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.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-25170912202440295432017-04-01T15:02:00.002+02:002017-04-02T02:22:59.282+02:00Is 'Meat' Bad for us, or Rather the Products we Call 'Meat' - A Mix of Preservatives + Colorings That's Killing Us Slowly?
Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce: the worst offenders in the "meat" category. Foods that owe their color, their taste, their shelf-life and their tolerable bacterial count to an amount of food additives that makes me question whether these food products are still "meats".
You will probably remember from previous SuppVersity articles that the association between meat, cancer, diabetes and Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-3268323974368254072017-01-30T04:21:00.000+01:002017-01-30T04:43:56.365+01:00Nitrate from Beets Improves Glucose Response to 75g CHO - Antibacterial Mouthwash Blocks This + Other Benefits
Honestly, for me it's not the improved glucose management, but rather the proof that you must not use antibacterial mouthwash that's the takeaway, here.
What? Yes, the use of mouthwash can ruin all beneficial effects of nitrate containing foods - those on your blood pressure, those on your pump and - as a recent study from the Colorado State University indicates - even the beneficialAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-53493123260338351592016-11-24T03:58:00.000+01:002016-11-25T05:25:57.774+01:00Sitting or Lying, Not Walking Ups CrossFit Performance and Inter-Set Recovery | Nitrate Shot Allows for "One More Rep" | Electric Brain Stimulation Turns You into Hulk & More
I have to admit: This is an awkward collection of studies, but this is what happens if you (cherry) pick and discuss only those of the papers in the latest issue of the Journal of Strength and Conditio-ning Research which I personally found interesting / most interesting.
Some of you have probably already been missing it. The short science round-ups with the latest scientific evidence Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-27232652244498388942015-09-29T18:39:00.002+02:002015-10-06T13:13:30.123+02:00Synephrine More Ergogenic, Than Thermogenic? Pump Supps Revisited - L-Arginine, L-Citrulline and Respective Whey-Peptides & -Nitrates | ISSN Research Review '15 #2
Synephrine, arginine, citrulline - Which pre-workout ensures that you're "on fire"?
As I pointed out previously, my initial idea to cherry pick only the most interesting study results that were presented in form of of poster presentations at the Twelfth International Society of Sports Nutrition (ISSN) Conference and Expo in 2015 didn't work out. The number of interesting studies is is simply Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-46081627243264232042015-08-21T16:05:00.000+02:002015-08-21T19:02:32.344+02:00Nitrate for Muscle+Brain Performance | Walking for Glucose Management | Full Glycogen Stores W/Out Excessive Water Retention | 5x10, 10x10, Cardio How mTOR and Co Respond
If Yap et al. were right and only continuous and not accumulative physical activity mattered, activity trackers like the this would be useless. No one needs a device to remind him of the 30 min of brisk walking he did / skipped today.
In today's installment of SuppVersity "On Short Notice", we're going to take a closer look at a selection of recent papers from the European Journal of Applied Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-91158918980050433092015-06-05T13:17:00.000+02:002017-01-30T04:20:38.144+01:00Nitrate Supplementation Study Supports "Increased Blood Flow ➲ Increased Performance" Claim From NO-Write-Ups
Does the vasodilatory effect of nitrates have a direct ergogenic effect that correlates with increases in blood flow?
If you are someone who actually reads the "product write-ups" (=ads) for NO boosters you will have heard the claim that the NO-induced vasodilation and the subsequent increase in blood flow will have significant performance enhancing effects. If you are a critical thinker,Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-44599130205152189202014-05-13T16:46:00.000+02:002014-05-13T16:48:58.891+02:00Conventional vs. Organic Wold Premiere - First Study to Confirm: Yes! Extracts From Organic Beets Have Higher Anti-Cancer Activity Than Conventionally Grown Ones
No matter how you eat, 'em. You got to love your organic beets, 'cause the tumors in your belly will hate 'em ;-)
You will probably remember my previous articles about the things you get "extra" with conventional produce, right? The stuff most of you will probably want to avoid. Pesticides, heavy metals, all sorts of nasty chemicals.; obviously all within the tolerable intake level and thus "Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-19292705423734396502014-03-04T17:17:00.000+01:002014-03-04T17:42:04.160+01:00Does Your Pre Workout Inhibit Fat Loss? Study Shows Nitrate Supplements Decrease Metabolic Rate By 4.2%
If you want other to see your pump, you got to be ripped. If not, why care about reductions in BMR?
If you remember my posts about the first generation, arginine-based pre-workout products you will be aware that the only pump they produced was the word "pump" in their name or product description. The reason was and still is simple. The mere provision of l-arginine, which is a precursor to Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-33331530787168303472014-01-24T17:07:00.000+01:002014-01-25T04:21:33.212+01:00The Beat Your Personal Bests W/ Beets 101: How Much? 8.4 mmol Nitrate ~400-1300g Beets! When? 2.5h Pre Workout!
There are two things you have to keep in mind, when you want to reap the benefits: Timing and dosage. With the currently available nitrate-based / -containing supplements, and both were probably off for the average customer.
It has gotten quiet around nitrate supplements. Irrespective of a handful of interesting studies that were published in the past months (Hoon. 2013; Thompson. 2013), the Adel 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-29850334721567612002013-05-05T15:37:00.003+02:002013-05-08T16:48:52.362+02:00300mg CoQ10 Boost Peak Power Increases in Young Elite Athletes. Plus: 140ml of Beet Root Juice, That's all it Takes to Minimize the Oxygen Demands During a Workout
Athletes from various sports train at the Olympic Camp, where the CoQ10 study was conducted.
As unfortunate as it may sound, the number of "next big things" in the area of performance enhancing (legal) substances - at least in large parts - a line-up of supplemental non-starters. Against that background it is all the more surprising that today' SuppVersity article features not one, but two Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-10834759048525843072013-02-05T18:12:00.001+01:002014-07-17T08:27:41.700+02:00With Beetroot Juice to the SuperBowl XLVIII: 490ml Beetroot Juice Will do the Ergogenic Trick in Team Sports. Plus: Brief Research Overview to Identify Who Else Will Benefit
There are a couple of important confounding factors which will determine whether or not you or anyone else can benefit from nitrate supplementation. Sex is yet - as far as I know know - not one of them... ah, by the way, there may be other benefits to nitrates that are "sex-specific", but in this case the semantics are somewhat different ;-)
You know that the SuppVersity is all about Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-50213566908840298822012-02-27T18:13:00.001+01:002012-02-27T18:20:54.696+01:00+25% Increased Quadriceps Weight and Profound Increases in Vascularization in Rodents From Real NO Donor! Study Shows: Nitric Oxide Works, At Least in Old Mice
Image 1: This is what NO boosters
promise, yet mostly don't deliver.
Many people believe that there is some truth to every myth. And in fact, a recently published study rom the Department of Surgery, Biological Sciences and Human Anatomy & Cell Science (quite a mouthful) at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada, shows that even there may be a quantum of truth even in the "arginineAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-75786415726105363512011-08-14T17:02:00.004+02:002011-08-14T17:11:06.771+02:00Nitrates Work! Even at Low Doses of 300-500mg. Athletes Who Take More or Confuse Nitrates With Nitrites Face Potential Health Risks. First NO2-"Victim" in the ER.
Image 1: With nitrate and nitrite, a
single letter is of literally vital importance.
You probably expected another issue of the famous "Ask Dr. Andro" segment today... ? Well, I have in fact been working on something, but firstly, the topic turned out to be so epic that I could hardly have
delivered a post in the usual SuppVersity quality within the next few hours, and secondly, a previous Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-18727906111363454882011-07-10T16:31:00.009+02:002011-08-14T17:08:16.186+02:00Ask Dr. Andro: Is Creatine Nitrate Worth it? Is it Really That Superior to the Good Old Creatine Monohydrate?Question from Brian Recker (via Facebook): Hey, what's your opinion of creatine nitrate? What would you say based on the science out there? Is it just more hype or is it really better than good old creapure?
Attention! I posted a follow up on the safety of nitrate and the risk of nitrite on August, 13th.
Image 1: Photoshop or creatine nitrate,
what works best for increased vascularity?
(Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-86758581077615807552011-04-11T03:02:00.005+02:002011-04-11T03:02:00.486+02:00Beet Root Juice Supplementation Improves Exercise Performance. Nitrate Content of the Beets Decreases ATP Turnover in High Intensity Exercise.Nitrates have long been decried as toxic and dangerous and I bet, before their latest appearance to the supplement market, none of you would even have remotely considered to consciously increase his/her dietary nitrate supply. Yet, recent scientific studies confirm that nitrate (in moderate doses) is not only safe, but also has, its effects on vasodilation aside, quantifiable effects on exercise Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-71036751766891591902010-08-21T04:30:00.005+02:002010-08-21T04:30:00.452+02:00Nitrate Supplementation Lowers Blood Pressure and Exercise O2 CostsThe hype around creatine and amino acid nitrates already calmed down. For many costumers (me included) real world results could not keep up with the promises made in glossy adverts. A recent study by Vanhatalo et al. (Vanhatalo. 2010) does yet show that nitrate supplementation can in fact influence physical responses to endurance exercise:
The exercise protocol (two moderate-intensity step testsAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-28988925562436662642010-07-28T13:28:00.000+02:002010-07-28T13:28:00.250+02:00Want to Improve Strength and Power Performance? Beet-Root or Rather Betaine Is the Way to Go!
Molecular structure of betaine (HMDB, v2.5)
Two month ago, another out of a handful currently available studies on the positive effects of beet root juice on exercise performance was published (Bailey. 2010). Most scientists hitherto speculated that its positive effect on exercise performance is solely/mostly related to he high amount of dietary nitrate. A recent study by Lee, et.al. (Lee. 2010Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.com