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.comBlogger3119999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-71391048107735742342019-02-21T03:59:00.002+01:002019-02-21T04:07:23.354+01:00Microbes, Mycotoxins, Milk Fats, and the Na:K Ratio - What's the Latest in Nutrition Science in February 2019?
If you want to keep up with the very latest nutrition researc, be sure to follow the SuppVersity on Facebook!
Nutrition sciences are all about the microbiome, these days. Against that background you probably won't be surprised that my brief overview of studies from the latest edition of Molecular Nutrition & Food Research features 3+1 studies that deal with the food <> Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-49386632090623486142019-02-04T04:41:00.000+01:002019-02-04T04:48:58.008+01:00High Fish Oil Diet ➯ N3-Oxidation ➯ Fat Cell 'Aging', Plus Neuronal Damage | 12+ Studies to Contextualize the Results
Athletes could be at particular risk of 'going rancid'
You will probably remember both my previous article about the "rancidity" problem with over-the-counter fish oil products (see "3/3 TOP-Selling US Fish Oils Exceed Maximal Peroxide and Total Oxidation Levels - Levels Roughly 4000% Higher Than in Medical Grade N3 Supplements, Harvard Study Shows" | read more), as well as my often-phrased Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-24217650691991403702018-12-29T07:31:00.000+01:002018-12-29T07:34:56.860+01:00Magnesium - Beyond Bioavailability: Bioaccumulation in the Brain 1.2-Fold Higher for Mg-Taurate | No Effect on Muscle
Brainiacs listen up: Magnesium + taurine can also be achieved from a (high seafood) diet.
You will remember that the year 2017 saw the publication of the first study to lend credible support to the use of transdermal magnesium. If you go back to my article discussing the results of the study, you will find the following items in the overview of CNS symptoms of magnesium deficiency (48% ofAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-42608291681649766912018-08-11T12:08:00.001+02:002018-08-12T04:35:36.709+02:00Krill vs. Fish: Krill Oil Still More Rapidly Absorbed, but Does it Matter in the Long-Run? Plus: Krill Research Update 2018
Bio-advantage of krill may not be relevant in the long run | Plus: What we learned about krill oil in 2018
I've previously written about the question whether krill oil is, in fact, as the proper Latin name of the small critters it is made of, i.e. Euphausia superba, would suggest "superba", ahh... I mean better than fish oil when it comes to its effects plasma and organ DHA and EPA.
A Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-31114589924971328682018-08-08T06:14:00.001+02:002018-08-08T15:17:45.511+02:00SIBO & Probiotic Brain Fog in Long-Term Users of Common Probiotic Supplements (Mechanism: D-Lactic Acidosis)
Feeling like your brain veiled in clouds? Could be the D-lactate from the gut bugs overpopulating your small intestine... and you know what: your fancy probiotic may have triggered it or made it worse.
If you remember my article about SIBO, i.e. Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth from March 2017, you will remember that I listed probiotics as "anti-SIBO" tools. Back in the day when I wrote Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-23872251209778794202018-07-27T05:04:00.000+02:002018-07-27T06:17:28.351+02:00Quality of Curcumin Supplements From US Retailers Better Than You May Have Feared | Plus: High Price ≠ High Quality
Curcumin has become increasingly popular over the past years. No wonder in view of the ever-extending list of potential health benefits - "potential" is, as T. Tsuda highlights, yet a keyword in this context.
No, you don't have to email me asking for the brand names of the 87 products Skiba et al. bought and analyzed (32 of them) for their latest study in Molecular Nutrition and Food Science&Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-76832404407894226942017-12-23T02:54:00.000+01:002017-12-23T02:57:37.694+01:00Sugar - The Brainfood That's Making You Dumb | Surprise: Fructose and Artificial Sweeteners are Not a Problem!
None of these qualifies as "brain booster".
A few years ago the results of a recent study from New Zealand would probably have made the mainstream news: A double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over experimental design was used. "Results revealed that ingestion of glucose and sucrose led to poorer performances on the assessed
tasks as opposed to fructose and the placebo" (Ginieis 2017). Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-10650043958476022142017-04-03T03:28:00.000+02:002017-04-03T03:38:27.865+02:00Cannabis, Basketball Shoes With Cushioning and the Brain-Building Effect(s) of Your Beloved Hypertrophy Workouts
Cannabis is bad for athletes,... well, unless they're asthmatics; and in that case they'd better use beta-agonists, which have welcome previously discussed ergogenic "side effects".
It's April and time for another installment of the SuppVersity Short News about sports medicine and related topics. In articles like the one at hand, I discuss a selection of recent studies - usually from a single Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-28656968809701479372016-12-04T03:56:00.000+01:002016-12-04T05:11:56.675+01:00Not Getting into Ketosis? Try Plain Old Caffeine to Double Your AM Ketone Levels Regardless of High CHO Breakfast
Neither a ketogenic breakfast nor buttered coffee were necessary to double the subjects' ketone production.
Ok, I have to admit that the breakfast that was served in the latest study from the Research Center on Aging, Sherbrooke, CIUSSS de l’Estrie – CHUS and the Department of Pharmacology & Physiology, Université de Sherbrooke in Canada (Vandenberghe. 2016) is not exactly what anyoneAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-88850006377772966552014-05-25T15:09:00.002+02:002018-10-27T02:31:57.132+02:00Caffeine-Resistance? Genetic & Environmental Factors Determine If You Feel or Don't Feel the "Boost" | Plus: 11 Non-Genetic Factors That In- & Decrease Caffeine's Effect
If you know the tricks you can increase and decrease your caffeine tolerance by varying environmental factors. Ramp up the amount of exercise, broccoli and smoked meats ➲ maximize the clearance and minimize the effects of caffeine.
Actually I had hoped no-one would see the comment I made in the discussion revolving around a recent article about caffeine, but since a promise is a promise and I Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-83421597844717561462014-05-07T20:30:00.000+02:002014-05-07T20:35:34.817+02:00Anserine + Carnosine Supplementation: A Capped Fountain of Cognitive Youth? Plus: Beta-Alanine + Creatine Could Be A Similarly Brainy Supplement Stack for Young & Old
Carnosine + anserine supps could help her keep up with her grand daughter - physically and mentally!
As a SuppVersity reader you know that carnosine is the stuff you actually want to increase, when you are taking beta alanine supplements - you want the beta alanine to bind to L-histidine and from β-alanyl-L-histidine aka carnosine. If you are a student who reads and memorizes all articleAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-71720843303404481712014-02-09T16:34:00.000+01:002014-02-10T04:18:03.756+01:00Sleepy Sunday: The Bone and Teeth Preserving Fat Loss Hormone Melatonin Should Not be Injected Twice a Day in Athletes Who Try to Gain Muscle Mass
She's doin' it right! If you want to optimize your natural melatonin production, a blindfold is the way to go.
Have you been out partying, yesterday? Saturday Night Fever ➲ Sunday Morning Hangover? If so, I hope you made sure you'd get enough sleep and have not increased your already exuberant sleep debt even more! Why? Well, I could give you a thousand reasons, but what about the "dynamic andAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-45637019202369674932014-02-05T18:20:00.002+01:002014-02-05T18:30:37.174+01:00Hydrated or Dumb: Dehydration Affects Brain, Muscle and Other Vital Organs - Plus: 15+ Causes of Dehydration + Can the Color of Your Urine Tell You if You Drink Enough?
If you want to stay smart, you should join hands w/ water!
Those of you who are following the 10+ SuppVersity Facebook news on a daily basis, will remember my post about the recent paper - co-authored by Brad Schoenfeld (Ribeiro. 2014) - about the significant "water gain" after workouts. I wrote about that myself, a couple of weeks before in "Cell Swelling Keeps Muscles "Pumped" For More Than Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-18539165767169348772014-01-22T17:12:00.000+01:002014-01-22T17:12:00.802+01:00News Quickie: Running in Polluted Air Ramps Up Immune Defenses ✰ Retinol (Vitamin A) Protects Against Memory Decline ✰ Mean Penis Size (5.57") Not Race or Age Specific
In this quickie things that don't belong still find together ;-)
If it had not been much too long, I would probably have called today's SuppVersity article "Things You Want and Things You Don't Want to Know". I mean, chances that one of you is among the 45% of men who wanted their "best part" to be larger are high and I bet that many of these men won't really care that Janet Lever, David A. Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-65246768363095427552013-12-24T14:04:00.003+01:002013-12-30T04:12:24.983+01:00A Cup of Coffee in the Bluelight District: Synergistic Effects of Caffeine + Blue Light on Psychomotor Effects. Plus: Yerkes-Dodson and U-Shaped Dose-Response Curves
This could be your new wake-up routine: Strong coffee and a bath in blue light.
"The abuse of ADHD drugs in people from all social classes is on the rise..." I guess you will have heard or read news like these several times over the past 12 months and in an article over at Forbes.com that was published on St. Nicholas' Day, Todd Essing even claimed: "Adderall use at work by the healthy to Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-16815947094434823412013-12-22T14:44:00.004+01:002013-12-22T15:09:53.780+01:00DS Craze - An Obituary Notice From the Lab: Highly Variable Amounts of "Amphetamine-Like" Compounds in DS Craze & Gaspari's Detonate. Plus: Phenetylalamine in MP's Assault
2013's fitness craze was about Craze
Let me first get this straight: I have no intention whatsoever to comment on the reasons of the "amphetamine contamination" of Driven Sport's flagship pre-workout product Craze - I'll leave that to better informed gossipers.
I guess, I would even have let the whole issue rest forever, if Mahmoud A. ElSohly and Waseem Gul hadn't published a peer-reviewed Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-45397160856100942272013-11-05T16:31:00.003+01:002013-11-05T16:39:21.074+01:00Theanine or Caffeine? Soda, Black or Green Tea? What's Going to Get Your Brain Going? Plus: What About Sleep?
Caffeinated soft drink, coffee or tea, caffeine alone or caffeine + l-theanine what's going to yield the desired afterburner effect for your brain? The answer to this question came out probably less straight forward than you'd expected.
"L-theanine, coffee or both? What's going to get your brain going?" That's the question form the title of today's SuppVersity article and it's a question with Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-26574040599598296142013-10-04T16:01:00.000+02:002015-09-11T05:06:28.127+02:00Science Round Up Seconds: Are Statins Good for Your Brain? Have the Scientists Just Forgotten About the Risks?
Brainy question of the day: Will statins revive or criple your brain?
Those of you who made it in time for yesterday's live-show, will already know that I have "postponed" publishing the (by then) commented list of dietary supplements to improve and maintain insulin sensitivity to Sunday.
It was my original plan to publish this list along with three suggested supplement stacks on Sunday and Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-49968832590837844572013-09-12T15:58:00.002+02:002013-09-12T15:59:20.613+02:00Bigger Belly, Shrinking Brain - Each Additional Inch on Your Waist Comes With a Reduction in Gray Matter Volume
Fans of Homer Simpson knew it all along: Abdominal hypertrophy = brain atrophy.
Let me just say something in advance: Neither I, nor the researchers from France, Germany and China who conducted the study at hand and found a correlation between abdominal obesity and the volume of our gray matter are suggesting that all obese men and women are dumb. What we both would probably agree on, though, Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-54239859433201117832013-07-21T15:14:00.000+02:002013-07-21T15:14:06.345+02:00BDNF-Driven Athletic Brain Optimization For Wise Guys: Better Hard, Than Long, But Always Without Interruptions
Believe it or not, a "smart" brain is not necessarily a healthy brain. Nevertheless, if Einstein had worked out regularly and lived a couple of years (better decades ;-) longer, he may have had a change to figure out the missing link between his Theory of Relativity and the Quantum Theory ;-)
"Workout for your brain!" If you were a member of the club of sedentary couch-potato, you would Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-23198989881387104602013-07-07T16:58:00.001+02:002013-07-07T17:05:38.923+02:00Aspartame, a Cancer Protective Brain Toxin? Is There a Hormetic Threshold for the Consumption of the Dreaded Artificial Sweetener? Plus: What Do We Know, Anyway?
The beauty ideals have changed over the years. Coke, however, is still there. But are we going to say the same about the aspartame in diet coke 50 years from today? I don't think so - regardless of what the science says...
Artificial sweeteners are one of the "hot topics" here at the SuppVersity and I am already looking forward to the upheaval today's post on aspartame is probably going to Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-34193746642124983462013-05-26T16:11:00.001+02:002014-07-17T08:27:42.001+02:00Is Beta Alanine a Dangerous Neurotoxin? Or is the Latest Research Fearmongering Anti-Supplement Propaganda?
Could beta alanine "tingle down" your neuronal circuits? (img health.yahoo.com)
You wouldn't be taking a dietary supplement that does not have any studies about potential side effects, would you? ... I guess, most of you will answer this question with "No, never", or "no, I wouldn't" and will thus be pretty surprised to hear that their periworkout nutrition contains an "untested", brain-activeAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-79042257750736358962013-03-21T18:02:00.000+01:002013-09-13T11:32:05.332+02:00Greater Strength Without Compromised Size Gains With Rest-Pause. Can Dietary Variety Fight or Cause Obesity? Catabolism & Anabolism Just 2 Sides of the Same Coin. GABA as a GH Promoting Brain Anabolic?
Can't squeeze out another rep? Not a problem have some intra-set rest and continue pumping thereafter.
I guess, I did this before, but I say it again: "Congratulations, Adelfo Cerame Jr.! You are the man."
Obviously, we all knew he is, but as of now, even the judges have
finally acknowledged that. Reason enough to do a Science Round-Up Special today, in the course of which Carl Lenore and meAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-48461808714873375492013-03-17T15:42:00.001+01:002013-03-25T11:55:31.472+01:00True or False? Caffeine is The Main Main Stroke Protectant in Tea & Coffee. High MCT Diets Are the Key to Longterm Fat Loss. Soybean Oil Makes You Fat not Heavy.
Adelfo Cerame Jr. after winning his weight class, the overall and the pro-card (leave him a message).
The first "True or False?" today, does not really pertain to diet and nutrition science, but it is still highly relevant for the SuppVersity:
Adelfo Cerame Jr. did eventually win his well deserved pro-card at the Wheelchair Nationals in Florida, yesterday. - True!
Ok, I have to admit that Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-87129446782216393532012-12-28T16:22:00.002+01:002016-03-17T05:36:46.875+01:00Science Round-Up Seconds: 8 Nootropics to Combat Stroke, Alzheimer's & Co, Boost Cognitive Performance. Plus: 7 Unknown Side Effects of High Dose Glutamine.
Effects of infusion times on phenol content of black tea (Ramalho. 2012)
If you have already listened to the podcast of yesterday's Science Round-Up on the Super Human Radio Website (click here if you haven't and wan't to know what the following is all about), I suppose you will not mind that I compiled some of the complex information about "optimal" tea brewing in the illustration to the Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-63690882384594061502012-12-21T18:30:00.002+01:002012-12-21T18:32:26.493+01:00Science Round-Up Seconds: Follow-Up on Gum Arabic for Fat Loss. DMAA or Schizandra, Which Caused a Stroke in a Young Soldier? Low Doses of Resveratrol Better Than High Ones? Vitamin E Keeps Diabetic Brains Intact.
When it's served like this, Gum Arabic looks more like a healthy snack than a weight loss adjuvant.
I guess everyone who has already listened to the podcast of yesterday's show or was even able to listen live, will have noticed that the audio quality - yet not my German accent - have improved significantly, now that Carl and I did eventually switch to Skype instead of the landline. I know, Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-3597484134018182462012-10-20T17:31:00.001+02:002015-08-11T05:56:07.621+02:00Measuring Overtraining; Phosphatidic Acid to Potentiate the mTOR Effects of Leucine? Plus: Built-in Serm in Menopausal HRT Blocks Breast Cancer, Creatine Bumps Up Performance Not Body Weight, Estrogen Timing & Brain NDMA Toxicity
Weight-supported sports such as cycling precipitate overtraining
"20%", that's the SuppVersity figure of the week. It tailors directly to the first item in today's installment of On Short Notice and denotes the amount of professional athletes who exhibit symptoms of overtraining syndrome at any given time in their career.
"The prevalence varies by sport and is thought to be highest in Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-72937705177042063002012-09-17T18:26:00.000+02:002015-04-13T12:02:46.143+02:00Anabolic Workouts Revisited - Testosterone, GH, Prolactin & Co: Differential Effects of Workout Type, Volume, Density
Ronnie Coleman is just one of the pros who trained with crazily high volume and weights - is that the way to go, or does it require too many "supplements"?
"What's the most anabolic form of training?" To answer that
question we would actually have to initially define how we are planning
to measure "anabolism". If we go by the more or less confuted paradigm that the
immediate hormonal Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-83519661206846241092012-08-22T08:34:00.001+02:002012-12-02T13:27:37.125+01:00On Short Notice: Red Onions For Glutathion & Jiagulan For Muscle Glycogen, Low Iron & Obesity, Sodium Caprate, Useless Probiotics & Leaky Gut, Perivascular Fat & Heat Shock Proteins for Your Heart & Magnesium vs. Migraine
Image 1: You may already have read it on the SuppVersity Facebook Wall; "Sacrificing sleep in order to study won't improve your college grades..." it could however easily whack your circadian rhythm and give you headaches. If those turn into a migraine, you may be happy to have read about beneficial effects of magnesium on the incidence of these crippling and painful attacks (see last item in Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-4876565891879338632012-03-26T18:17:00.000+02:002012-03-26T18:30:22.142+02:00Set to Be Obese? Epigenetic Programing in Utero - The Roles of Over- & Undernutrition, High & Low Protein, Fruits, Veggies, Zinc, Magnesium, Chromium, Vitamins & More
Image 1: Your mother's diet is not the sole cause of your love handles and health problems, but it could well have tipped the scale to your fat disadvantage. Don't be resentful, but don't repeat the same mistakes, either!
While it is certainly false to assume that anyone can't help but to get obese, it's similarly hard to deny that some people just have to cut back on the coke and sweets they Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-43300952996674693232011-12-09T13:11:00.001+01:002011-12-09T17:34:03.944+01:00Some Things Fishy: Oxidized Fish Oil Totally Benign!?Plus: The Inflammatory Side of EPA and Peroxide & Alkenal Levels in Commercial Fish and Vegetable Oils.
Image 1: Surströmming, a Swedish delicates is essentially rancid fish and it stinks exactly like that. Now, the results of a recent study show that the rancidity does probably not compromise the health benefits of the fish... so if you like it, go for it!
You know that whenever something is so (over-)hyped like fish oil or vitamin D that rings an alarm with me and when I hear "experts" on Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.com