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.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-54669208311488541232018-04-04T06:37:00.000+02:002018-04-04T06:45:55.041+02:00The Vampire Approach to Longevity - Young Blood Revives Muscle, Brain & More | Plus: 6+ Less 'Horrific' Alternatives
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You will probably remember from the SuppVersity Facebook news (@SuppVersity | March 15, 2018) that scientists believe that they've found the molecule that's responsible for the rejuvenating effects of "young blood". In their study, which expanded on rodent data indicating that the injection of "young blood", i.e. Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-54663241910818300392016-01-23T14:57:00.001+01:002016-01-23T15:02:38.072+01:00Overeating = Natural Response to Strict Dieting That Occurs Despite Increased Satiety Hormone Response to XXL-Meal
This is not a photo from the full-text of the study, but it could be. After all the energy deficient diet was >90% below the maintenance intakes of the subjects. That's unfortunately much more severe than the average dieter's approach, but some of the things the scientists observed still have very general applications.
If you've ever dieted to make the cut in a sports with weight classes, Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-50921246632461232342015-10-08T13:53:00.000+02:002016-01-12T17:33:27.726+01:00Resistance Training, Not Starving Yourself or "Cardio" is Key to Successful Fat (!) Loss -- Metabolic Stress Appears to Determine Improvements in Body Composition & Health
Just look at the guys surrounding you, girls. How on earth will you get bulky if they are training like maniacs and still look like size-zero bans?
"Overfat", that's a term scientists use to refer to obese, but more importantly over- or even normal-weight people who are still carrying exuberant amounts of body fat around. In a recent meta-analysis, James E. Clark from the Manchester Community Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-51314025047801593342015-08-14T15:14:00.001+02:002015-08-14T19:36:24.996+02:00True or False? Losing Your Weight Slowly Will Yield Better (Long-Term) Results Than Rapid Weight Loss - Another Common Weight Loss Myth Debunked by Science?!
With adequ. protein and nutrients "crash"- beats "low and steady" -dieting. In the obese that's almost certain, in athletes more experimental evidence are needed.
You will have heard and read that rapid weight loss will make you lose muscle and set you up for weight regain aka the "Yo-Yo effect". As a SuppVersity reader, you know that things are not as simple as that. While some studies Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-30106062463740785522014-11-03T12:51:00.000+01:002014-11-03T13:02:01.508+01:00How to Switch Off Your Menstrual Cycle W/ Exercise & Dieting - More Than 22% Deficit ➯ Increased Risk of Menstrual Irregularities + Reduced (!) Weight Loss
Messing with your hormones won't help to reveal your abs, ladies!
I have written about this problem previously. Actually the whole SuppVersity "Athlete's Triad"-Series (read it) is remotely related to it: Women working out like hulk and eating like a sparrow. A behavior that leads to hormonal imbalances and amenorrhea very reliably.
So if you are wondering, why your menstrual cycle is messed Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-26667021027537283612012-03-13T17:26:00.001+01:002012-03-13T18:24:25.583+01:00Women Can't Go Without Fat, Men Not Without Glucose!? Plus: Could Fat & Glucose Be Created Equal(ly Important)?
Image 1: Are we missing the cacao (=fat) for the chocolate? Study suggests that women do better without glucose than men (img. stern.de)
Ladies, I know I am neglecting you. Testosterone here, bodybuilding there and rarely something about your issues. In the end, it is not fundamentally different with today's news, but the study we are going to look at today is at least food (all pun intended) Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-48582545468719146712012-02-24T17:43:00.000+01:002015-04-15T10:11:05.649+02:00Biggest Winners Lose Their Weight "Slowly" - Losing 6kg of Body Weight in 15 instead of 5 Weeks is 4x More Effective and Ensures that it is Fat You Are Losing, Not Muscle!
Image 1: "How did I let this happen again?", asks Oprah in her own magazine (as a German I am shocked there even is such a thing as an "Oprah Magazine" ;-) - the answer is simple, Oprah! Your "diet" programmed the YoYo effect! It happened not after, but right while you were starving... ah, pardon "dieting"!
From time to time, I am using the Blogspot stats to check where you, my dear readers, Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-28384029644025013992012-02-18T17:49:00.000+01:002012-02-18T17:55:07.378+01:00Challenging the Special K Challenge: Especially Convenient or Especially Stupid 14-Day Weight Loss "Solution"?
Image 1: Is this really all it takes to lose those unhealthy and unaesthetic pounds? Two servings of a breakfast cereal a day, instead of two of your regular meals? Sounds too "good" (?) to be true, right? A study says it works, but only the SuppVersity will tell you the real costs!
For me, as a German, it is quite surprising that the words "Special K", or rather the reference to the eponymousAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-16454636250948747292011-06-02T07:20:00.002+02:002014-08-27T10:22:04.574+02:00Starving Yourself Makes You Fat, Regardless of Whether You Overeat Or Not. Study Finds Obesity Promoting Effects of Ghrelin Unrelated to Orexia.
Image 1: Starving + indulgence, even without
over-indulgence, leads to obesity. (Image from
Hieronymus Bosch's The Seven Deadly Sins
and the Four Last Things)
Do you know that grumbling? This strange feeling you get, when you are "running on empty" - not the appetite or desire you feel when you pass by the ice cream parlor. I am talking about hunger, real physiological hunger, the one where Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.com