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.comBlogger103199999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-22960235101461890842020-12-22T05:26:00.001+01:002020-12-22T05:27:33.332+01:00Breakfast of the Healthy: Coffee... or a Purple-Orange Carrot Smoothie? Chlorogenic Acid in Coffee and BeyondDon't worry you can stick to coffeeGood news has become scarce in 2020, it feels. So, let's appreciate the ones we have: A coffee shortage is not in sight. Reason enough for me to write another "latest coffee research"-article. One that turned out to be a chlorogenic acid (#CGA) article because ... well, it's still 2020, so scientists drink coffee to speed up their warp-speed Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-39931288475168676322020-10-14T09:54:00.001+02:002020-10-14T10:07:17.950+02:00Coffee Research 10/2020: Coffee's Origin Affects Glucose Effects | Coffee, Tea & Cancer - Similar but Different + MoreWhy are the captions in the thumbs back? Facebook won't allow replacing the preview picture of links easily.Don't worry, not all news in 2020 is bad news... unfortunately, though, there's some 'bad coffee news' out there, too. In the following overview, I am going to cover a bunch of interesting studies - good and bad news, just as you'd see them in the ever-more non-scientific apocalypse that weAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-54502920117661128422020-02-01T03:22:00.000+01:002020-02-01T06:14:55.140+01:00#Coffee & Related Research from Early 2020: #FilterHeight Matters | #Leaves Better Than Beans | #Probiotic Coffee
Coffee junkies, recoice! The SuppVersity is back ... and how can this be celebrated? With a research update on ☕ - a review discussing the latest science from coarsness to leaf-extracts, and beyond.
Long time no read,... I know but after a period with a severe lack of motivation and a lot to do outside the virtual walls of the SuppVersity, I will try to come back with (not yet daily but) Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-19310794094516049042018-06-28T05:26:00.001+02:002018-06-28T05:26:31.354+02:00Ketone Esters a Smart Supplement? | Pure Nitrate vs. Beets | Caffeine Muscle Recruitment, Power and Performance
Time for a new installment of the supplement short news.
I think it's about time for another installment of the short news, i.e. an article that consists of several brief write-ups on very recent papers. Today's topics are: (1) the question whether it is a smart move to consume ketone esters on top of Gatorade or similar products before your workout; (2) the difference in physiological effectsAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-76348604594401397772017-12-14T01:40:00.001+01:002017-12-14T01:47:20.820+01:00Caffeine & Creatine - Synergists, not Antagonists!? RCT: "Caffeine Potentiates Effects of Creatine" on Torque (+68%)
If you're looking for the extra-kick in leg workouts, the combination of caffeine and creatine may be just what you need.
You will remember that I wrote about the results of Trexel's dissertation from 2015 and that his experimental evidence (real-world) refutes the previously postulated negative feedback of caffeine on the effect of creatine monohydrate on phosphocreatine stores (Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-66857201935096524882017-12-10T03:31:00.000+01:002017-12-10T06:44:26.175+01:00Caffeine as a Testosterone Booster? 70% Increase in the Big T Without Concomitant Performance Benefits, Though
I am curious if caffeine gum producers will start marketing them as testosterone boosters, now. People's willingness to waste money on temporary increases of a figure on their labwork is amazing, after all.
It has been a while that I've dissected a "testosterone booster"; for a good reason, that is. After all, there's no convincing evidence that a 40% increase in natural testosterone Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-1751445917376558782017-08-28T02:58:00.003+02:002017-08-28T03:12:01.955+02:00Can You Snort Caffeine? Is Shrimp Oil the Next Big Thing? Is Sweetener Acesulfame-K an AGE Reducing Superfood?
Coke Zero (31mg), Diet Coke (30mg), Diet Pepsi Jazz (21mg), Pepsi One (30mg), Diet Mountain Dew (18mg) and Sprite Zero (34mg) are your most prominent beverages that are sweetened with acesulfame-K (acesulfame-K content in mg per 12-ounce = 355ml can of soda).
Today's installment of the Short News will answer questions of earth-shattering importance. I mean, who wouldn't want to know Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-13698021474178059082017-06-22T02:24:00.002+02:002017-06-22T02:38:39.627+02:00Heart Rate ↘, BP ↗ | Anxiety + Sleep Issues | Bitter Taste = Big Effect -- SuppVersity Caffeine Research Update June '17
This is not the coffee research update. That's important because coffee has a lot of health benefits that are unrelated or at least not directly related to its most famous ingredient, i.e. caffeine.
You may have seen it in the Facebook News, or on the SuppVersity Twitter Channel already: If you don't get your habitual quantity of coffee, your coffee cravings will ruin not just your day, but Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-86260006521006042562017-06-12T02:38:00.000+02:002018-11-09T18:13:26.204+01:00Buying, Roasting, Grinding, Brewing: Coffee 101 -- How to Do it to Get the Optimal Stimulant and/or Health Effects
Don't worry you don't need a $10,000 machine to brew a better coffee.
Yeah, I know this is not the first article you've read to tell you how to brew the optimal coffee, I am pretty sure, however, that it's the first to define optimal by different, objectively measurable criteria such as the caffeine content, the amount of healthy chlorogenic acid in the brew, or the effect on blood lipidsAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-34432020421393270382017-05-17T15:34:00.000+02:002017-05-17T15:44:29.534+02:00Coffee Never Disappoints: Myth that Habitual Consumption Reduces Caffeine's Acute Ergogenic Effects... Dispelled!?
I must remind you, though, that performance benefits in one domain don't always transfer to another one. In other words: While the study seems to dispell the myth for classic endurance training, effects on activities where CNS activity is more important, like lifting, for example, may still be impaired w/ habitual intake.
I guess even I have to confess that I may have propagated the myth that Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-8897103435937044082017-04-12T03:49:00.001+02:002017-04-12T15:28:02.594+02:00Study Puts Taurine Back in the Limelight - Sprint Cycling in Trained Athletes Benefits from Taurine, not Caffeine!?
More evidence that the often high taurine content in your energy drinks is more than a mere marketing gag.
You will probably remember my recent article about the potentially underestimated contribution of taurine to the performance enhancing effects of Red Bull™ and co. (read it again). Now, a new study from the School of Sport, Health and Applied Science at the St Mary’s University in Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-69468284266680705732017-03-08T03:39:00.000+01:002017-08-16T02:01:24.905+02:00Role of Muscle and CNS in Diet-Induced Decline of Exercise-Induced Energy Expenditure | Caffeine & Nicotine May Help!
While "calories count" when it comes to losing body fat, the notion that you would always burn the same amount of energy with a given workout - irrespective of your energy intake - is completely bogus and only one of the reasons why meticulous calorie counting won't work.
Let's address it right away: Yes, the paper Tariq I. Almundarij et al. published in the peer-reviewed journal "Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-34803480982789451802017-02-24T04:13:00.001+01:002021-08-27T03:09:18.033+02:00More Evidence in Favor of the Post!-Workout Coffee: 250mg Caffeine 2x à Day Soothe Muscle Soreness (DOMS), Sign.
Delicious, ergogenic and good for sore, damaged muscles: coffee!
You will remember that caffeine can improve skeletal muscle glycogen resynthesis after workouts. The corresponding study by Pedersen et al. is yet no longer the only study which makes the post-, not pre-workout coffee attractive for athletes and gymrats alike.
In their latest paper in the Journal of Strength and Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-84780471274633704522017-02-16T04:58:00.003+01:002017-02-16T05:05:41.707+01:00Glucose or Caffeine? What to Snort to Boost Your Exercise Performance? Glucose Spray Increases Avg. Power Sign.
Pre-workout drinks were yesterday, the modern athlete snorts his ergogenics.
No, I didn't mean the headline to be figurative. A recent study in the International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance built on the observation that nasal sprays (NAS) containing caffeine (CAF) or glucose (GLUC) activate the sensory(motor) cortices in your brain.
In their latest study, Kevin De Pauw, Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-17435098435907877132017-02-07T03:59:00.000+01:002017-02-07T04:06:24.780+01:00Coffee Lengthens, While Caffeine Shortens Your Telomeres: An Essential Paradox? The Latest Evidence Reviewed
If life "begins with coffee", will it also help you end later with coffee?
If you follow the SuppVersity on Facebook, you will be aware that the majority of studies indicates that the chronic consumption of coffee (even in amounts of 5+cups/day) has potent health benefits - at least in normal, healthy individuals. Accordingly, you may not consider the observation Larry Tucker (2017) made when Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-30019966371718963882017-01-10T04:30:00.000+01:002017-01-10T04:50:25.417+01:00Put Up or Shut Up! How Effective is Caffeine for Gymrats, Self-Proclaimed Bodybuilders & Lifting Weights, in General?
Let's be honest: The authors exaggerate when they call the subjects 'bodybuilders'
Yes, there are dozens, no, I guess hundreds of studies investigating the effects of caffeine in (a) various groups of people (from the obese sedentary slob to the Olympian gold medallist) and (b) a vast range of contexts from the sit-to-stand test in the elderly to the effects of repeated caffeine consumption onAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-42963317935443519202016-12-14T03:10:00.000+01:002016-12-14T05:06:18.730+01:00Meta-Analysis: Could Energy Drinks be All About Taurine? Taurine, not Caffeine Predicts Performance Enhancement
While almost all energy drinks appear to have it, the evidence that taurine adds to the effects of caffeine has hitherto been unconvincing. Does this change with the latest study by a group of researchers from Brazil and Spain?
Energy drinks (ED) are all about caffeine, right? I have to admit. If you had asked me before I've read the latest study from the Londrina State University in Brazil 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-66469219382380157032016-07-31T03:59:00.001+02:002016-07-31T04:03:30.081+02:00Caffeine Timing Revisited: Taking Your Caffeine Supplement During (Longer) Workouts Works, Too - Ca. 4% Faster Times
Yes, it may in fact make sense to shovel down another scoop of your preworkout if you train for 2h. Just try to remain below the sign. stress-dosage of 600-800mg caffeine/day (Beaven. 2008).
I have previously addressed the question "When is the Best Time to Consume Your Pre-Workout Caffeine?", so why do I need to revisit it? Well, the answer is, as you'd expect, the publication of new Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-31334305502820216772016-07-25T04:11:00.000+02:002016-07-25T13:32:47.435+02:00Proteinlimit, Muscle Damage & T2DM, Calories, Everyday Biceps T., Hydration, Alcohol, Whey, Caffeine & Your Gainz
Science is a social endeavor. Those who fail to realize that will never reach their full intellectual capacity.
As I pointed out two days ago, there were still a lot of studies to discuss in the May 2016 supplement of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. So, I sat down and went through the rest of them always looking for papers like "Correlations Between Omega-6: Omega-3 Fatty AcidAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-91379190155085206542016-07-23T03:59:00.002+02:002020-04-24T23:59:33.011+02:00Casein & Fat Oxid., Protein, BCAA, T-Booster, Omega-3, Beta-Alanine, GABA, PWO Caffeine, Rhodiola, Peppermint, Hunger, HIIT, Crossfit, Ketone Supps, ZMA & DAA
Science Round-Up July '16
Whoo... those were ~1000 presentations and poster abstracts in the May 2016 supplement of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise and not each of them was exactly "exciting". In order to save you the trouble of going through all of them, I have picked 16 of them and put them together in a Science Round-Up that spans from taking casein Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-66681594574921545782016-05-29T03:47:00.003+02:002016-05-29T03:51:38.033+02:00Caffeine, Exercise and Your Sleep: The Link Could be Sign. Different From What You Expect - Sleep Better W/ Caffeine?
Coffee and exercise both effect sleep, but their effects don't simply add up. The study at hand does yet suggest that your preworkout coffee won't ruin your sleep.
I have to admit, the following are not results of peer-reviewed research, but with a 2x2 week design, participants being randomized to exercise (4 workouts per week) or be sedentary and to consume caffeine or placebo Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-78555125371569817372016-05-17T03:26:00.000+02:002016-05-17T03:53:53.869+02:00High Dose Caffeine Restores Insulin Sensitivity and Limits Total as Well as Visceral Fat Gain Due to High Sugar Diets
Yes, the study at hand is on caffeine, but the results are relevant for coffee, too.
A decade ago, the medical community though coffee would dehydrate you, would make you insulin resistant and would increase your risk of heart disease. Recent studies show that coffee does not negatively affect your hydration status (Killer. 2014), that higher coffee consumption is associated with reduced Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-43812190837987758942016-03-27T05:12:00.002+02:002016-03-27T05:18:10.300+02:00Caffeine & Bicarbonate - Individuality is Key: Using Supps That Work for You Make a >90% Performance Difference
Right vs. wrong supps can make a victory or defeat difference of >90%.
I've written about the individual response to caffeine and bicarbonate before. To tackle both of these ergogenic supplements I can actually recommend, however, based on a single study that as just been published in the Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism is news. The study was conducted at the Derby Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-56708414723734727442016-03-18T04:07:00.000+01:002016-03-19T04:11:47.063+01:00Caffeine Keeps You Going When You'd Usually Rack the Weight - Does That Cause an Increase in Muscle Damage?
With only 65mg of caffeine, an espresso provides only ~12.5% of the amount of caffeine used in the study at hand.
If you've kept an eye on the latest caffeine research you may have noticed that there's an increasing number of studies that fails to find significant performance enhancing effects of caffeine during resistance training sessions (Trevino. 2015). Does this mean that caffeine, a Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-73161744493252352712016-03-04T04:54:00.001+01:002016-03-04T16:25:59.701+01:00Non-Stimulant, Non-Effective?! Can Non-Stimulant Dietary Herbal Supplements Boost Your Resting Metabolic Rate?
There are two types of alleged fat burners: Type I are the stimulants with proven beneficial effects on you resting metabolic rate and beneficial "side effects" on energy levels and (reduced) appetite. Type II are non-stimulant "fat burners". Two of those have been tested in a recent study ... learn what the study says.
Amanda J. Salacinski, Steven M. Howell, Danielle L. Hill, & Steven M. Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-55274152005511448302016-02-25T04:43:00.000+01:002016-02-25T17:31:19.573+01:00Theanine + Caffeine - A Natural and Powerful Combination to Increase Your Attention and Reaction Speed (+6-10%)
Tea will naturally contain both theanine and caffeine, but will it work, as well as supplemental theanine and caffeine?
While everybody knows caffeine (see last SV article comparing caffeine to coffee), theanine aka L-γ-glutamylethylamide or N5-ethyl-L-glutamine, an amino acid analogue of the proteinogenic amino acids L-glutamate and L-glutamine, is less well known, but as a recent study Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-13077029650816095992016-02-23T05:38:00.004+01:002016-02-23T14:42:06.142+01:00Coffee Beats Caffeine in the Gym: More Reps + Higher Total Volume on Squats Due to Ingredients Other Than Caffeine
You don't necessarily have to bring fresh beans to the gym. A simple Nescafé instant coffee will serve the purpose, study shows. And it's going to work better than equal doses of straight caffeine.
As a SuppVersity reader you will know that coffee is much more than a brown liquid that contains caffeine. Many of its proven health effects I have discussed here and in shorter news items on Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-74943239609118555072015-12-03T17:11:00.001+01:002015-12-04T05:27:50.848+01:00Caffeine + Green Tea = Plus 10% Fat Oxidation & Energy Expenditure at Rest and During Sprint Interval Exercise
From a health perspective it may be good that green tea does not contain all-too much caffeine. From a fat loss perspective, it clearly lacks caffeine.
When it comes to dietary supplements, people like to pay tons of money for unproven ingredients with funky names and dubious or non-existent safety profiles; agents that have been scientifically proven to work, are safe and cheap, on the other Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-523108567740464852015-10-10T10:29:00.002+02:002016-02-25T04:25:29.422+01:00Post-Workout Coffee Boosts Glycogen Repletion by Up to 30% and May Even Have Sign. Glucose Partitioning Effects
Yes, I do suggest that it may be beneficial to drink these two and another two cups of coffee w/ lots of sugar after your workout - if you are an athlete, at least.
A delicious and refreshing pre-workout coffee or just plain caffeine from pre-workouts are probably on the supplement list of most of the SuppVersity readers. Whether the same is the case for a post-workout coffee, let alone Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-67660915482744269142015-10-06T13:13:00.001+02:002021-06-01T03:51:45.120+02:00High Dose BCAAs for Cyclists | Colostrum Peptides for Bulking | Intermittent Fasting for Cutting | Probiotics for Muscle Protection -- ISSN'15 Research Review Issue #6
Are you trying to build a body like this? Maybe one of the supplements discussed in this article can help.
To make sure that I am not missing other relevant / interesting new research spending time with the ISSN'15 poster presentations, this is going to be the last installment of the ISSN'15 Research Review. With six different studies in one installment of the series it is obviously difficult Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-16881304971343222622015-08-09T14:09:00.000+02:002015-08-10T06:06:33.313+02:00When Timing Matters: When is the Best Time to Consume Caffeine Before a Workout? Is it 0, 5, 30, 60, 90 or 120 Min?
Timing matters with coffee / caffeine. But what's the optimal time?
I assume you believe that the statements in the "recommended usage" box on your pre-workout are science-based, right? Well, that's pretty naive. After all, 99% of the pre-workout formulas contain at least 3 ingredients that are just in there to be able to have more than just caffeine, creatine and beta alanine on the label. Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-1218445480622967262015-08-07T16:43:00.001+02:002015-08-07T16:47:52.574+02:00Albuterol + Caffeine May be a Promising and Safe (?) Anti-Obesity Stack!? 13% Acute Increase Energy Expenditure in Humans, Long-Term Muscle Gains & Fat Loss in Rodents
You won't be able to peel off the fat in days on the "AC stack", but it's ability to help you burn 13% extra energy and ramp up protein synthesis will help.
No, Ann G. Liu and her colleagues from the Pennington Biomedical Research Center and the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center are not totally out of their mind and after reading today's Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-67189508720283228732015-07-20T16:29:00.000+02:002015-07-20T16:44:23.764+02:00Creatine & Caffeine Don't Mix!? True or False? Recent Study Sheds *New* Light on an Important Supplement Question
Will a small cup of coffee ruin the benefits you can derive from creatine supplementation? Sounds impossible, but it's a die-hard rumor with surprising scientific backing. Now, a new study could finally settle the debate.
As topic for the thesis he submitted to the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-73855560311565793762015-07-18T15:38:00.003+02:002015-07-18T15:50:08.993+02:00Coffee - Different Roasts, Different Health Effects | Darker Roasts Better for Weight Loss, Lighter Roasts Healthier!?
Dark, medium or light roast - this is more than just a question of taste! The significant effect of roasting on the phenol-composition of coffee and the consequent health effects are rarely discussed.
You may remember my often misinterpreted article about bullet-proof coffee in which I actually defended the fad by providing evidence that the negative effects on blood lipids may actually be Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-63396168572754171902015-03-08T13:15:00.000+01:002015-03-09T10:16:39.792+01:00Sodium Bicarbonate + Caffeine: 2x SuppVersity Suggested Ergogenics Strike Again | HIIT Performance ⇈, Decreased Fatigue ↓ W/ Both Ergogenics - Greater Benefits W/ NaHCO3
Don't worry. The study at hand was not intended to test something that occurs only with arm-cranking. The arm-cranking HIIT regimen was simply used to provide a pre-exhausting exercise stimulus before the subsequent Yo-Yo Test. The idea was to provide a maximal metabolic stimulus and to ramp up the H+ production to a similar extent as high intensity high volume workouts.
It has been a while Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-13118328649498369312015-02-10T14:27:00.002+01:002015-02-10T14:30:41.226+01:00Exercise Quickie: HIIT as 24h+ Muscle Builder for the Elderly | Caffeine Without Ergogenic Effects on Biceps Curls
Caffeine won't do the "last rep" for ya.
Time for a brief review of the latest exercise and supplementation science in the SuppVersity Short News. You can see an overview of all previous articles in an RSS feed here.
This time you can take a look at the surprisingly lasting pro-anabolic effects of HIIT as measured by skeletal muscle protein synthesis in the elderly and the similarly Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-13274417938368974392015-02-06T14:45:00.000+01:002015-02-06T14:54:54.285+01:00Caffeine not Required for Performance Enhancing Effects of Green Tea in Recreational Athletes - 25% Increase in Fatty Acid Oxidation, 11% Increase in Maximal Endurance
It may come as a surprise, but for the chronic, endurance enhancing effects of green tea supplements caffeine obviously isn't necessary. It appears, though, as if the effects were mediated solely by increases in fat oxidation.
Green tea supplements are all over the place... as fat burners, not performance enhancers, though. Against that background it's all the more surprising that researchers Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-61004651170481004702015-01-21T14:32:00.000+01:002015-01-21T14:42:39.996+01:00Looking for Supplements to Fire Up Your Fat Loss? Caffeine Mixed W/ Green Tea Catechins is Still the Go-To OTC Stack
Caffeine + catechines - the CC fat loss stack is the best we've left.
I know people often laugh, when they realize that "Fatburner X" contains mostly caffeine, but if you look at the research that's out there, caffeine is actually the most potent and best researched over-the-counter (OTC) "fat burner" the FDA has not banned, yet.
Let's take the results of a recent study in the Journal of Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-66793624514672393452014-11-28T15:39:00.000+01:002017-09-16T04:50:58.814+02:00Calorie Shifting (Refeeding) for Max. Fat Loss: Classic Body Building Principle Has Overweight Women Lose 8kg of Pure Fat in 42 Days - 2.6x More Than Calories In vs. Out Predicts
Want to lose that blubber in a minimal amount of time? Diet like a bodybuilder and don't forget to refeed, Ladies!
Calorie shifting? What's that? Don't worry. I have been asking myself the same question, when I first read the title of a recent paper from the Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services and as it turned out, I was well aware of the principle, but didn't Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-31005592624599464362014-11-11T14:00:00.000+01:002014-11-11T15:29:14.650+01:00Exercise Research Update Nov. '14 (2/2): Vibration Training for Athletes, Caffeine Muscle Size & Power, Time to Psyche Up, Myostatin Resp. to Strength & Comb. Training & More
Vibration training is for lazy men & women, only - right? It cannot speed up the adaptation process in athletes, right? And it certainly has no effects on body composition, right? Not exactly, scroll down and find out why.
For those of you who haven't read yesterday's first installment of this research update, I highly suggest you head over now, or after you've read today's follow up on Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-41634860724004674152014-11-02T13:58:00.000+01:002015-05-14T03:13:37.502+02:00High Intensity, Low Volume Training for Optimal Health; Low Dose Caffeine for Mixed Results; 4 Commandments of Endurance & Strength Training for Max. Gains
It doesn't matter if you want to turn fat into fit, fit into fitter or strong into stronger. Today's SuppVersity science potpourri has something to offer for every physical culturist who is looking for ways to improve his health, performance and physique and for trainers and coaches who work with this challenging clientele.
In view of the fact that the last news-potpourri on appetite related Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-45202646279091899112014-10-24T14:09:00.001+02:002014-10-24T14:09:25.236+02:00Caffeine for Peak Performance: 2.7% Increase in Max-Power Can Make All the Difference | Plus: Timing Matters! "The Caffeine Buzz" Occurs 30 Min After Blood Levels Peak
Yes, caffeine "doping" may in fact allow you to show up at the office in time, even when you've overslept (only useful if your tiredness is not due to a caffeine-abuse induced lack of sleep, obviously).
It sounds unbelievable, but up to now most of the research into the effects of caffeine
on single bouts of brief ( ≤30 s) maximal exercise,
predominantly using 30-s sprint cycling tests, shows
Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-34762342153588951552014-08-31T15:57:00.000+02:002014-09-06T10:47:36.099+02:00Less Frequent Large(r) Meals & Caffeine - Proven Ways to Increase Your Energy Expenditure & Conserve Your Resting Metabolic Rate While Dieting | Part I of A Multipart Series
Whether you want to lose or gain weight, never forget to "Eat to live!"
To lose weight, you must create a negative energy balance.It is however unrealistic to expect your body not to do everything it can to conserve energy, when you've been eating 50% below maintenance for weeks (e.g. you need 2,000kcal, but eat only 1,000). Not to reduce your energy intake by more than 40% (for max. 2 weeks)Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-63200175470500259722014-08-17T13:29:00.000+02:002014-08-17T13:35:42.274+02:00Update: The Latest on Caffeine, Exercise, Fat & Weight Loss - Increased Performance, Energy Expenditure (6%) & Fatty Acid Oxidation (27%) vs. Decreased Sleep Quality & Burnout
We love coffee! There is not doubt about it 85% of the Americans consume coffee on a daily basis and it's not much different for the rest of the West (Mitchell. 2013).
Caffeine is the #1 drug worldwide (Weinberg. 2001; Mitchell. 2013). In the US people with a death wish select the coffee from the eponymous brand which contains more than twice the amount Starbucks coffee does - and that in Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-51386341916812055052014-07-25T13:52:00.000+02:002014-10-20T18:59:50.674+02:00Caffeine & Cholorogenic Acid - Anti-Obesity Agents from Your Coffee Mug? Human Study Reveals Cortisol Lowering Effects, Mouse Study Confirms Anti-Obesity Effects
Ever since the Vinson study showed that green coffee bean extracts can help overweight women lose weight, green coffee is sexier than roasted one.
Only weeks after Vinson et al. were able to show that "Green Coffee Bean Extract Helps Pre-Obese Men and Women Shed 16lbs in 22 Weeks" (read more), green coffee bean supplements began to swamp the market - a great financial success for the Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-371875804825609802014-06-01T15:00:00.000+02:002015-12-07T05:35:50.160+01:00The Coffee³ Advantage Equation: 3 x 250mL Coffee / Day + 2x4 Weeks ➫ -1kg Body Fat, Satiety ⇈ (Ghrelin ↘ + 5HT ↗) + Cancer Protective 16% Reduction in DNA Breaks = Health³
Here it is: Scientific evidence caffeine is the among the healthiest addictions known to man.
It has been a while since the last official "Coffee Lovin'"-article at the SuppVersity was published. Luckily, scientists all over the world appear to be similarly hooked to the brownish cult drink as millions of coffee concessionaires all around the world - including those who live in Vienna, the Adel 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-85717985175163682002014-05-23T15:49:00.000+02:002014-05-23T15:49:21.408+02:00Caffeine Works - Study Leaves No Doubt About It! Approx. 400mg of Caffeine Get You Going, Even After 32h Without Sleep - So Why Doesn't It Work for You Anymore?
The answer to post-positioned question in the headline of today's SuppVersity article is not easy to find. Therefore I will start with the facts. Facts, researchers from the University of Sfax present in their latest paper in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Psychology & Behavior; facts that leave little doubt that 5 mg/kg of caffeine could counteract the negative effect of 36 h of Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-29899144203542049532014-01-19T14:47:00.001+01:002015-11-02T05:24:05.672+01:00Sex, Drugs and... Exercise? Caffeine, Alcohol, Marihuana and Nicotine - Do All Our Favorite Addictions Clash With Being Healthy, Lean and Athletic?
The only truly ergogenic addiction is a SuppVersity addiction ;-)
I am not sure if you remember my detailed elaborations on the effects of sexual intercourse on exercise performance from May 30, 2012 [see "Will Sex Before a Competition Hamper Your Performance?" | more], but if you don't I'd suggest you start out with this SuppVersity Classic before you devote yourself to Rock'n'Roll by readingAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-33562617396271048732014-01-15T17:06:00.002+01:002014-01-15T19:28:00.348+01:00Nitrates + Caffeine - An Ergogenic Sledgehammer For High Intensity Cycling: 46% Improved Time-Trial Performance
You better make sure you are competing in / training for the right sports before you spend you get all excited about a 46% performance increase
After the initial excitement was over, it has gotten quiet in the "nitrate" section of the supplement stores - no excited crys, no customers willing to pay whatever it takes, just to get a bottle of the "next big thing".
Personally, I'd say that thisAdel 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-74556681457439465202013-12-13T15:56:00.002+01:002013-12-13T15:56:22.202+01:00Post-Workout Chlorogenic Acid / Caffeine Supplementation - For Good or For Worse? Plus: Glycogen Synthesis & Why A Post-Workout May Be a Better Idea Than You'd Think
"Done,... where is my post-workout coffee?" - Post workout caffeine / chlorogenic acid - good or bad idea?
I know it's kind of late to post an article like this months after the ISSN conference, but I recently hit on an overview of the poster presentations and noticed that I did actually miss a couple of interesting studies. Don't worry, I won't be addressing a couple of them in the weeks to Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-27685454194128242472013-11-25T17:48:00.001+01:002013-11-25T17:48:53.051+01:00Coffee Rules, Green Tea Sucks!? Study Links Green Tea to Insulin Resistance and Coffee to Insulin Sensitivity. Statist. Outlier, Long- vs. Short Term Effect or Heavy Metal Toxicity?
I can't tell if bathing in coffee is healthier than in tea, but my gut tells me that it is.
Coffee may rob your sleep (see "Sleepness Nights: Are Pre-Workouts and A Huge Cup of Coffee Messing With Your Sleep?" | more), but if you look at the currently available epidemiological data, the average coffee drinker is still a pretty healthy chap. Whether this is due or in spite of the stimulating Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-91315662367073746482013-11-23T15:19:00.001+01:002014-04-12T14:34:14.336+02:00Sleepless Nights: Are Pre-Workouts and A Huge Cup of Coffee Messing With Your Sleep? Plus: 5h Half-Life & 15h Clearance Time Caffeine Stays
This couple probably didn't have a two huge cups of high-caffeine coffee with 400mg caffeine, each, before bed ;-)
The recent publications of a paper by Drake, Roehrs, Shambroom and Roth in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine woke my interest in the quantitative and qualitative significance of the potential negative effects coffee / caffeine can or will have on sleep (Drake.2013).
In the 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-69547088861103060762013-11-01T15:47:00.002+01:002013-11-01T15:47:09.095+01:00Ingestion of 400mg Caffeine Before a Workout Can Prevent Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness in Resistance Trained Men
Too many side-laterals without coffee?
Still having DOMS despite Alex Leaf's article on "DOMS - Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness: What Is
DOMS & How Can It Be Managed? Science, Strategies, Supplements" (read more)?
In that case you are probably not a great fan of pre-workout products, coffee or energy drinks, because if you were, it is not unlikely that you had - instinctively, if you will Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-90951110427736470632013-07-12T19:57:00.002+02:002018-05-22T03:09:13.457+02:00SuppVersity Cellulite Special: The Etiology of Cellulite, Genetical and Behavioural Risk Factors? Physical and Supplemental Treatment Strategies & Their Efficacy
This photo of a 37-year old woman some of you may already have seen Facebook testifies to the success of 12 weeks on 333U/cc retinol cream + high intensity laser pulses (Fink. 2006)
I guess, or should I say, I'd hope (?) that some of you have already been waiting eagerly for the write-up of yesterday's Special Installment of the SuppVersity Science Round-Up on the Super Human Network and all Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-76085927731758084462013-06-19T16:50:00.000+02:002013-06-20T15:45:23.067+02:00Six Cups Of Coffee (900mg/day): Three Too Much or Just About Right to Speed Up Lipolysis & Fatty Acid Oxidation?
The human equivalent of almost 900mg caffeine per day used in the study at hand did some good, but it also did some harm - read more and decide for yourselves which one you'd consider more important.
It amazes me time and again. Coffee and caffeine in particular are unquestionably the best-researched "supplements", nutraceuticals, drugs, or whatever you want to call. Yet, nevertheless, the Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-2304180637873875012013-06-09T16:53:00.000+02:002013-06-09T16:54:18.138+02:00Caffeine - 3mg, 6mg or 9mg/kg? What's the Optimal Dosage for Lifting & HIT Cycling and What About the Side Effects?
Wouldn't a single 200mg caffeine be enough to elicit the desired ergogenic effects without side effect like increased urination, headaches and muscle aches on the day after?
Caffeine is not only the world's #1 it is probably also the most (ab-)used ergogenic on the planet and whatever you may think about the longterm consequences of its use, there is not debating that it is part of those few "Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-72625331903812690122013-06-01T15:18:00.001+02:002013-06-01T15:18:21.068+02:00Up Your Coffee Intake & The Temperature of Your Baths to Get in Shape; Up Your Mood W/ Self-Paced Aerobics; Up Your Vitamin D in Time; Up Both Fat & Sugar For Diabesity
Ice cold baths are retarded. A cosy hot tub and a cup of coffee make a way better peak conditioning strategy.
+38% that's the SuppVersity Figure of the Week and it is the fat liberating advantage of the ingestion of 3mg/kg caffeine (in water) before sitting for 30 min in a hot bath (42°C; up to the navel) - yeah, you read me right: The latest study from the Graduate School at the Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-84165729503825494322013-05-14T16:57:00.000+02:002013-05-14T16:58:10.643+02:00Coffee - The Good, The Bad & The Interesting: 2-4 Cups of Coffee for Adiponectin. Roasted Filtered Coffee & High LDL!? The Optimal Caffeine / Taurine Ratios & the Buzz
The insights may be based on data from a fruit flies, but the the differential effects of high vs. low taurine / caffeine ratios on wake-, respectively sleepfulness concur with my own N=1 experience.
It's been a while since we've had a cup of the former Brew of the King's together. Therefore it occured to me that it would be high time to brew not just but three refreshing cups of hot coffee...Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-90720652168437785072013-04-27T15:57:00.002+02:002013-04-27T15:58:43.889+02:00Energy Drinks Before Workout Make You Thirsty. Single HIIT Session Every 14 Days Maintains Fitness in the Off-Season. Postprandial Walk Decreases HbA1c by 5%. Cardio Before Weights Increases pAKT +87% Over Weights Alone
You simply cannot start "working out" too early - even if it's just child's play.
"Three for one!" No, I am not trying to sell you three bottles of "uberpotent" test-boosters for the rat of one. Three for one that's the SuppVersity Figure of the Week and it is the ratio of the decrease in breast cancer risk in women and the hours of physical activity per week during their adolescence.
Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-34524459404396690822013-04-22T18:03:00.001+02:002013-04-22T18:09:02.130+02:00Diet + Exercise + Kitchen Sink Fat Burner Promote Weight Loss in Two-Months Study on Overweight Adults. Additional 2kg Fat Loss - Are Ozzy's Raspberries to "Blame"?
No this is not Liza Oz after taking Mehmet's beloved RK supplements ;-)
The Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition is one of the few "major" scientific journals, where scientists can actually publish those studies, "healthy freaks" (no, not "health freaks", but people who are still healthy and thus freaks ;-) like us are interested in. Studies such as the one Hector L Lopez Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-14735614031274533192013-04-19T15:42:00.002+02:002016-05-21T16:26:26.499+02:00Science Round-Up 2nds: Intra-/Post Workout Stims, Carbs & Protein and Their Effects on Performance, Hydration, GH, Cortisol, Testosterone & Fatty Acid Oxidation
As mentioned on yesterday's show, small 100kcal packets are as much of a problem as large dinner plates and XXL meals (data based on Coelho do Vale. 2008)
I want to start today's Seconds with a question: How did you like that Carl and I did not rush through the news-lineup as it was the case in previous episodes, but simply took our time to discuss the topics in depth an breadth, yesterday?
Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-22177684157663429932013-04-02T15:26:00.002+02:002013-04-02T15:26:27.123+02:00Coffee, Tea, Cacao, Caffeinated Sodas & Breast Cancer: 5+ Cups/Day?! Study & Meta-Analysis Show, It May Take More Coffee Than Previously Thought to Ward Off Breast Cancer
While you don't have to bath in coffee, one cup per day is probably not enough to protect your mammary glands.
Initially today's SuppVersity post was just about coffee and breast cancer risk. Today, a couple of days and a hand full of news on other interesting papers that are piling up by dozens in my archive, I found that the paper has proliferated ;-o
Well, not exactly, but in conjunctionAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-85526328406531221412013-03-23T16:22:00.001+01:002015-08-22T10:00:00.369+02:00Instant Coffee, Glycemia & Caffeine Powered Post-Workout Glycogen Repletion. Fish Oil, Arachidonic Acid Release & Prostaglandin Modulation. Adipocyte Sizes & Yoyo Dieting
Judged by the way they are looking at each other they don't care about their differential glucose / insulin response too coffee, but if you do, I suggest you scroll down and read the pertaining news item.
7.3% and 21.4%, those are the SuppVersity figures of the week. Figures that stand for the 2011 youth- and 2010 adult obesity rates in Colorado and they represent the nationwide "optimum" - atAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-65469497785701940612013-02-13T19:28:00.001+01:002013-02-13T19:42:35.304+01:00Forgotten Dieting Aids: Choline, Carnitine, Caffeine and the Anti-Weight-Loss Plateau Effects of Sugar and Phosphates
I bet both Flex Wheeler (left) as well as Serge Nubret (right) still knew what choline is. Something you probably cannot say of many of today's gymrats.
In view of the fact that the brief "Oldie but Goldie" post on the efficiency of a stack of carnitine, choline and caffeine as a weight loss adjuvant on the SuppVersity Facebook Wall caught so much attention, I thought that especially those of Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-31230711683250120632013-01-12T16:22:00.000+01:002013-01-13T07:12:27.152+01:00Saturated Fat & Postprandial Endotoxemia. Caffeine & Max. vs. Submaximal Exercise. Lactoferrin & the Battle Against Visceral Obesity. High Intensity Strength Training, Free Testosterone & the Use of Perceived Recovery Scales
Gram negative bacteria, as these E. coli bacteria which have been photographed with a low-temperature electron micrograph (magn. x10,000) tend to produce endotoxins in your gut, while gram positive bacteria tend to produce exotoxins on your food - nasty, ha?
It has been estimated that a single cell of
Escherichia coli contains approximately 106
Lipid A or endotoxin molecules with a mass of 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-80280817034752486182012-12-14T18:48:00.002+01:002012-12-21T05:09:38.771+01:00Science Round-Up Seconds: Nicotine's Effect on Brain Aromatase & the Consequences, 2D:4D Digit Ratio Predicts Testosterone Response to Sprinting and All the Anti-Obesity & Pro-Brain Effects W/ Just 2 Cups of Coffee per Week?
Wallaby Lachie Turner (left), Greg Inglis (centre) & Jarryd Hayne (Stuff.co.nz) - who would have thought that the relative length of their 2nd and 4th digit could predict their testosterone response after the sprint? Not you? Well, then you got to check out the first of the short-items at the bottom.
Those of you who have listened to yesterday's installment of the SuppVersity Science Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-35636566834037361662012-11-24T17:59:00.000+01:002012-11-25T07:03:35.766+01:00Get Lean & Stay Lean Quickie: OTC Fat Loss Supps Under Scrutiny. Sleepless Yet Lean in India?! Sesamine - Falsely Forgotten? High Carb Nighttime Snacks for Fridge Raiders?
Without an optimized dietary routine, a sound training plan and tons of discipline no fat burner is going to get you abs like these (suggested read: The SBSG Fat Loss Support Routine)
I suppose by today, the last remnants of your turkeys should be gone and you and your relatives ~0.5kg heavier (Hull. 2006). Against that background it appears only logical to turn this week's installment of On Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-10925207619150795082012-11-09T19:28:00.000+01:002015-11-02T05:25:08.302+01:00Science Round Up Seconds: 30-60% More Testosterone w/ 2.5g D-Aspartic Acid in Fertility Trial and Nicotine Amplifies Cardiotoxic Effects of ECA. Plus: Data on DHEA & Estrogen & Breast Cancer, Fermented Teas, AMPK, AKT & Co
DAA is probably not going to hurt your heart, but it's more likely to father a child than to build those abs. Ephedrine & Caffeine on the other hand, could help you get there, but esp. if you are also smoking you are increasing the risk that the kids you fathered using DAA will soon be without their begetter.
I guess most of all will have listened to the podcast of yesterday's installment Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-84460529762141390792012-11-05T19:46:00.000+01:002015-11-30T04:57:57.659+01:00Can 5 Cups of Coffee Boost Testosterone to Estrogen Ratio in Overweight Men Transiently by ~200%? Plus: SHBG Its Own Receptor and Its Role in Prostate & Breast Cancer
Testosterone booster in men and estrogen amplifier in women? As if there were not already enough good reasons to get your daily dose of the 'kingly' brew ;-)
You would not have to be a diligent student of the SuppVersity to know: Coffee is a truly remarkable brew. Even mainstream media has gotten wind of the multitude of beneficial effects a moderate intake of the former drink of the kings andAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-48396503345019105252012-09-29T18:20:00.001+02:002015-06-28T16:19:30.417+02:00Caffeine Protects Brain Function Against Stress & SAD Diet; Coffee Withdrawal, Anxiety & Co; Giardia, Messy Subtenant W/ Gusto For Arginine; Vit B6 & n6:n3 PUFA Ratio
19 Billion Euro that's the estimated 2011 financial burden due to lung cancer, alone, here in Europe and the On Short Notice figure of the week (information based on ESMO2012 press release)
Those of you who are also following the SuppVersity facebook news, will probably recognize the figure on the right: 16,000,000,000€ or $24,419,000,000, that's the estimated economical burden due to lung Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-63056991381067430752012-09-19T17:38:00.002+02:002015-07-31T05:31:13.552+02:00Coffee - 3 Cups Per Day Keep Insulin at Bay: You Better Start Today if You Want to Retain Your Insulin Sensitivity, and Stay Cancer & CVD Free Beyond Your Own Centennial!
I am not entirely sure how often I have used the sentence "consistency is key", here at the SuppVersity, but there is no way I don't reiterate it in the context of the never-ending debate over the pros and cons of habitual coffee drinking, once again. While much of the experimental evidence would suggest that coffee, or to be precise, caffeine the major methylxanthine in the brown brew is a badAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-25688447921103599152012-09-04T17:57:00.003+02:002012-09-04T17:57:56.393+02:00Mercury, From Fish to Toenail; Less Testosterone Needed W/ TRT + Tongkat Ali; R,R-Monatin the Next Stevia From South Africa! Plus: Magnesium Protects Mitochondria from LPS & Caffeine Arteries from HIIT Induced Platelet Activity!
Image 1: Looks like the Terminator was concerned about "bone" health, maybe he should consider Tonkgat ali as an addition to his TRT... or whatever regimen;-)
If you want to, you can call today's news a special installment of "On Short Notice", I have already had a couple of interesting news and before I am piling up another truckload, I thought I could make at least some of you happy and Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-24027622157854582482012-09-02T17:53:00.001+02:002015-08-13T05:25:54.058+02:00Circadian Rhythmicity: Retinol (Vitamin A) & Caffeine and Their Effects on the Central & Peripheral Clocks of the Body
Image 1: Is it a bad idea to "wake yourself up" with a pot of coffee in the morning, I mean from a circadian rhythm perspective?
In the last installment of this series we have been dealing with breakfast. Now, if you are following the mainstream advice neither of the two subjects of this installment should actually be a staple of it. Vitamin A, in its active form, retinol, is "bad and Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-76885153076939866422012-06-25T17:59:00.001+02:002012-06-25T18:00:36.528+02:00Raspberry Ketones? Why, if Two Grande Caffe Americano Could Suffice To Keep Your Belly & Liver Fat Free and Your Heart Healthy, Even on a +40% Hypercaloric Crap Diet?
Image 1: If I had the choice to have a tasty cup of coffee with the beautiful young lady or a couple of overpriced raspberry ketone caps with Dr. Oz, I would not even need scientific studies to make my choice ;-)
I am a huge fan of innovation, but when the name of the innovation begins with “raspberry” and ends on “ketones”, is pimped by TV doctors and sold on the 24h shopping channels, Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-15172700310133983802012-06-20T17:16:00.001+02:002012-06-20T17:38:57.111+02:00Pre-Workout Caffeine: Fat Liberator, Substrate Modulator, Trans-Fatty Acid Eliminator & Performance Upregulator! Do You Use it? Why are You Still no Ripped Olympian, Then?
Image 1 (mensfitnessandmore): I would not recommend to empty a whole can of "liquid animals", like bulls or horses, let alone monsters or other popular "creatures" from the kiosk next to your gym, if you don't want to crash from the sudden influx into and as rapid disappearance of sugar from your system - that's by the way what cyclists call "to bonk" and guess what, they do ingest tons of Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-61964755728545818872012-05-19T16:44:00.000+02:002012-05-20T13:32:02.389+02:00Lack of Drive? Theacrine Will Get You Going - Every Day! Camellia Kucha Alkaloid Acts via Dopamine and Adenosine
Image 1: Coffee vs. tea, if it comes to the persistent dopaminergic "get going" effect it appears that a hitherto hardly known tea variety, Camellia Kucha has the edge on the #1 average westerner's #1 morning drink.
Caffeine is the #1 drug for anyone looking for that little extra of burst of energy and yet there are people who claim they would kill for their morning coffee, while others swear Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-75575259782781900542012-05-09T17:47:00.000+02:002012-05-09T17:51:17.176+02:00High Dose Caffeine + Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease = 355% Increased Very Low Density Lipoprotein (VLDL)
Image 1: Already in "pill form" - Coffee beans
Caffeine, the world's #1 drug certainly is a remarkable substance. It does not only have myriads of well-established physiological effects, already, but it seems that - if you wanted to - you could identify another one everyday. It is thus not really surprising that a recently published study by Abd El-Ghany, M.A., Rasha, M. Nagib and Hagar, M. Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-19578910028072563782012-05-08T20:59:00.000+02:002012-05-08T21:00:19.947+02:00Ephedrine, Exercise or Diet? Ephedra Modulates Substrate Utilization, but Exercise Melts Body Fat & Builds Muscle
Image 1: Twinlabs' made a fortune on their line of ephedra containing fat burners.
For many people ephedrine, the "E" in the infamous ECA stacks and the alkaloid from the mua huang on which Twinlab and co. made a fortune in the late 1990s, was the first and only truly working fat-burner on the supplement market. "Legendary", "unique", "unparalleled", these are the attributes by which they likeAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-85801554148389411262012-03-14T18:08:00.000+01:002012-03-14T18:10:45.044+01:00Only "Real", Not Decaffeinated Instant Coffee Increases Fatty Acid Oxidation. Revisited: Caffeine's Dose-Dependent Effects on Testosterone & Cortisol Response to Exercise
Image 1: Coffee is made of coffee beans! Hard to believe if you look at what remains of this precious superfood in a sachet with instant "coffee", right? But is instant, let alone "decaf" + instant really as bad as its rep?
Although I know that probably not everyone is going to agree with that, I personally believe that coffee is one of the few real "superfood"... if it still is coffee and notAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-74611496962642913972012-01-16T17:33:00.002+01:002012-01-16T17:33:23.607+01:00Study Identifies Caffeic Acid Induced AMPK-α2 Activity Behind the Fat Burning, Insulin-Sensitizing & Life-Extending Effects of Coffee. Plus: Why Creatine & Coffee Don't Mix!
Image 1: I've got news for you: Real coffee does not come in brown sterophome cups ;-)
Ever since Starbucks came out with the "McDonald's version" of what used to be the drink of the popes and kings, coffee has gotten sort of a bad reputation. It is supposed to "burn out your adrenal glands" (I bet most people who support this hypothesis don't even know where the adrenal glands are situated),Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-30995496963982647322011-12-13T17:32:00.002+01:002011-12-14T13:40:48.253+01:00Warding Off Holiday Weight Gain 2.0: The Anti-Diabesity Effect of Coffee Goes Beyond its Caffeine Content.
Image 1: If they are not laden with pesticides and anti-fungals, the small brown beans from the coffee pant can easily compete with green, black oolong and pu-erh teas, when it comes to countering the unwanted side-effects of the "holiday diet"
Back in the days, both, tea and coffee were luxury goods and people felt privileged if they could have any of them. Today, they have become another of Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-71089619994575663992011-08-29T17:31:00.001+02:002011-08-30T14:38:57.768+02:00Ask Dr. Andro: The Pharmacokinetics of Creatine (Part II/II) - How Is Creatine Transported into the Muscle?
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1: There is a bunch of things that could potentially go wrong with
creatine uptake: The creatine from dietary sources could be
mal-absorbed (1) in the small intestine, (2) not make it into the cell,
or (3) be excreted too readily either before or immediately after it was
transported into the muscle.
Question from Learner (via comments): Do Creatine Transporters behave the Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-61817739369972864302011-05-17T02:31:00.016+02:002011-05-17T02:31:00.222+02:00You Cannot Sleep Before an Important Event? Take High Dose Creatine or Low Dose Caffeine to Battle Fatigue Induced Decrement in Skill Performance and Increase Testosterone.
Image 1: LG's Anadraulic State is only
one example for some of the 2nd generation
pre-workout products with deliberately lowered
amounts of caffeine and increased amounts of
creatine & other ergogenics in it.
You know it, you love it: Creatine Monohydrate - the godfather of dietary supplements; but did you know that Creatine supplementation at 50 or 100mg/kg body weight is as effectiveAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-33950078528658585892011-04-12T03:17:00.013+02:002011-04-12T07:26:05.797+02:00TARFU: LaBrada Nutrition Financed Study Finds no Effect of Super Charge Xtreme N.O. on Training Induced Increases in Muscle Size. Minor Effects on 1RM Max.As mentioned in previous blogposts, I highly credit all supplement companies which - instead of just putting out untenable claims about the "steroid-like" effects of their products - spend a few bucks of their immense marketing budgets on research on how fantastic their products actually are. In the case of LaBrada Nutrition's Super Charge Xtreme N.O. it does yet seem that it would have been Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-65179491397124019302011-03-16T01:35:00.001+01:002011-03-16T01:35:00.387+01:00Energy Drinks Increase Resting Metabolic Rate, But Do Not Influence Energy Expenditure During ExerciseEver wondered, whether the drink that was once rumored to contain "taurine from bull sperm" and similar fashionable "energy drinks" are of any use? Well, a recent study (Nienhuesser. 2011) coming from an international team of scientists showed that the consumption of each and every of the three energy drinks used in this study lead to a statistically significant increase in resting metabolic rateAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-6554858634469016572011-03-15T03:20:00.000+01:002011-03-15T03:20:00.367+01:00Gadgetry & Caffeine a Dynamic Duo for Sleep Deprivation and, Consequently, Obesity in School-Aged ChildrenEver wondered what your children do, when you send them to bed in the evening? According to the results of a study from the Department of Family and Community Health at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, they probably drink Coke and watch TV or play video-games. Does not sound too bad? Well, Calamaro et al. found that children who
drank caffeinated beverages had 15 fewer minutes of Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-58488085363833045992011-03-08T02:45:00.008+01:002011-03-08T07:19:59.120+01:00Low Dose Caffeine Ameliorates Catabolic Effects and Increases AMPK and PPAR Expression During Reduced Food Intake in MiceCaffeine, "the mother of all stimulants", has lately developed a bad reputation. Stress, Cortisol, Adrenal Fatique, Insulin Resistance etc. are only the most recognized buzzwords occurring within the context of caffeine consumption. A very recent paper (Shermann. 2011) coming from scientists from the University of Jerusalem draws a wholly different picture.
Shermann et al. investigated the Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-82618459453076611652011-02-18T03:12:00.002+01:002011-02-27T07:34:59.288+01:00Burn Additional 27 kcal with 6mg/kg Caffeine Pre-WorkoutCaffeine is the cornerstone of almost each and every fat-burner on the market. But how effective is it in raising your energy expenditure? A study (Astorino. 2011) conducted at the Department of Kinesiology of the California State University provides an answer: Not very effective.
Astorino et al. had 14 strength-trained men who were regular caffeine consumers perform a strength workout with Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-62402798631170763092011-01-08T04:04:00.001+01:002011-01-08T04:04:00.114+01:00Creatine + Caffeine = No-Go? Still Nothing but a MythYou probably have heard both that a) caffeine would negate the ergogenic effects of creatine loading and b) that the latter is nothing but one of those gym-myths which just won't disappear.
A recent study by scientists from the Department of Recreational Sports Management, Yu Da University, Miaoli, Taiwan (Lee. 2011) provides practical evidence that "the no caffeine when on creatine"-advice is Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-47371510631535886402010-12-31T03:38:00.000+01:002010-12-31T03:38:00.506+01:00High Dose Caffeine Will NOT Allow You to Curl More WeightMost PreWorkout products are loaden with caffeine. The reasoning behind that is twofold: Firstly, the caffeine will spike you up and thus may allow you to work more energetically. And secondly, caffeine is believed to be a potent ergogenic in itself, allowing you to lift that extra pound you would otherwise have to take off.
As far as the ergodicity of caffeine is concerned, a recent study whichAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-71275924425002124102010-12-28T04:08:00.001+01:002010-12-28T07:37:27.153+01:00Brewing the Perfect Green Tea: Best Brewing Time and Temperature for Optimal PotencyHere is something for all of you who have always asked themselves how to prepare their tea to "get the most out of it". Well, I know normal people would go by taste, but are we normal? No! We want maximal antioxidant-content and a decent amount of caffeine to jack us up and this is where the results from a recent study (Ziaedini. 2010) come into play.
The scientists from the Iranian Institute ofAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-79723292450563062412010-11-15T01:32:00.000+01:002010-11-15T01:32:00.780+01:00Caffeine Blunts Exercise Induced Hypotensive Response and Increases Post Exercise Blood PressureI told you about the positive effect of caffeine supplementation on the post high intensity interval training fatty acid oxidation, only yesterday. Today, I have to tell you that all that could be a bad idea, if you are prone to hypertension, because, as scientists from Brazil found (Cazé. 2010), the same caffeine that may make you shed some additional grams of fat, will block the hypothensive, Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-17947120074300500222010-11-14T01:25:00.001+01:002010-11-14T01:25:00.329+01:00HIIT + Caffeine = Increase in Post Exercise Fat MetabolisationHIIT and Caffeine have both been highly advocated for fat loss by professionals and personal trainers all over the world. Now, a recent study (Gerber. 2010) by provides clinical evidence for the effectiveness of the combination of both.
Gerber et al. had six participants complete two exercise trials consisting of 30 min of HIIT (20s cycling at 150% VO2max with 40s rest), followed by a time to Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-60843124972077552592010-10-24T04:37:00.002+02:002010-10-24T04:37:00.508+02:00Caffeine, Creatine, and Amino Acid Combo for Anaerobic Training OnlyMost of the currently marketed preworkout products contain "the famous three", i.e. caffeine, creatine and some sort of amino acids, but is there science behind providing fitness junkies with specifically these nutrients before workouts? David Fukuda and his collegues say "YES" (Fukuda. 2010), the combination of caffeine, creatine and amino acids is ergogenic, but only if it is taken previous to Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-66669920774080221162010-10-01T04:25:00.004+02:002010-10-01T04:25:00.664+02:00Caffeine & Exercise Performance: Is it all Placebo?Lot's of recreational athletes (me included) swear by it: caffeine before workout! Now, a study by Micheal (Michael. 2010) is suggesting that we could as well pop candy, as long as we believed it had caffeine in it:
As it is obvious from figure 1, the difference between subjects who were only told they received caffeine (5mg/kg), but did not (CP) and the group of participants who received Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-13711663240749366212010-07-26T07:46:00.006+02:002010-07-26T08:40:30.805+02:00Caffeine Activates Mainly AMPK-alpha1The ergogenic effects of caffeine (structure, see image on the right; HMDB v2.5) have in parts been established to be AMPK-dependent. AMPK protects cell from ATP, i.e. energy deffiency, and its activation by caffeine has been shown to improve time to exhaustion as well as overall performance. Hypothalamic AMPK also plays a critical role in hormonal and nutrient-derived anorexigenic and Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-13471281257119367162010-07-22T14:51:00.000+02:002010-07-22T14:51:00.272+02:00Cirsimarin: An Almost Completely Overlooked Lipolytic AgentIt is interesting that, with the exception of USP Labs, who happen to have a talent to find "unorthodox" ingredients for their products, no supplement company has yet sourced an extract from Microtea debilis. After all, a similar extract ("similar" to the one used in USP Lab's Recreate) was found to
exert strong lipolytic properties being 20 times more potent than caffeinein a 2005 study by Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-17828094812725287102010-07-16T14:14:00.008+02:002010-07-18T14:20:40.309+02:00VPX Clenbutrx Hardcore - Brief OverviewBeing asked by a member of a Facebook page I visit regularly (hi Paul!) I thought I could publicly go into some detail on this purported "hardcore fat destroying formula".
So what do we have? Obviously, a proprietary blend, i.e. except from the person who mixes the product, nobody knows the exact dosage of the ingredients. The only thing they tell you is that the whole blend weighs 449mg and of Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.com