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Thyroid supplements in the context of bodybuilding often refer to supplements that are claimed to support thyroid function or metabolism. It's important to note that using such supplements should be done with caution and under the guidance of a healthcare professional, especially if you have a...

Castor oil is a popular home remedy that some people use to promote hair growth and reduce hair loss. While there is anecdotal evidence and some limited scientific studies suggesting that castor oil may have certain benefits for hair, it's essential to approach this treatment with realistic...

When doing full body splits, it’s important to perform lower body exercises before upper body exercises. We see evidence of this importance in studies showing that performing upper body exercises to fatigue can impair your ability to maximally activate lower body muscles. This is likely evidence...

“Detox Products” Are Straight Up Bullshit Do you feel like you need a cleanse? Even if you do, you are wasting your money if you’re buying expensive “detox” products? Cleansing foods or detox diets are methods that claim to “eliminate toxins from the body”, sometimes with the benefit of weight...

150 minutes per week of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise is the recommendation for improving health markers in adults. However, adherence to these recommendations remains low in the overall population. Lack of time has been identified as one of the main barriers to becoming and remaining...

Although most common, aspartame isn’t the only artificial sweetener on the market. Stevia is a relatively new sweetener and marketed as a “natural” calorie-free sweetener as it comes from a South American plant, but the fact is that it isn’t nearly as well studied as aspartame, and we thus can’t...

Vitamin B12 is one of our essential vitamins. It’s vital for DNA-synthesis, red blood cell formation and neurological function. B12 can mainly be found in animal products, including fish, eggs, milk products, meat and chicken. People at risk for developing B12 deficiency are not just...

Pyramid sets are commonly used by lifters in the gym. What many people tend to do is start with lifting relatively light weights close to failure and then gradually build up to their heaviest set. - A drawback of this training structure is that performing "light" sets close to failure generates...

Over time, we learn to tie rewards to certain “triggers”, i.e. things in our environment which create an itch in our brain for a certain behavior. . A classic example of a trigger is when you walk past a burger joint, smell the fresh sensation of burgers and fries, and end up feeling the urge to...

The reason why we present the evidence for the safety of aspartame as an artificial sweetener is because the alternative usually is to consume foods/drinks sweetened with refined sugars. Sugar sweetened beverage is hands down the worst grocery in terms of avoiding weight gain. . It is very...

Load and Repetition RangeIf a set of repetitions is performed to failure, it makes little to no difference how much weight (load) you use. This comes with the caveat that there are limits to this. For instance, if you choose a weight with which you can do 30 reps, or 1 rep, these are unlikely to...

A large body of evidence shows creatine supplementation is beneficial for *slightly* increasing muscle growth in strength training individuals [1-3]. This likely is the result of a sustained improvement in training performance through enhanced ATP synthesis. - ATP is a source of energy for...

You might have seen the graphs on treadmills claiming you'll increase fat oxidation you keep your pulse relatively low when doing cardio. While there is evidence that the “fat burning zone” exists where you increase your fat oxidation (oxidation is the scientific term for “burning”), a higher...

The "bullshit asymmetry" principle, or Brandolini's law, states that it takes a lot more energy to debunk bad information compared to how easy it is to make a bad claim. . This is because debunking bad information means we need to look up sources and think actively. . Classically, we will point...

It's not hormones, it's not insulin, it's CALORIES. (1) . No matter how many PhDs a person has, if they tell you fat loss is not about calories they don't know the literature and are WRONG. . As the pictures show, your body can adapt its physical activity (NEAT) and metabolic rate to reduce your...

This systematic review compared how consistently between-meal protein supplementation resulted in changes to lean mass, body fat, total body mass, and the ratio of lean to fat gains, when compared to with-meal protein supplementation. Both approaches produced similarly consistent gains in lean...

ebtofficial🍑 😏 🍑 . 1 did a study where he compared hip thrusts to squats using EMG (a way of electrically measuring muscle activity). (1) EMG measurements usually work by first asking people to squeeze a muscle as much as they can to get a "reference" value of 100%, and then measuring how much...

"If you want or need to add cardio to your strength training, it’s best to perform them on separate days, if your schedule allows. . In this study, strength gains were similar when doing cardio immediately after strength training versus on a separate day. However, the group doing their cardio on...

theguerillachemist Trimethylglycine(TMG) or commonly known as betaine is a molecule that's becoming more and more popular in preworkouts. Naturally found in beet root, broccoli, and spinach, Betaine has a few different mechanisms by which it can help with health and performance. Firstly, it...

by Anthony Roberts The biggest doping story of 2016 is Maria Sharapova failing a drug test at the Australian Open. Most of the general public was shocked at her testing positive – but within my crowd (read: steroid-people), the shock was at the actual compound itself: Meldonium. Meldonium...