fat burning as well as the ability to increase insulin sensitivity. • 📄In...

theguerillachemist AICAR(Acadesine monophosphate aka ZMP) is a very cool molecule that has been making its way into the performance enhancing circles, and even more recently being sold as a supplement. AICAR is an analog of adenosine(AMP/ATP) that acts as an AMPK agonist. AMPK is an enzyme that...

Here we are, the year 2011, and it’s stunning to me that myths surrounding weight training and women still exist, and worse yet, it’s the same myths I was hearing a few decades ago! It seems I can dispel these myths ’til I’m blue in the face, and yet, they persist! In addition to the myths, it...

We are all looking to make progress and achieve the goals we set. Being able to obtain our goals in the most effective, yet safest manner, is imperative to ensure heath and longevity. Many of us find that time after time, plateaus are reached due to genetic limits we are born with. At this...

<!-- react-text: 40 -->This post goes out to all the hardcore bodybuilders who use "supplements." Two of the major side effects of these "supps" is the unfavorable change in HDL/LDL and loss of Ca from bones. Both of these can affect calcification/hardening of arteries which can cause serious...

Testosterone Supplementation - Fact & Fiction There is bias in the media (and medicine); this results in polarity— one side strongly (and blindly) for an extreme position against a separate side just as vehement (and ignorant) with the opposite stance. Yet, revelations arise that eventually...

The Fat vs Sugar Debate by Matt Weik Once upon a time people who roamed the earth would eat food to sustain energy and to survive. They didn’t have the luxury of half-gallons of ice cream, bags of potato chips, French fries, and beer. But all those...

BCAAs: THE MANY BENEFITS OF BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACIDS Dieting down will get you shredded, but it might also shave some size from your biceps. BCAAs can help protect your muscles against the catabolic effects of dieting!In recent years, branched-chain amino acid supplements have come back into...

BCAAs: THE MANY BENEFITS OF BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACIDS Dieting down will get you shredded, but it might also shave some size from your biceps. BCAAs can help protect your muscles against the catabolic effects of dieting!In recent years, branched-chain amino acid supplements have come back into...

Dieters sometimes consume extra protein to stave off hunger and prevent loss of muscle tissue that often comes with weight loss. But in a study of 34 postmenopausal women with obesity, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that eating too much protein...

Creatine Monohydrate is one of the most popular supplements used by people looking to build lean muscle mass, maximize performance and increase strength. According to survey data, over 40% of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) athletes reported that they have used creatine. Despite...

Whey Protein: Health Benefits and Side Effects Milk is made of two proteins, casein and whey. Whey protein can be separated from the casein in milk or formed as a by-product of cheese making. Whey protein is considered a complete protein and contains all 9 essential amino acids and is low in...