tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44472491235196583472024-03-16T08:08:59.659+01:00SuppVersity - Nutrition and Exercise Science for EveryoneWhere BRO- and PRO-Science Unite in the Spirit of True WisdomAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comBlogger619999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-68361789182150201492015-07-03T13:53:00.001+02:002015-07-03T14:27:06.841+02:00True or False? 'If you Don't Eat Carbs After Your Workout, Sleep Fasted, Train on Empty You Build New Mitochondria'
Going to raid the fridge? No, you better don't do this the night after a workout. Myth says: Going to bed glycogen depleted will boost mitochondrial biogenesis - true of false?
In a world, where "tried and proven" is considered "mediocre, boring and ineffective" by many, self-proclaimed fitness experts have to become very creative to get the attention of a large audience. Next to several Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-81665521072986451252014-10-13T13:15:00.000+02:002014-10-13T14:33:54.904+02:00Sodium Bicarbonate (NaHCO3) Increases PGC1-A & Speeds Up Mitochondrial Adaptation - HIIT + Bicarb = Perfect Match
Study suggests, significant increases in mitochondrial builder PGC1-a with HIIT + bicarbonate
If this is not your first visit to the SuppVersity, I am confident you've read about the ergogenic effects of sodium bicarbonate aka baking soda before. If you haven't here is the short version: Sodium bicarbonate will act as a systemic acid buffer during workouts. That's in contrast to beta-alanine Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-19585807133406385672012-07-20T17:41:00.001+02:002012-07-20T17:41:57.932+02:00Build a Bigger Mitochondrial Engine and Double Your Endurance With Chitooligosaccharides! Glucosamine Mix from Chitosan Acts on Sirt1 & AMPK, Similar to Resveratrol
Figure 1: Glucosamine composition of the chitooligosaccharide used in the study (data adapted from Jeong. 2012).
Usually I try to avoid this term, as it seems to imply that there is, or at least soon will be a pill that would allow you to stay the lazy bastard you are now and still make it into your old age, healthy lean, attractive and vigorous, but in this case the word "exercise mimetic" isAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-48132106581935727332012-06-30T16:26:00.001+02:002012-08-15T14:04:42.562+02:00Fat Content Per Energy Drink 0g, Body Fat Gain Per Energy Drink 18g! Human Trial Confirms: +1kg of Body Fat in 4 Weeks From Less than 2x Energy Drinks per Day!
Image 1 (NYC Dept. of Health & Mental Hygiene): The words on this poster from a 2009 campaign in the NY subway must be taken literally!
There is a reason for me to always begin my "dietary advice" with the statement "there is NO WAY that you ever again drink any soft, energy drinks or fruit juices on a daily basis". And though I would not have needed a study to confirm skipping, lemonade, Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-56384679398911356572011-11-25T15:16:00.001+01:002011-11-25T17:17:44.679+01:00Dietary Fiber - Friend or Foe? Addition of Hydroxpropyl-Methylcellulose, a Non-Fermentable Viscous Fiber, to Standard(!) Rodent Chow Reduces Fat Gain by -22%
Image 1: Just as about everything, these days, you can buy the semisynthetic non-fermentable viscous fiber Hydroxpropyl-Methylcellulose pound-wise from China - this is probably also where the producers of the junk food you hopefully are not eating get their E464 from ;-)
If the health and fitness community on the Internet was a battlefield (personally, I sometimes think it is ;-) one of the Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-13893205939848302252010-11-26T04:05:00.002+01:002010-11-26T07:22:23.550+01:00Further Evidence Against Anti-Oxidant Supplementation: Vitamin E + Alpha Lipoic Acid Reduce Skeletal Muscle Mitochondrial BiogenesisMass media and supplement companies will make you believe: "It is all about anti-oxidants" - Well, making money these days may in fact be all about anti-oxidants, but at least for athletes supplementing exogenous anti-oxidants may not be so wise as their producers would have us believe.
Yet another recent study on the "beneficial" effects of anti-oxidants on reactive oxygen specimen (ROS) found Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.com