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.comBlogger15819999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-80878635825793679882019-06-08T01:19:00.000+02:002019-06-08T01:23:17.557+02:0010%(+) Reduction in Testosterone After Glucose and Whey Protein Shakes - Is the Classic #BB Shake Anti-Anabolic?
We're talking about a cross-over study in adolescent subjects and acute changes but that's neither the only nor the most relevant reason you don't have to be afraid of the bodybuilding staple, now. In fact, a closer look at the data seems to suggest that we're talking about a 'protein-anabolic decrease in testosterone'... sounds odd? Well, here's how it may relate to your #androgenReceptors (ARAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-83173891259526516242019-01-07T07:15:00.000+01:002019-01-07T07:19:52.930+01:00Vitamin D Supps & Testosterone | Black Tea May Keep You Leaner Than Green Tea | Pea, Oat, Rice Protein & Glycemia
You can expect more research updates like this one in 2019 on the SuppVersity... as well as other changes. And best of all, there's still time to let me know what you'd like to see / be changed over the course of 2019... aside from the overdue switch to a mobile-ready webdesign (#IRemeberThePromises), obviously.
While all three studies in this research update have been published last year, Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-69707702199384979472018-10-15T03:35:00.000+02:002018-10-15T03:41:57.364+02:00If the Androgen Receptor Response to Training Determines Your Gainz, the Question is: How Can You Optimize 'ur AR Density? Training-, Diet-, and Supplement-Effects Reviewed
Your androgen receptor status may not just determine how much muscle you gain - the data from Morton et al. seems to suggest that it even determines if you make visible muscle gains, at all.
Unless you've missed following the SuppVersity on Facebook, yet, you will remember my recent, highly popular post which previewed the results of a recent study from the McMaster University in 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-75860949295811545712017-09-02T05:53:00.003+02:002017-09-02T14:14:09.791+02:00The Effect of Testosterone With / Without Training on Size, Morphology, Neuronal Wiring of Elderly Muscle (Rat Model)
How do youthful+ (probably slightly above range) levels of testosterone affect muscle size, strength, and morphology as we age? That's more or less what the authors of a recent study wanted to know when they injected aging rats with testosterone propionate and observed if/how this would affect aging in the presence or absence of resistance training.
Yes, I know, this is only a rodent study, Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-82948737818511011742017-04-16T04:07:00.000+02:002017-04-16T04:21:59.504+02:00Eccentric Training Keeps You Gainin' and T & GH Up When, in Weeks 5-10, Traditional Training Stops Yielding Results
Extra gains, testosterone, and GH in one scientific paper? That will catch every gymrats interest, right?
I know, the name SuppVersity implies that gains were all, or at least to a significant degree about supplements. In fact, though, they are about busting your ass out in the gym and eating like a freak. And with respect to the former, a new study from the University of Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-11891713854140251312016-10-07T07:22:00.000+02:002016-10-07T07:22:21.460+02:00Overtrained or in the Zone? Tests & Analyses of Samples of Athletes' Saliva Shall Help Determine Objective Criteria
Could something as simple as a saliva test tell you if you or your clients are overtraining? I mean, common sense would dictate that cortisol, free T and IL-6 should tell us something.
Salivary testosterone, cortisol, and interleukin-6, those are the three parameters Travis Anderson and colleagues had on their list of candidates when they conducted their latest study at the University of Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-40541264097693483772016-07-13T05:25:00.000+02:002016-07-13T07:28:00.549+02:00Excessive Cardio & Testosterone: The free T / Cortisol Ratio Revisited | Plus: Why Even a 72% Decrease in fT/C May be Less Significant for Your Gains Than You Thought It'd Be
Cardio - Only "too much" can hurt you.
Let me get this straight: this is not an anti-cardio article. There's not just little, there's rather absolutely no doubt that a sane amount of endurance training is nothing but healthy for us, but done in excess, especially "running has been demonstrated to provide a large physiological stress to the body, resulting in large neuroendocrine system Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-50097545483860632172016-06-17T03:53:00.000+02:002016-06-18T05:54:09.716+02:00TRT - How Healthy, Lean and Muscular Will Testosterone Replacement Make You? Data from Recent Meta-Analysis
TRT - What to expect in terms of its effects on a man's body composition?
If you hear people talk about "gear" (=performance enhancing drugs | PED), you get the impression that one injection of testosterone, nandrolone and co would turn a scrawny beginner into an Olympian. Reality, however, looks much different ... in fact, the number of people who ruin their health with (often oral) designer Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-4382843202676665032016-06-11T03:41:00.001+02:002016-06-11T04:12:48.570+02:00Your Post-Workout Testosterone Levels Can Predict Your Gains - Study Takes Novel Approach to the T ↔ Muscle Link
GainZ - Are they all about T and we just didn't do the right statistical tests in previous studies to realize that?
Only recently one of the longstanding "truths" of protein anabolism has been busted (learn why the acute muscle protein synthesis response matters more than prev. thought). And now, a new paper in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research (Mangine. 2016), appears to Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-42326874079822145272016-06-05T04:03:00.003+02:002016-06-05T10:26:27.721+02:00Tribulus Boosts Testosterone (+12%), IGF-1 (+20%), Sheds 2kg (7%) Body Fat and Maintains Lean Mass in 12 Wk RCT
Could a high dose of purified saponin tribulus extract as it was obviously used in the study at hand actually be a valid TRT alternative or even option?
No, this is not the 2015 study in trained boxers that found similarly surprising, because impressive benefits from tribulus terrestris (TT) supplementation (read it). It's a new study from the Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-54873230084087812692016-05-09T03:42:00.000+02:002016-05-09T03:46:58.207+02:00Shilajit: Ayurvedic Testosterone Booster that Works in Men, not Rats: ~20% Increase in Free T + Higher Total T & DHEA
"Get leaner, more muscular and hornier than ever before" - That's probably the promise on the T-booster someone will release after reading this SuppVersity article and sourcing an inferior Shilajit extract on Alibaba.
No, I hadn't heard of Purified Shilajit (PS), either, before I read about it in a very recent study in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Andrologia (Pandit. 2015). Actually, Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-43068206584704940612016-03-12T02:42:00.002+01:002016-03-12T13:58:00.918+01:00T-Boosters Revisited: Maca & G. Cola Boost Testosterone by More Than 125% and 300% While Increasing Libido
We still need human studies to confirm the results of the studies to call maca and garcinia cola "proven T-boosters"!
Before you get all-too-excited; let's be clear about this: An increase in natural testosterone production will not produce the same increase in muscle mass and reduction in body fat as injectable testosterone. As I've explained in two previous articles ("Understanding the Big TAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-41357409056872660032016-02-13T04:54:00.000+01:002016-02-13T05:09:17.926+01:00HMB for Every, Not Just Strength Athletes? Lower Body Fat, Improved VO2, Muscle, Testosterone in 2x12 Week Study
Lean muscle for athletes? HMB could help, irrespective of exercise type - by increasing strength, lean mass and VO2. In the study at hand, all three increased and that is / was in highly trained athletes.
You've read all articles about HMB at the SuppVersity? In that case you will be aware that HMB has hitherto been perceived rather as a strength / bodybuilding than an endurance supplement. Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-37835535860278624502015-12-25T07:44:00.000+01:002015-12-25T10:42:33.952+01:00Hormonal Response to Exercise, Revisited: A Consequence, not a Determinant of Your Mood, Effort & Performance
Studies in men suggest no effect of the hormonal response on training outcome - What about women? A news study provides insights that may be relevant for both female and male gymrats.
It has been a few years that I last wrote about the "hormonal ghost". Back in the day, Stuart M. Phillips published an excellent paper that debunked the myth of a mechanistic link of post-exercise increases in Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-68873910795236244932015-10-29T16:12:00.000+01:002015-12-27T08:08:16.965+01:00Cardio After Weights! Doing Resistance Before Endurance Training Has More Beneficial Effects on Leptin, Cortisol, Testosterone and Body Composition in Young Men
I can almost guarantee that the results of this study are not sex-specific. Ladies, pick up the weights fater you hit the treadmill, stairmaster, elliptical or other torture instrument you like to use!
It has been a while since the last study on exercise order (cardio or weights first) has been published. Now, scientists from the University of Kurdistan have conducted another study to Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-74724429699042004702015-09-26T15:29:00.000+02:002015-09-26T17:58:33.173+02:00Testosterone Gel Augments Increases in Lean Mass Gains (+3.9kg in 6 Months) in Older Intensely Training Men, but Testim Blocks Decrease in Marker of Heart Disease Risk
Building muscle becomes increasingly harder, the older you get. While there's no evidence that any of the overpriced natty T-boosters can solve this problem, Testim(R) can. That's at least what a recent Danish study shows.
If you believe in what you read in the ads for testosterone boosters, all you'd have to do to get jacked was to increase your testosterone levels by a few percentages.
In Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-58594640478758705872015-07-02T13:58:00.000+02:002015-07-02T13:58:44.210+02:00Garcinia Cola Seeds as a Testosterone Booster: 100%+ Increased Testosterone and Powerful Aphrodisiac Effects
Better than asparagus ;-)
I have to admit, it has been a while since I've written about "natural testosterone boosters". In the last article that was remotely related to this topic, I even wrote that they are useless for 90% of the male population, because even if they boost your testosterone levels by 10-20% this is very unlikely to have the muscle building and fat burning effects Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-3151929099021914452015-06-18T12:24:00.000+02:002015-06-19T05:26:10.392+02:00Training in Hypoxia Makes You Stronger, Bigger & Leaner | Short Rest Doubles Energy Expenditure During & After Ex. | C+E + NSAID + Whey + Cold Water for "Instant" Recovery
The less you rest, the more you burn.
If you're looking for the latest exercise science news, look no further! In today's installment of the short news you will learn about the effects of different rest intervals on the acute metabolic effects of "battling the rope", the effects of 5-week resistance training in hypoxia on the hormonal response to exercise and muscle strength and exercise Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-71195917731582741982015-06-17T13:54:00.000+02:002015-06-17T19:18:56.696+02:00Clomiphene Citrate, Overlooked Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) Alternative? 2.5x Higher T, No Side Effects
Can you replace androgel or injectable T with regular chlomiphene citrate tablets? Or is this just "broscience"?
While many of the things people will tell you about the negative side-effects of testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) are scientifically questionable, un- or even disproven, there's one nasty side effect that is simply unavoidable: the decline in natural testosterone production. Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-43862558130039307222015-04-20T12:32:00.000+02:002015-04-20T18:18:37.947+02:00BroScience Research: "What do Bros Say About AAS Use and the Prevention of Shut Down & Infertility?"
Are today's "muscle men" not going to be able to procreate?
If you are frequenting any of the popular fitness and bodybuilding bulletin boards, you will know that "broscience" is a mixture of anecdotal evidence and hilarious claims that is spiked with cherry picked scientific references.
Against that background it may sound funny that researchers from the New Castle Fertility Center Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-24532836931813030132015-03-19T18:04:00.000+01:002015-03-19T18:04:40.416+01:00Fenugreek Works - Recent Study Suggests, It Works in Human Lifters, too - But How Significant are the Results?
If you trust in the promises of the supplement industry, these seeds are as potent as steroids.
If we go by the rodent studies the write-ups on various testosterone boosters and "performance enhancers" cite, there has never been the slightest doubt that fenugreek is a potent testosterone booster and ergogenic. When it comes to practically relevant human studies, however there are still aAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-28066557124065341542015-02-22T14:11:00.000+01:002015-02-22T14:47:55.348+01:00Will Melatonin Reduce Your Testosterone Levels? A Review of the Existing Evidence With Clinical Studies That Say...
Do you risk all of these benefits of T that have been illustrated artistically by artofmanliness.com if you take melatonin supplements?
I have written about the multitude of beneficial health effects which range from improvements in sleep quality over its beneficial effects on glucose and lipid metabolism to its potential cancer protective effects more than once; and after the publicationAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-88991092035606000332015-02-12T15:33:00.000+01:002015-02-12T15:33:30.672+01:00Increased Testosterone, Lower Cortisol Within 5-8 Days of Creatine Supplementation - Plus: Many Creatine Products Contain Creatinine & Other Impurities You Don't Want
Ok, I have to admit, eating, socializing, and sleeping may be more important, but I guess creatine monohydrate supplementation ranks 5th in the "things you got to do to get stronger and more muscular" algorithm ;-)
I know, acute hormonal changes in response to resistance training don't matter..., well at least as long as you compare one individual to another! If you take a look at Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-55748630026846539532015-01-08T14:55:00.000+01:002015-01-27T05:39:38.693+01:00Exercise Research Update: Sprints for Endurance Athletes, Bench vs. Band-Assisted Push Up, HIIT in Hypoxia, Stiff-Legged Deadlifts vs. Leg Curls + 5 Add. Recent Studies
If you want the latest in strength and conditioning research, today's SuppVersity article is for you!
I am not sure if you are following belong to the readership of the Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research. As a SuppVersity reader you have yet read your share of analyses and interpretations of data from studies that have been published in this journal.
Usually, only two to three Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-47729921342694355342014-11-20T15:37:00.000+01:002014-11-22T06:03:28.521+01:00The Acute & 24h Effects of 3 Types of High Intensity Circuit Training on Testosterone & Cortisol in Young Trained Men.
It's obviously to have the 24h effects on testosterone and cortisol than only those measured after the workout , but can we make solid conclusions based on the additional data?
In spite of the fact that the acute testosterone and cortisol response to exercise appears to have little direct effects on the overall training outcome (Schoenfeld. 2013), acute increase in cortisol and reductions in Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-16829377997786538102014-11-19T16:36:00.000+01:002014-11-19T17:06:11.069+01:00Will Even Normal Testosterone Levels Increase Your Cancer Risk? Recent Study Makes it Sound Like it - At First Sight!
Don't fall for someone who overgeneralizes, misreports or -interprets study results to tell you that healthy mid-range testosterone levels were a major trigger of cancer development.
I just got an email from my good friend Carl Lanore who hosts the Super Human Radio Show I am sure you have already seen in the sidebar of the SuppVersity. He pointed me towards the results of a recent study Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-15797196198337742372014-10-14T13:23:00.000+02:002014-10-14T14:13:14.262+02:00Low Testosterone ⇨ No Muscle Repair & Long-Term Gains: Testosterone's Effects on Satellite Cells & Myonuclei. Plus: Paradoxical 19% Drop in T W/ Whey + CHO Shake in Boys
Studies show that "women demonstrate significantly larger satellite cell and satellite cell nucleus areas than men" (Roth. 2000) - an effect that could be mediated by the effects of estrogen, not testosterone on satellite cells.
As a SuppVersity reader you will know that satellite cells are the "muscle reserve" that's "cooking" between the basal lamina and sarcolemma of your muscles. They areAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-32825488528343746082014-08-19T14:56:00.002+02:002014-08-19T15:02:20.262+02:00Eurycoma Longifolia aka "Long Jack" a Natural Alternative to Testosterone Replacement Therapy? A Review of Its Effects on Fertility, Muscle, Bone, Boners & More!
As its Western name already implies "Long Jack" has traditionally been used as libido booster. As Tongkat Ali or E. Longifolia extract it is yet also an ingredient of "Testosterone Boosters", these days - rightly so?
In spite of the fact that you'll probably agree, when I say that the risks of classic (hormonal) testosterone replacement therapy are largely overblown in the never-ending debate Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-39346024766324299752014-07-29T16:00:00.000+02:002014-07-29T16:14:03.132+02:00Is Resistance Training in the PM More Anabolic Than in the AM? Time of the Workout Doesn't Influence Acute Hormonal Response or Circadian Pattern of Testosterone Production
The sun is setting and you're still working out. Could this disrupt your circadian testosterone rhythm? Or is it maybe even beneficial? I mean, you could compensate the natural nadir in testosterone in the PM, right?
Testosterone, much like any other hormone, is subject to a circadian rhythm. This means that there are spikes and troughs at certain time points in the day. Now, we all know that Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-30755461790687791982014-07-18T14:24:00.002+02:002014-07-18T14:31:43.159+02:00750kcal/day Deficit Approach to "Cutting" Beats Cautious 300kcal/day Deficit: Almost 2kg Fat in 4 Weeks + No Decline in Testosterone or Muscle Loss in Lean Athletes
Even in lean athletes dieting does not have to cost muscle mass.
One of the commonest reasons people don't achieve the physique of their dreams is fear! The fear of losing muscle weight on a "cut" and the fear of gaining fat weight on a "bulk". The study at hand confirms: There is no reason to be afraid of cutting.
In the course of the four-week cutting period in the study at hand, the Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-46997085438700510012014-06-21T15:14:00.001+02:002014-06-21T15:15:29.634+02:00Melatonin As Potent as Letrozole in Inhibiting Aromatization of Testosterone to Estrogen - This Raises the Question: Is a Lack of / Bad Sleep to Blame for Breast Cancer?!
Sleeping for 7-8h w/out interruption in a pitch black room to max. your melatonin is the best breast cancer prevention.
It may sound hilarious to the next best average Joe, but the study results Suthat Chottanap and colleagues from the Chulabhorn Graduate Institute are about to present in one of the next issues of Toxicology in Vitro confirm what SuppVersity readers already knew: It's more Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-12966786919689305742014-06-17T15:45:00.001+02:002014-06-18T16:30:07.197+02:00True or False: The Occasional Weekend Alcohol Binge Does not Hamper Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy, Will Not Decrease Testosterone and Cannot Impair Your Strength & Recovery
Brain & muscle get along astonishingly well. Booze & muscle don't.
A glass of wine from time to time. That's not a proper rhyme and probably less beneficial for your health than the rave press-released about "French Paradoxes" and the potent health effects of the negligible amounts of resveratrol in red wine would suggest, but it's certainly not as bad as a regular weekend binge - a Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-51706768940680481262014-04-25T14:39:00.000+02:002014-04-25T14:39:31.753+02:00Exercise Order Reloaded: Testosterone Advantage of Doing Weights First Does Not Persist over 24 Week Study Period ➲ Strength Gains Identical, But GH Difference is Suspicious
Could the "wrong" exercise order be holding you back?
If you take a look at the SuppVersity articles with the keyword "exercise order" (click here to do that now), you will probably find "good" arguments for both: Doing cardio before and doing cardio after weights - this begs the question, whether it is merely a question of personal preference, doesn't it?
I, for my part, have done Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-28552555919545673442014-03-13T16:01:00.001+01:002014-03-13T16:05:46.361+01:00Endocrine Side-Effects of Athletic Competition: Is Power Lifting for Pussies and Canoeing for Real Men? Sports Specific Hormone Profiles - Cause or Coincidence?
With only one female power lifter and fewer female athletes for all sports, I didn't copy the hardly legible data for them, as well.
Some of you will remember the sneak peak of the results of a recent study designed to measure the "profile of hormones in a group of elite athletes" I gave you on Facebook a couple of days ago (read more). In case you do belong to the >4,500 people who alreadyAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-38931443116779925732014-02-22T15:07:00.000+01:002014-02-22T15:17:00.347+01:00High Protein Diets Don't Counter Anti-Anabolic Effects of Low Energy Intake: 29% Reduction in Free Testosterone, -16% IGF-1 With 40% Energy Deficit Despite 2.4g/kg Protein
Melt the belly, keep the muscle - a decent amount of protein is key, but more ain't more and as a recent study shows: This has nothing to do with hormones.
If you are no newbie to the SuppVersity you will be aware that there is no way to escape the "anti-anabolic" effects of suboptimal energy intakes. You will also know that protein catabolism cannot be countered by the ingestion of extra Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-37034024081090927622014-01-30T16:58:00.001+01:002014-01-31T06:04:08.090+01:00A Relaxing, Cortisol Reducing, Testosterone Manipulating Cup of Roiboos Tea, Anyone? Plus: From Herpes, Over Liver-Toxicity to Cancer - Things Rooibos Can Do For You!
"Decallerate" your life - drink tea!?
I am starting to think that I may have totally underestimated Roiboos tea... I mean, tea without my beloved caffeine? That cannot be good for anything, can it? Well, it looks like it can!
After a couple of database searches, I did eventually have to realize that the most recent study by Schloms et al. is only the tip of an ice-, or rather "paper-berg" Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-41676293741969978022014-01-09T16:29:00.001+01:002015-01-22T18:40:47.129+01:00True or False - High or Low Protein Intakes Have Profound Influence on Testosterone, SHBG, Estrogen, Cortisol & Co?
We are what we eat! Acknowledged, but does this also go for your hormones and different in protein intakes? Let's have another look at the contemporarily available research to figure that out.
In recent study in the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism a group of researchers from the Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation at the University of Alberta reports:Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-69556841501524884262014-01-02T16:32:00.000+01:002014-01-04T14:52:15.753+01:00True or False: Dairy Is a Toxic ☣ Hormone Cocktail That's a Threat to Your Testosterone Levels & Fertility and Promotes Breast, Prostate & Other Forms of Cancer!.red { border: 1px solid #730000; background: #FFD6D6;} .overview td {padding:3px 0;}
Are the hormonal side effects of dairy and its cancerous consequences even worse than they're painted by the steadily growing anti-dairy lobby?
I have to admit that I expanded Artur Vladimirovich's original question, whether I would believe that the results of a 2010 study by Maruyama K, Oshima T, Ohyama K. Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-14856871956735887172014-01-01T15:36:00.005+01:002014-01-01T15:37:46.639+01:00Low Testosterone, Low Life Expectancy: Plus: Chinese vs. US - Do the Same Reference Ranges Apply for Everyone?
This is what Photoshop and creativity can tell us about aging men.
It has been a while since we've taken a closer look at the effects of testosterone deficiency and its replacement aka TRT. Basically that's why I decided not to waste the interesting findings from a recently published study in the The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (Yeap. 2013) in the Facebook News. In Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-25089027313550912762013-11-16T15:04:00.004+01:002015-08-28T05:42:44.876+02:00TReaTing Diabesity With Testosterone!? If You Keep DHT in Check + Stay Away From Aromatase Inhibitors, It May Work
It probably won't turn an overweight pre-diabetic into a fitness model, but a getting a TRT script has the potential of changing a man's physical and psychological health for the better.
Despite the fact that more and more men recognize the benefits of supervised testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) and the bodybuilding and fitness community cherishes 'their BIG T' as the be-all-and-end-all,Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-6898901693939233742013-11-06T17:07:00.001+01:002013-11-06T17:07:51.838+01:004g of Conjugated Linoleic Acid Promote CYP17A1 + Leydig Cell Testosterone Production and Increase Cardio-Mediated Muscle, Strength and Endurance Gains
"That's all the exercise in induced T-response, bro. Now shut up, I got to squat!"
Yes, this is another of those rodent studies of which we simply don't know if the results will eventually translate to humans. In contrast to previous studies on CLA, which dealt with weight loss and produced marvelous results (see "CLA Destroys Body Fat & Increases Endurance!" | read more) which could not Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-54359433594866766132013-10-29T17:10:00.001+01:002013-11-06T05:29:41.999+01:0040% Increase in Total + 50% Increase in Free Testosterone - Two Not Necessarily Undesirable Side Effects of Sildenafil. Human Study Confirms Direct Effect of PDE-5 Inhibition
Either you buy one of the bazillion OTC test-boosters that will not do anything for your testosterone levels, but may have minimal effects on your libido; or, you get a script for the blue pills and accept that one of the side-effects of these proven libido-boosters is an increase in testicular testosterone production.
If you were all Germans, I would probably be cracking a joke about the Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-48197527981142202892013-10-12T16:26:00.000+02:002013-10-12T16:26:39.509+02:00IL-6 - True Muscle Builder or Just a Measure of Workout Intensity? Plus: If Testosterone Does Not Matter, Why Does the Androgen Receptor Density Make a Difference?
No matter how close we look, the influence of previous, i.e. GH, IGF-1 and testosterone, as well as novel, i.e. IL-6 and AR expression, potentially growth promoting suspects remains elusive.
SuppVersity readers know, there is more to "inflammation" than the average mass media article will make you believe. The same "bad cytokines" that will decrease your insulin sensitivity, make you sick and Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-64586554472558890382013-10-10T15:15:00.001+02:002013-10-11T13:20:45.900+02:00The 100% Natural "Hormonal Approach" to Personalize Your Resistance Training Program: Using Saliva Testosterone to Discover Your Own, Personal Optimal Set- & Rep-Range
A pre- vs post-workout salivary testosterone test could hold the clue to the perfect workout.
Most of you are probably aware that my own personal interest in learning something new every day is one of my central motivations to sit down and write an article about the latest and (imho) most interesting studies from the realms of nutrition and exercise science. At first sight it may seem as if itAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-88565989427369779182013-09-18T17:12:00.002+02:002015-11-01T04:51:14.979+01:00T-Gel with or Without an Aromatase Inhibitor? If You Are Healthy & Lean and Want to Stay This Way, There is Only One Answer: T-Gel Without Aromatase Inhibitor!
Don't let her talk you into participating in studies that risk your manliness ;-)
Would you be willing to participate in a study, where you could end up without testosterone? No? Well me neither... strangely Joel S. Finkelstein et al. were able to find 198 healthy men between 20 and 50 years who were stupid enough to participate in an experiment, where they were randomized to placebo, or Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-31523190447920328362013-09-13T17:03:00.005+02:002022-06-29T10:38:39.589+02:00SuppVersity Science Round-Up Seconds: All About DHEA. Plus: In Practice - Supplementation Benefits & Dosages?
A lack of libido appears - if at all - treatable w/ DHEA only in peri-menopausal women (Maggi. 2013; Pucchino. 2013); there are however a lot of other things DHEA can do for you.
The power of electricity made it possible. Yesterday's show went really smoothly, but despite the fact that I really tried hard to cover all the most interesting topics, there was simply too much for a 1h show. That Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-50156036509741691242013-08-19T17:18:00.005+02:002018-09-22T00:20:25.710+02:00When Hype Meets Reality: D-Aspartic Acid Turns Out to Be Another Supplemental Nonstarter in First Human Trial With Any Relevance for Healthy Young Men
Training "on" D-Aspartic Acid is like training on guar gum.
Busted! D-Aspartic acid aka DAA is another "natural anabolic agent" that turns out to be more of a revenue- than a hormone-booster with muscle building prowess.
And you know what? It took Darryn S. Willoughby and Brian Leutholtz from the Exercise and Biochemical Nutrition Lab, Human Performance, and Recreation at Baylor Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-35524242759686975242013-06-06T16:33:00.000+02:002013-06-06T17:04:22.092+02:00Serum & Intramuscular Testosterone, DHT and Androgen Receptor Response to High vs. Low Volume Training
Another set for another ng of testosterone? Does it work that way and is it worth it - not just on paper, but in terms of real gains?
I know that we don't know! And among the many things we don't know the influence of the post-workout elevation in the long-thought "anabolic" hormones testosterone, growth hormone, and co. is unquestionably one of my personal favorites. You've read about it, Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-69837117487867892012013-06-03T16:42:00.001+02:002013-06-03T16:42:15.613+02:00Beyond Testosterone: 200mg/day of Tongkat Ali (Eurycoma Longifolia) for Stress Management & Improved Mood!?
It does not always take a pill to effectively manage your stress levels. Don't forget to take your well-deserved timeouts - from work and workouts and use a hot bath to "pre-regenerate" (learn more)
While "long jack" as it is also called is probably best known for its testosterone boosting effects (learn more about Tongkat Ali aka "Ali's Stick") and one of the staple ingredient in the Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-40983390955983225092013-05-11T15:44:00.001+02:002020-01-07T04:43:53.030+01:00Androgen 3-Some: BPA Exposure & Free Testosterone in Men. TRT Good For the Prostate. DHT, Alopecia (Hair Loss) & Monascus Fermentation. Plus: Mycotoxins in GCB Supps
Coffee and green coffee bean extracts are by no means the only way by which you are exposed to mycotoxins. Corn, for example, is likewise a favorite for the toxic mold. The same goes for almost all other grains. Common routes of exposure are, amongst others cereals, breads, wines, and even mils and meats (of swine ad turkey, not chicken; Duarte. 2010)
36%, 32%, 10%, and 16% these are the Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-8815348032964573092013-04-20T15:45:00.002+02:002017-01-29T04:11:20.871+01:00Size Does Matter! Mucuna Counters Estrogenic Assaults & Doubles Testosterone. High Hair Cortisol, CVD & Diabetes. Catabolic Laziness. Health & Obesity = Incompatible
While it may be debatable, whether and in which contexts size really matters, 20% of the women in a Dutch study state that they length of the best part of their partner was "important" (Franken.. 2002)
While the debate whether or not "size matters" is probably never going to end, researchers from the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Mexico have now found that your male offspring could "fall Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-35164306878379610712013-04-16T16:54:00.000+02:002013-04-16T16:57:47.488+02:00Triphasic Nutrient Supplement W/ Caffeine, Aminos, Carbs, Creatine & All the Usual Suspects Allows For Higher Training Volume, Lowers Cortisol & Dampens Muscle Damage
Do you really need the whole pre-, intra-, post workout supp-arsenal to benefit from your workouts?
Finally, another workout supplementation study! Yeah, I know you are already suffering the side-effects of withdrawl, but it's just a couple of lines and you will feel relieve - thanks to Stephen P. Bird and his colleagues from the Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, Australia, whose latest Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-80880022905264383112013-03-18T17:52:00.002+01:002013-03-18T18:37:36.629+01:00Carnitine as Repartitioning Agent? IGF-1, p-AKT & mTOR Up, Catabolic Proteins Down + 7% Improvement in Lean- to Total Mass Ratio W/ HED of 1-1.5 of Carnitine/Day
It won't spare you the sweat, but carnitine could make it even more worthwhile by ramping up the anabolic and shutting down the catabolic signals.
Until 2006 l-carnitine has been known as a fat-burner, an in-effective fat-burner and an expensive and pretty useless supplement (depending on whom you were asking). Then, in July 2006, Kraemer et al. published a paper (a human study, above all!) inAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-83644801130183360092013-03-04T19:26:00.002+01:002013-03-04T19:28:37.858+01:00Farmer's Walk or Squat, Tire Flip or Bench Press, Stone Lift or Seated Row - Is Strongmen Training as "Anabolic" as Classic Hypertrophy Training and Which is "Best"?
Is he (or she?) going to be muscular when he grows up, or is this kind of exercise just making him strong?
I guess we all know that the most muscular guys are not necessarily also the strongest men in the gym - but why is that the case? And moreover, how does this fit in with the notion that you'd have to use heavy weights to induce skeletal muscle hypertrophy? Yeah, I know. Many scientists Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-76301960833652291982013-03-03T16:26:00.001+01:002015-05-03T14:05:31.903+02:00Scientific BB Contest Prep Coverage: Six Months of Dieting, Daily Workouts & Hormonal + Metabolic Shutdown Pave the Natural Way to the Sub 5% Body Fat Zone
Dexter Jackson was not the 26-year old natural bodybuilder in the study at hand, but he is the Winner of the Arnold '13 (Photo bb.com)
Who would have thought that!? Dexter Jackson won the Arnold Classic 2013. "The Blade" as Jackson is also called has been competing ever since 1999 and will thus probably be able to tell you one thing or another about the hardships bodybuilders have to go Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-30562388860485160842013-03-02T16:42:00.001+01:002013-03-03T12:03:54.963+01:00BPA & Phtalate News for the Plasti-Nation. The Endocrine Contribution to Muscle Growth. Magnesium & Testosterone Increase in Parallel. Anabolic Vibes on the Lat Pull & More
You still have a couple of milli- or centimeter too much on your waistline? Let's hope this spring will provide ample time to work out in the sun, after all that's the energizing way to work out, something even virtual reality indoor exercise cannot compete with (Plante. 2006)
The SuppVersity figure of the week is "90". That was the average total amount of sunshine hours we got here in Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-48871534080043858152013-02-22T19:03:00.001+01:002013-02-22T19:08:50.744+01:00Age-Dependent 100-300% Increase in Testosterone With 50mg of DHEA the Night Before HIIT Training. But is it Still Side Effect Free & Ergogenic When Taken Chronically?
Don't be fooled. DHEA won't allow you to train forever day in and day out the study at hand does yet add to previous results which already suggested that it could have its merits whenever intensity and workloads are high (learn more)
I don't know if you have noticed, but as of late, there has been a definitive testosterone deficiency as far as the topics of the daily SuppVersity news are Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-33509082857656818872013-01-20T17:27:00.002+01:002013-01-20T17:27:23.002+01:00Serious Lifting Increases SHBG, Muscle & Total Mass, While Decreasing Total and Trunk Fat in Overweight Young Men. Plus: Why an Increase in SHBG is Nothing to Be Afraid Of
Warning: Used correctly, this dumbbell will increase your BMI, your glucose sensitivity and - at least if you still got some fat to shed - your SHBG! And what's the result? Metabolic health, strength and a significantly improved body composition!
If you read the headline of today's news closely and did not freak out due to bro-scientific indoctrination and the firmly held believe that "SHGB isAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-34040789454306719772013-01-15T19:46:00.002+01:002013-01-16T20:42:32.329+01:00Boron Boosts T4 to T3 Conversion: Old School Testbooster, Future Fat Loss Adjuvant? Or Just Toxic Waste?
Let's be honest does this stuff look as if it was supposed to be eaten? No, well other minerals don't either, so what's the verdict: Test booster? No! Thyroid booster or toxic waste? Read and learn more...
Those of you who have been around for a while will remember the whole hoopla surrounding the purported, but never fully established let alone real-world significant testosterone boosting Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-68859153697033454052013-01-14T17:48:00.001+01:002013-01-14T17:48:26.013+01:00Exercise Research Quickie: HIIT vs. Steady State, More on the Hormonal Response. Light Training, High TUTs & Peak Contractions - Not Just for The Elderly. Train Your Left, Grow Your Right Leg - Contralateral Training Effects
The role of the innervations between our muscles as well as to our brain is often overlooked, when we are talking about size gains. The image shows stained nerve fascicles from the Song study, which brings this wiring back onto the radar.
I know that we have had the short news on Saturday only and that there are of course tons of short news on Facebook everyday, but the studies I am going to 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-78023431433770966402013-01-06T16:52:00.000+01:002013-01-06T16:52:11.761+01:00Sedentary Individuals, Endurance & Strength Athletes: Their Fitness, Training & Hormones and How They Effect the Ratio of Fast- to Slow-Twitch Fibers
ATPase stained cross-section (100x magnification) of the quadriceps muscle of an untrained adult. Type 1 fibers are light, type 2 fibers are dark (McDonald. 2002). Can you change the make up? Is it genetically predetermined? Or is it determine by your hormones - and if so, which ones are responsible - "The Big T", again? Read more about testosterone's role in building muscle, here!
Wednesday, Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-51278822028654886252012-12-27T16:37:00.000+01:002012-12-27T16:42:30.588+01:00More Testosterone Boosters: Andrographolide & Quassinoid Rich Fraction from Eurycoma Longifolia. Preview: Science Round-Up - Sesamin, Teas, Muscle Swelling & Growth...
Do you really get along without estrogen when you want to build muscle (read the answer)
You thought I would already have forgotten my promise from last week to tell you about the other potential testosterone & libido (+fertility) boosters? How dare you ;-)! I just wanted to keep thrill of anticipation and in order to prolong that a little further, I will start out - as on every Thursday -Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-69907297195525829092012-12-22T16:28:00.001+01:002012-12-22T16:31:04.279+01:00Natural Sildenafil & Testosterone Alternatives: Pedalium Murex & Paederia Foetida +150% Testosterone and +200% Erectile Function. Plus: Icariin, Aromatase & Stronger Bones. Probiotics, Phytosterols & Thyroid Activity.
If the Aliens have seen these Bugarash apocalypse pilgrims, they have probably turned tail and fled ;-)
I guess the SuppVersity figure of the week was a date "12/21/2012", I mean this is a once in a life-time event! Or do you really believe there will be another chance for mankind to be snatched from the jaws of extinction?
Ok, enough of the sarcasm, the world is still there and 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-68227754972189031752012-11-29T17:46:00.001+01:002012-11-29T18:44:15.256+01:00Human Study: OTC Supplement Doubles T-Levels & Boosts Erections More Than Tadalafil - Too Good to Be True?
Just to make sure you don't suffer from withdrawl symptoms until Adelfo posts the next update on his current contest prep, I thought I'd share a photo that shows where he is currently at - not bad for someone of whom a handful of you have been shocked to hear that he eats at least 200g carbs per day and ice-cream almost every evening, right?
It's Thursday and before I'll get to a question on aAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-67706404056049083652012-11-16T18:32:00.000+01:002012-11-20T05:21:48.066+01:00Science Round-Up Seconds: Vitamin E Succinate, How It's Extracted from Barley Leaves, Kills Cancer, Ramps up Growth Hormone & Spikes Prolactin. Plus: Testostosterone & Thyroid Hormone Decline Due To Plyometrics & HIIT
Regardless of all the hypocritical hoopla around his persona, Lance Armstrong has always been able to push himself like no one else. No wonder that intense plyometrics were part of his regimen.
If the SuppVersity Science Round Up was a meal, I guess you could say that Carl Lanore and I were sort of gluttonous, yesterday (click here to download the podcast, if you have not already done so). We 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-5311939678484060012012-10-23T18:30:00.001+02:002012-10-23T18:30:52.315+02:00When Rodents Squat, Scientists Gain Insights into How Muscles Grow. IGF-1 Response to Exercise Does Matter - Locally, not Systemically, of Course!
You want to build big wheels? Look no further get yourself the "Squat T-Bar" with integrated 15mA electrical 'motivator' (Aguiar. 2012)
"A rodent study investigating strength workouts?" Yeah, I know it does not sound like that would be in any ways news-worthy, but if you take a look at the image on the right, you will immediately realize: This study is different! Instead of using a treadmill Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-19098921171181625302012-09-30T18:15:00.000+02:002012-10-16T21:01:27.432+02:00The Female(?) Athlete Triad - Part II/III: LH, GH, IGF1, Insulin, Ghrelin, Leptin & Co Form a Self-Perpetuating Vicious Cycle
I usually rant against pizza and beer, but once the athlete triad has struck, they can be an occasional part of the "healing protocol".
In last Sunday's first installment of this series we have taken a look at the prevalence, etiology and fundamental cause of an entity that is, and I am repeating myself here, profoundly mislabeled as the "female athlete triad". In fact, it is, as we have Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-14879008723478244022012-09-22T17:50:00.000+02:002012-09-22T17:50:28.864+02:00Fighting Body Fat W/ Green Tomatoes; Fasting, Exercise & Cognitive Performance; Potassium Citrate & Coconut Oil Strengthen the Bone; 25mg Clomid Double Testosterone
Image of the week: Golf-ball sized tumors from GMO corn and a >100% increase in mortality in female rodents are the results of the (at least in Europe) much debated study by Gilles-Eric Séralini et al. (Séralini. 2012)
I must admit that I got somewhat bored with writing the same, or at least very similar introductions time and again. So I decided to start each and every installment of On Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-25835100829186008582012-09-15T17:56:00.000+02:002015-08-16T05:46:01.468+02:00194 Bananas in 3 Weeks, Same Liver + Lower Body Fat | Nigella Sativa Boosts Testosterone & Fertility | Sugar Dampens Caffeine Rush + Thyroid & Body Composition
Three weeks of +1,000 kcal carb overfeeding (approx. 194 bananas!): Does it supersize your liver fat? This and more in today's installment of On Short Notice
As promised in yesterday's first part of the weekly written news-round up aka On Short Notice, we won't waste any time on lengthy introductions (the "short" items themselves are already long enough ;-) and get right down to business! For Adel 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-44527226445326213702012-09-01T18:04:00.003+02:002012-09-02T05:01:31.556+02:00On Short Notice: 250% More Testosterone From Oleuropein in Olive Oil? Obese Kids, TV, Twinkies & Tortilla Chips, Vitamin D Supplementation That Works, Coffee, Green or Gomchui Tea as Fat Blocking Orlistat Alternative and More!
Image 1: A tablespoon of olive oil is probably not enough to boost your testosterone levels, right? Probably not, at least not by 250%, I should say.
Another Saturday, time is flying by and we have no time to waste, because YOU will have to dig trough a whole host of pretty long and (hopefully) interesting "On Short Notice" news, today! So let's get to business and start out with the Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-13034330823516729312012-08-19T09:04:00.000+02:002012-08-19T13:24:09.611+02:00On Short Notice: Oxytocin to Boost Testosterone & Block Cortisol? Exercise for Life-Extension? Which Tea for Metal-Chelation? Which Fat to Reduce Calorie Intake by ~30%?
Image 1: This is still my preferred way to boost oxytocin - regardless of possible ergolytic effects ;-)
Due to the sudden heat-wave over here in good old Germany I thought, I'd use these early morning hours to get another installment of "On Short Notice" on it's way before my brain dries out (or I drown in the public swimming pool ;-). I hope you enjoy the four items on the recent interest Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-62586171774477964992012-08-11T18:42:00.001+02:002012-08-11T18:42:36.067+02:00On Short Notice: PWO EAA Supps for Young & Old, Indoor Pools & Low Testosterone, Life-Savingly Low T3/rT3 Ratios, Copper-Zinc-Manganese, Lifting for Prostate Health +More
Image 1: It's neither just as much, nor just as serious, but I would still venture the guess that it will take you more than 30s to digest today's installment of "On Short Notice" - despite the fact that the new format has no lengthy "short news", anymore ;-)
For this installment of "On Short Notice" I have decided to go a somewhat different route than before: Originally, the first post you Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-55959187977908104402012-08-04T18:13:00.000+02:002012-08-04T18:13:06.482+02:00On Short Notice: Ghrelin & GH Boosting Fats for Intermittent Fasting, 4-AD, 5-AA, Testosterone & Co in "Pod", Too Much Vitamin D for Your Prostate, Estrogens in Milk & More
Image 1 (fidged-group.co.uk): Being average may not be sexy, but one thing I did not mention in the summary of what you are going to learn today is that an average amount of body fat (not the new average American though ;-) could hold the key for a longer life - ah, I almost forgot: This is only valid if it comes with an appropriate amount of lean mass, which is still the best predictor of a Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-10499468383352421832012-07-31T17:12:00.000+02:002012-08-04T20:22:45.902+02:00Up To 180% Increase in Testosterone w/ Taurine? Androgen Boost Just One of the "Side Effects" of Cysteine Derivative That Won't Benefit (Pre-)Diabetic Baby-Boomers, Only
Image 1: No, taurine is not made from the sperm of Belgian Blues and no it won't make you look like one overnight, either ;-)
After yesterday's allegedly pretty complicated post on the fallacious ups and downs in body weight from repetitive dieting and episodes of overeating, I decided it was about time to readdress one of your all-time favorites: supplemental testosterone boosting. Instead ofAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-49936618256812456702012-07-21T18:12:00.001+02:002014-12-26T07:29:02.402+01:00On Short Notice: Testosterone - 12% Drop /W 75g Glucose? Fat Loss - Adzuki, Leucine + B6 or HiMaize? Thyroid - T3↓ + rT3↑, Is Blood Sugar to Blame and Can TUDCA Help? +More!
Image 1: It's quite funny, I am piling up so many of these interesting mini-news that I actually had to drop a few or postpone them to next week to keep the size of this post manageable without a direct brain transmission device like the one you see in this picture ;-)
"On short notice" is the name of the new 'saturdaily' SuppVersity column and therefore I will try to make it short: After all,Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-73872349567741336302012-07-09T18:02:00.001+02:002012-07-09T18:02:25.413+02:00Study Finds 17x Elevated Estrogen, High Progesterone + Reduced DHEA Levels in 65% of Ecdysteroid, Tribulus, Phytoestrogen, Phytosterol and / or Soy Protein Users!
Image 1 (Oliver Knöbel aka "Olivia Jones"): Not sure, but maybe the famous German drag artist Oilver Knöbel aka "Olivia Jones" would be willing to buy some of your "all natural ergogenics"?
Tekin and Kravitz estimate the number of currently available "nutritional supplements" to be 30,000+ and if you want my personal estimate, roughly 30 of those are useful (Tekin. 2012). And while many 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-10857756607084811682012-06-01T17:44:00.002+02:002012-06-02T12:32:54.336+02:00Less Than 15mg of DHEA Exert Identical Beneficial Effects on Insulin Sensitivity as 1h of Cardio 5x Per Week. Both Effects Mediated Via Increases in Intra-Muscular DHT
Image 1: It has long been established that diabetics have particularly low DHEA levels (Loviselli. 1994), but what's the chicken and what's the egg here?
It is quite funny, sometimes you don't hear about certain supplements, (pro-)hormones, exercise-modalities etc. in years and then, all of a sudden, there are two studies on the respective topic in one week; and moreover, two pretty Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-26818064288167272592012-05-30T18:16:00.001+02:002013-10-26T11:39:54.026+02:00Will Sex Before a Competition Hamper Your Performance? Plus: How Can Estrogen, Cortisol, Quail and Muhammad Ali Help Us Answer This Important Question
Image 1: At least in his later life, Muhammad Ali could hardly be considered a "bro". Notwithstanding, he was 100% convinced that having sex the night before a fight was a total no-go.
I you are a bro, or frequent one or many of the pertinent boards, the question whether or not sexual intercourse with yourself or your partner will have beneficial, neutral or negative effects on your Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-79206296550428959092012-05-25T17:10:00.001+02:002014-07-17T08:27:42.827+02:00DHEA Blunts Muscle Damage During 5 Days of Combined Endurance, Strength and HIIT Training in Young Men
Image 1: Who would have thought that? Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), a demystified anti-aging agent, turns out to be a potent muscle protectant in young men
In the past couple of days you have learned all those "boring" things about regeneration. Taking a hot bath, training lightly, posing, isometric contractions, ... and what about supplements? The basics, which are. protein, creatine and Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-84067963692939024082012-05-16T17:54:00.001+02:002012-05-18T17:19:23.570+02:00Chest Fat, Bitch Tits, Chesticles, Gynecomastia, Lipomastia and Co.: Infinite Ways to Name it, 45 Ways to Prevent It
Image 1: Luckily "gyno", or in this case lipomastia, does not always look that bad. Oftentimes it is more subtle, yet still annoying a psychological burden for men suffering from it. This pictures alone should be reason enough to give all the 45+ contributing mentioned in this article a wide, wide berth (image from cosmeticsurgerybangalore.com)
If you type "gynecomastia" into your Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-37060257450892841672012-05-07T19:13:00.001+02:002015-08-18T05:28:44.809+02:00Natural Hormone Optimization Made Simple & Cheap: Avoid These 10 Anti-Androgens to Boost Testosterone & DHT
Image 1: I am not aware of the effect the process of making yourself up has on androgen levels, but the PCPs in many cosmetics could in fact lead to hormonal imbalances.
One of the things you hear and read increasingly often, when it comes to topics such as detoxification, the use of anti-inflammatory supplements or simply increased intakes of omega-3 fatty acids to counter the "hazardous Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-39682409595810457902012-04-10T17:48:00.001+02:002012-04-10T20:48:56.386+02:00Two Weeks on Burdock Root Extract Increase Testosterone by +126% and Make Bucks as Horny as Viagra
Image 1: Burdock root has not only been used to treat skin problems such as eczema, acne, and psoriasis, but alsoas a blood purifier and it is part of the asian cousine.. what? You mean this is why Asia is the most populous continent?
By now, you should actually be aware that the SuppVersity is the place to go to get the news first. Assuming you did not win in the lottery, this is Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-92152562568647798382012-04-04T17:46:00.001+02:002013-04-27T06:53:27.990+02:00Strength, Cardio or Both? Study Sheds Light on Which of the Three Generates the Highest Testosterone to Cortisol Ratio. Plus: Why it May not Even Matter
Image 1: Best to be used on non-strength training days for an intense HIIT session or some regenerative cardio, these machines probably don't hamper your progress as much as bro-science would have it - even if you use them after your strength workout.
I would venture the guess that the earth-shattering recognition that testosterone-induced acute increases in protein synthesis are not the Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-49003621957781298972012-04-02T18:00:00.000+02:002012-04-02T18:00:06.679+02:0045x More Testosterone Yet Identical Increase in Protein Synthesis: MPS Response to Exercise + 25g Whey in Men vs. Women Challenges Common Wisdom About Androgens
Image 1: Is it not testosterone that makes the difference?
It is an open secret that women are having a much harder time building muscle than men, and it is another instance of (bro-)scientific wisdom that the obvious lack of testosterone in female strength athletes would be the underlying reason. Right from Stuart M. Phillips lab at the Department of Kinesiology of the McMaster University in Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-62199266160676420092012-03-17T17:57:00.002+01:002012-03-17T17:59:12.374+01:00DHEA Inhibits Fat Gain More Effectively Than Testosterone. Both Work by Reducing PPAR-γ and Thusly Lipid Storage
Image 1: This is the "Fountain of Youth" in Karlsruhe, Germany. I have never been there, but I guess I should take the next train and check whether water contains 0.4% or 0.8% DHEA ;-)
Outside of the medical practices of some anti-aging docs nobody appears to care about the "good old" dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), these days. As a diligent student of the SuppVersity, you are yet well aware ofAdel 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-19462255100882152342012-03-12T18:19:00.001+01:002015-10-16T09:56:34.573+02:00Dustasteride Doesn't Hamper Mass & Strength Gains on TRT, but Compromises the Fat Loss Effects of Testosterone and Does Not Reduce Any of the Side Effects
Image 1: I guess after the publication of his latest study, Mr. Bhasin will have a bad standing with the pharma reps from GlaxoSmithKline & Co ;-)
What happens if you take a couple of healthy guys and put them on a cycle... ah, pardon, I mean, "put them on hormone replacement therapy"? Assuming that you have paid attention in the seminars of the Intermittent Thoughts Series on Building Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-76881154163302373962012-03-09T18:09:00.000+01:002012-03-09T18:12:26.440+01:00Chamois Creme Potential Reason for Elevated Estrogen in Cyclists +Triathletes Have 2x More Testosterone Than Average Men and 71% More Than Active Individuals
Image 1: Norman Stadler 2004 winner of the Ironman Hawaii probably had a hell of a testosterone boost, when this photo was taken (img. Kai Baumgartner. 2004)
Disturbances of the endocrine (=hormonal) milieu are among the hall-mark features of what sport scientists call the "female athlete triad". The unholy trinity of osteoporosis, disordered eating and, as a direct consequence of the Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-37001105064148378962012-02-15T17:48:00.000+01:002012-02-15T17:53:20.165+01:00+76% Testosterone & Protection From Insane Amounts of EMR With Rosmarinic Acid from O. Basilicum, Majoram, Thyme and Several Other Herbs in Your Kitchen Cabinet
Figure 1: O. basilicum extract was the rosmarinic acid (RA) source that was used in the study at hand; other common herbs which contain RA include rosemary (who would have guessed that ;-), Spanish sage, lavender, perilla and lemon balm, majoram, thyme and mint
That I am not a fan of testosterone boosters is probably an "open secret"... specifically in terms of "scientifically proven" ones, Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-76104211954780661892012-01-29T17:17:00.000+01:002017-06-29T02:26:33.679+02:00Intermittent Thoughts on Building Muscle: A Preliminary Conclusion - Exercise, mTOR/AKT/MAPK, IGF-1, Testosterone, Estrogen, DHT, Nutrition, Supps & Sleep
Image 1: Arnold obviously is flabbergast that neither of the factors mentioned in the title of this blogpost was necessary to build the impressive physique of the Arnold statue which now stands in front of the Schwarzenegger Museum.
I don't know if some of you have seen it, but on January 3, 2012, ScienceDaily published a brief news-item titled "How work tells muscles to grow". It relates to aAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-52497783158990958472012-01-25T17:45:00.000+01:002012-01-25T20:03:57.902+01:00+87% Increase in Testosterone Within 21 Days from a 100% Natural Supplement? Study Shows: Soy Bean Extract Can Do Just That While Wreaking Havoc on Your Testes. Plus: Corn Oil Reduces Testosterone to Estrogen Ratio by -50%!
Image 1: I guess the feed of those boars does not contain any corn oil and is spiked with both bisphenol A and soy bean extract - I mean, how else could you possibly explain those balls? (img dirtybutton.com)
Let me start today's post with a few questions: Would you buy a 100% natural product that can lower your estrogen levels by up to -98%, increase the weight of your testes by ~30% and, Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-21322451108540728062012-01-23T17:55:00.000+01:002012-01-23T17:55:17.542+01:00Is There a Silky Way to a Leaner, Healthier You? BPI Sports Introduces the First Silk Protein Supplement to the Market
Image 1: I wonder whether the silk worms, themselves, aren't a "highly anabolic" source of dietary protein as well... for the time being, BPI (and I assume a handful of soon to follow copy cats) rely on their produce, though.
If you have been following the protein supplement market over the last couple of years, you will certainly have noticed that, flavoring and packaging aside, most productsAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-52280912558681610162012-01-13T17:40:00.002+01:002015-09-21T04:32:09.738+02:00Problems with High or Low DHT? Use Rice or Safflower to Inhibit and Sorghum to Promote 5-Alpha Reductase!
Image 1: High or too low DHT levels? Nature has the cure for both. Lower your DHT levels with rice bran or safflower flower extracts or raise it with a crude extract from Sorghum bicolor seeds.
Hairloss for men, and even more so for women, is certainly one of the nastiest side effects of either naturally or artificially induced hormonal disturbances. And while the vilification of DHT as the #1Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-4966259278004461882012-01-08T09:17:00.001+01:002013-08-25T21:24:47.379+02:00Intermittent Thoughts on Building Muscle: Understanding the "Big T" - Testosterone Programs Stem Cells to Become Muscle not Fat + Keeps Satellite Cells & Motoneurons Alive
Image 1: Graphical summary of the probably best known function of testosterone - including who are not so "profane" as building muscle and getting ripped ;-)
In the last two installments of the Intermittent Thoughts, I have tried to convey a realistic perception of what exactly the effects of both supra- (that is below) and super- (that is above) physiological (that is "normal" in the sense Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-56179078811795222142012-01-04T17:27:00.000+01:002012-01-04T17:37:10.013+01:00Selenium, the Fertility Mineral!? Organic and Inorganic Selenium Ameliorate Reductions in Testosterone, Testicular Damage and Abnormalities in Sperm Quality in Obese Mice
Image 1: With enough selenium in vivo, "in vitro" (-fertilization) may not be necessary.
If you have not heard about it in one of my previous blogposts, you may probably heard about the antioxidant, pro-fertility effects of selenium in the context of Tim Ferris' "selenium experiment" in the 4-Hour-Body. Ferris claimed that by just eating a handful of Brazil nuts (544µg selenium per ounce) Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-23389671894017703082012-01-02T09:13:00.003+01:002012-05-12T11:47:55.356+02:00Intermittent Thoughts on Building Muscle: Quantifying "The Big T" - Do Testosterone Increases Within the Physiological Range Really Matter? And How Much is too Much?
Image 1: As it turns out, changes within the broad physiological range, have only negligible effects on muscle mass. Their potential negative impact on body fat is yet startlingly pronounced (see also fig. 2)
Welcome back! I am not going back on yesterday's promise and won't let "the Big T" slip out of chokehold of science ;-) So, where was I? Ah, yes... we have seen that out of the >11,000Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-25873747384071974842012-01-01T09:14:00.000+01:002012-01-01T18:10:28.966+01:00Intermittent Thoughts on Building Muscle: Zoning in on "The Big T" - Does Testosterone (Alone) Build Muscle?
Image 1: As a "serious" researcher you better don't use the words "testosterone" and "muscle" without "anti-doping", "hypogonadism" or "sarcopania" in one of your papers, if you don't want to risk your career.
In many of the past installments we have been talking about funky things such as mTOR, myostatin, IGF splice variants and even more exotic stuff. Testosterone, the "big T", the allegedlyAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-74581153352132972642011-11-21T15:25:00.001+01:002011-11-22T08:43:55.218+01:00Licorice More Estrogenic Than Estradiol: Some of the Flavonoids in Glycyrrhiza Glabra Roots Turn Out to Be Superinductors of the Estrogen-α & -β Receptors
Image 1: In view of the fact that most confectionary licorice contains no more than ~3% of the roots of the licorice plant, I would rather bother about the tricks the ~74g of carbohydrates (on a 100g base) of this treat may play on your insulin levels than about any potential negative effects the consumption of a few or even a whole bunch of these licorice wheels may have on your testosterone Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-61287758828992863162011-11-20T08:02:00.001+01:002011-11-21T13:21:17.402+01:00Intermittent Thoughts on Intermittent Fasting - Programing Success: Building Muscle Begins With Losing Body Fat.
Image 1: Arnold does the "double bicep" + vacuums. If you want to look like a bodybuilder, muscle alone is not enough.
First, I want to thank Jahed, Pablo, RF, Angimal, Garrett and Rudolf for their patience. After all, it has been two weeks now since you have submitted your (meta-)goals, which were all more related to building muscle and increasing performance, then to losing body fat, which Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-40227918970855967472011-10-29T17:00:00.000+02:002011-10-29T17:04:56.064+02:001.3g of Grape-Seed Extract Could Protect You From Oxidative Damage, Viral Infections, Obesity and Insulin Resistance, Reduce Your Heart Rate and Blood Pressure and Increase Your Nitric Oxide Production by >25%
Image 1: Bought in bulk, grape-seed extract is actually reasonably cheap... and it does not even taste as awful as some other herb / seed extracts ;-)
After initially being hailed as the yet another anti-oxidant panaceum, grape-seed extract (GSE) has been displaced by newer, fancier "superfoods" from the headlines of the major health and wellness newscasters. Therefore, even you, as a highly Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-13357757456180635392011-10-18T16:33:00.000+02:002011-10-18T16:37:00.212+02:00Cordyceps Sinensis - Another Supplemental Non-Starter: Human Data Shows No Increase in Testosterone, No Strength Gains, No Improvements in Body Composition.
Image 1: As it turns out it's not necessary you start eating parasites (img nepaliproducts.com)
In view of the public attention adaptogens have gotten, ever since
everyone is self-diagnosing him- / herself with "Central Fatigue
Syndrom", I assume you will be aware that the parasitic fungus, Cordyceps sinensis (CS) that is found on larvae of Lepidoptera,
and has been used for centuries in Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-16538612564517244172011-10-07T17:29:00.000+02:002011-10-07T18:27:45.739+02:001g of Vitamin K2 (MK-4) Could Boost Your Testosterone Levels by More Than +50% - At Least, This is What the Results of a Recent Rodent Study Would Suggest.
Image 1: Who would have thought that this piece of goose liver pate contains a natural test-booster? Unfortunately even this SuperFood won't give you your 1g /day.
Can you imagine how it must feel to be the shrinking violet in a family of nutritional saviours? Where your brothers C, E, not to mention the rising superstar D, get all the attention and you are treated just like another letter in Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-74620174989826526912011-09-23T17:03:00.000+02:002015-09-03T05:30:31.440+02:00Creatine a Proven Non-Anabolic! It's the Increase in Training Intensity that Will Give You the Hypertrophic Edge.
Image 1: Still my creatine supplement
of choice: plain creatine monohydrate
You've been taking CreaMegaSuperBol (or whatever the name of the next "improved" creatine product may be), the fanciest new creatine product on the market, and despite spending 50 bucks still do not look like Phil Heath (not even like Jay Cutler ;-)? Well, you must be a creatine non-responder, then - no... Actually Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-44093760481833693792011-09-10T16:51:00.000+02:002013-04-17T07:34:32.372+02:00-20% Reduction in Serum Testosterone by 5 Cups of Green Tea. Endocrine Effects Depend on Catechin Composition.
Image 1: Another SuperFood gone bad? More than 2-3 cups of green tea could do more harm than good to health-conscious male tea-consumers.
While I obviously do not know whether you have come in contact with the
rumors surrounding the effects of green tea extract (GTE) on the male
reproductive system, I assume that many of you (despite the fact that
this is obviously not necessary if you readAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-12081671201600264822011-09-07T16:33:00.001+02:002011-09-07T17:13:23.425+02:00Honey, Smoke & Testosterone: One Tablespoon of Honey Protects Your Leydig Cells From Oxidative Damage
Image 1: A beehive in one of the beehives Koompassia excelsa (‘Tualang’) trees which grow in the Rain Forest of Kedah, Malaysia.
"Have you already had your tablespoon of honey, Honey?" If that's what
your girlfriend or wife asked you this morning, she is probably concerned about
your testicular health... A group of Malaysian scientists has recently
been able to show that 1.2g/kg/day (human Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-73138551945047425532011-07-30T08:38:00.004+02:002011-07-30T08:41:15.257+02:00Acoustic Gear: The Right Music at the Right Time Can Double your Endorphin and Growth Hormone Levels, Increase Norepinephrine By +50% Over Baseline and Make You Feel Like the King of the Gym...
Image 1: Attention reading SuppVersity
posts and following respective advice may
have desirable ergogenic (side-)effects ;-)
Does your life rock? No? Did your last gym session suck? Yes? Well, maybe you just don't inject the right gear into your auricle (ear). We all know that listening to music can profoundly influence the way we feel. In the course of the last 20 years Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-20847780712959923852011-07-17T17:15:00.003+02:002013-04-26T20:06:29.588+02:00Amino Acids for Super Humans, Part IV - Purported Ergogenics (2/3): L-Carnitine, ALCAR, LCLT, GPLC & Co.
Image 1: Even bought in bulk,
the carnitines are not exactly
cheap, so you better read on
to gather whether ALCAR,
L-CAR, P-LCAR, L-CLT & Co
are worth spending money on.
Despite the fact that even my grandmother has heard of the miraculous energizing and fat-burning abilities of carnitine, most people - and even those who are buying those carnitine-enriched functional, or should I sayAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-37192513162517404632011-07-13T14:40:00.003+02:002011-07-13T14:57:23.071+02:00Amino Acids for Super Humans, Part IV - Purported Ergogenics (1/3): Beta Alanine, The New Creatine?
Image 1: Despite its presence in meat,
fish and dairy, it is near impossible to
achieve supra-physiological and thus
ergogenic carnosine levels without
supplemental beta alanine.
Beta alanine, unlike l-alanine is one of the "beta-amino acids", indicating that it is neither essential nor proteinogenic, i.e. it is not built into proteins or used in the synthesis of major enzymes. Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-90225602856195419072011-07-01T07:43:00.003+02:002013-03-23T08:44:53.544+01:00Want to Boost Hormone Production? POP Crude Cod Liver Oil or Industrial Waste: Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Crude Cod Liver Oil Modulate Steroidogenesis.
Image 1: If you are concerned
about the hormonal side(?)-effects
of persistent organic pollutants,
better make sure you buy pharma-
ceutical grade cod liver oil.
I know, what you are thinking now: "Not again, the ProfDrAndro anti-fish oil rant." Yet, this is neither about your beloved fish oil, nor is it ranting. Its an unfortunate fact that environmental poisons such as Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-31732736273279989802011-06-25T08:49:00.009+02:002011-06-25T15:06:49.498+02:00What Diogenes Has To Say About Weight Loss: Study Investigates "Optimal" Macronutrient Compositions for Weight Loss & Maintenance
Image 1: Diogenes, a critical thinker
of the ancient world and eponym of
a European research project; a man
right after my liking, who would not tire
questioning common "wisdom".
I must forewarn you: Being part of the pan-European Diogenes Project, the study I am going to tell you about in the following is not something you can read or understand in a few minutes. Aimed at elucidatingAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-12453133616997346932011-06-23T07:59:00.005+02:002011-06-27T09:00:36.370+02:00A Bitter Pill For Your Testes: Purported Health Supplement Bitter Melon Induces Oxidative Damage in Rat Testes and Reduces Testosterone Levels by >50%
Image 1: Momordica charantia, also known as
Bitter melon - just in case you haven't seen
this remarkable fruit yet. (photo FlyingToaster)
"Bitter Melon? That's in X, Y and Z. All products that are meant to improve your health. Well, Bitter Melon must be some good stuff then, no?" Right off the bat: No, it ain't "good stuff", but rather rat(-testes) poison!
In a recently publishedAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-28501228170465356712011-06-21T07:44:00.008+02:002011-06-22T15:31:39.786+02:00Tongkat Ali Boosts Testosterone in Late Onset Hypogonadism: 200mg of Standardized Eurycoma Longifolia Extract Increases Total Testosterone by 47%
Image 1: Let's hope no one uproats
and steels this flowering plant from
the family Simaroubaceae after reading
about its testosterone boosting effects ;-)
Kudos to Benson, who certainly is one of the Minds on the Mind And Muscle Forums (I don't know about his muscle, though ;-). Benson dug up a very recent article on the effects of "Ali's Stick" (Tambi. 2011), which would be the Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-53638428424206176812011-06-11T07:43:00.001+02:002011-06-11T07:45:16.809+02:00Andropause? Low Testosterone? At Risk of Developing Diabetes? Get a Free Hormonal Panel and Access Your Personal Health Risks With an Old-Fashioned Measuring Tape.
Image 1: Not as realiable as bloodwork,
but a valid first indicator of testosterone
levels and metabolic health in general
(image from Millionlineincome)
I have been writing about getting hormones tested before. And if you listened to Thursday's episode of Super Human Radio and tuned in even before I was on, you will have heard Dr. Crisler from "All Things Male" talk about the Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-60533889375889910152011-05-29T07:22:00.003+02:002011-05-30T07:18:07.994+02:00Vitamin D and Testosterone. Sunshine Vitamin Not So Manly, After all? Vitamin D Increases Aromatase Activity in Sertoli CellsVitamin D is all the rave. Even mainstream nutritionists are now jumping on the vitamin D bandwagon and the hype is spilling over from the Internet to newspapers and TV stations. "Take your Vitamin D!" is what children and adults, men and women, couch-potatoes and top-level athletes are told. Recently discovered problems related to the accurate measurement of actual vitamin D Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-91058869596798235452011-05-24T07:29:00.003+02:002015-01-03T14:46:23.677+01:00Unhealthy Testosterone Boosters: Mobile Phone Radiation and Cat Litter DiseaseIf you are still looking for ways to "naturally" boost your testosterone levels, here are two ways of doing so, you better avoid.
Excessive Cell Phone Use to Boost Testosterone
The first one has been discovered by Gutschi et al. only recently (Gutschi. 2011). When they investigated the effects of cell phone radiation on men's semen parameters, the scientists were in fact able to 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-23207582470490565452011-05-07T02:18:00.008+02:002011-05-07T06:57:58.992+02:00Luteineizing Hormone Boosting Fungus Cordyceps Sinensis is A Powerful Ergogenic: 1.79-fold Increase in Exercise Endurance in Rodents
Figure 1: Cordyceps sinensis
(photo NW Botanicals)
Would you have suspected that the parasitic relationship between the fungus and the larva of the ghost moth would turn out to be a powerful ergogenic? No? Well, what if I told you that this very "relationship" is the resource of which the commonly known fungus Cordyceps sinensis is derived? Ok, I see you know this one... A very recent study (Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-29711460818852176852011-04-09T03:43:00.006+02:002011-04-09T07:20:08.514+02:00Confusing Study Results: Saliva Testing "Adequate" For Free Testosterone, Yet Way Off For Cortisol!?Many of us spend a fortune on "hormone optimization", but when it comes to actually testing our levels, most of us are pretty cheap: "200$ for labs? No way I rather buy another test booster for that money - won't hurt, I guess!" And even, if we finally decide to test our testosterone levels, we will usually choose the cheapest and most convenient testing method: saliva testing. But is this an Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-54598581064936828412011-03-24T03:23:00.003+01:002011-03-24T07:15:28.179+01:00NAC + Zinc + Selen = Silver Bullett Against Mercury PoisoningMercury certainly is among the most dangerous and, at the same time, most ubiquitous heavy metals, we are exposed to. In a recent article (thanks to Dominique for raising my awareness of its publication) strength coach Charles Poliquin references a 2010 study from Michigan State (Wirth. 2010) :
Looking at several well-designed studies, they determined that even low exposures from cadmium, lead Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-12802338540754520212011-03-19T03:37:00.002+01:002011-03-19T07:03:59.439+01:00Chrysine: 5,7-dihydroxyflavone for Bigger Balls and Higher Serum TestosteronePolyphenols in general and flavonoids in particular are every supplement producer's favorite. Its so easy to pick up some exotic plant from somewhere deep down in the jungle, extract an exotic flavonoid, give it a fancy chemical looking name and provide some in-vitro data on his anti-oxidant omnipotence or whatever. In most cases the compounds disappear from the market within weeks, yet chrysine Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-13603994658432210952011-03-04T07:07:00.000+01:002011-03-04T07:07:56.571+01:00Order of Exercises Does not Matter if you Train Upper Body & Lower Body in One Session - Testosterone & Cortisol Response IdenticalYou will probably remember my post on the effect of leg training on biceps size!? Well, although it is necessary that you train your legs, if you want to grow, a recent study by Jason D. Miller (Miller. 2011) indicates that hormonally it does not make a difference which part of your body you train first; or, in other words, you will get the same hormonal response (measured as testosterone (T) to Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-81024921001175369032011-02-16T03:34:00.010+01:002011-02-16T13:31:23.695+01:005α-androstane-3,6,17-trione - Kneller's Trione: Newly Patented Aromatase Inhibitor that Raises Testosterone Without Lowering Estrogen Levels!?I happened onto an interesting patent (Kneller. 2011), published on 02/10/2011 the author of which, Bruce Kneller, who was arrested in the course of a steroid bust back in 2006, claims to have invented an aromatase inhibitor, 5α-androstane-3,6,17-trione (Kneller's Trione) which produces "substantial and significant increases in plasma testosterone levels in men while inducing no changes outside Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-20377654704826731412011-02-11T03:41:00.000+01:002011-02-11T03:41:00.675+01:003g BCAA + Arginine + Carbs Pre-Workout Modulates Hormonal Response to Single Bout of Treadmill Running to ExhaustionBCAAs + Arginine + Carbohydrates before workout!? Sounds familiar, doesn't it? In fact many of the first generation preworkout products were either formulated like that or consumers were advised to stack them with a branched amino acid (BCAA) product of the same company. Studies which investigated the combined ergogenic effect of these nutrients are yet scarce. So, I thought that it would be Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-1453383136528997422011-02-06T03:57:00.000+01:002011-02-06T03:57:00.619+01:00Even Low "Normal" Plasma Testosterone Levels Associated with 2.5x Higher Risk of Insulin Resistance"Your levels are in range!" Did you ever have your doctor say that to you? It appears as if next time you hear that sentence, you better ask him "Where 'in range' are my levels, exactly?" At least, the results of a recently published study by Menendez et al. (Menendez. 2011) suggests that it might be worth digging somewhat deeper into this issue. Studying a cohort of 282 men (aged 36 to 85 years)Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-17623157325807960012011-02-02T03:52:00.000+01:002011-02-02T03:52:00.612+01:00The (Re-)Discovery of 17{beta}-hydroxyestra-4,9,11-trien-3-one: Low Dose Trenbolone Safely Promotes Myotrophic Actions in Skeletal Muscle and Provides Partial Protection Against Bone Loss and Visceral Fat AccumulationSometimes it is interesting to see how agents that have been around all along reappear back on the medical scene, all of a sudden. A recent study conducted by a group of scientists from Florida (Yarrow. 2011) that compared the effect of different doses of 17{beta}-hydroxyestra-4,9,11-trien-3-one aka Trenbolone on muscle hypertrophy and prostate health of testosterone seems to have the potential Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-41854323370275664962011-02-01T03:54:00.001+01:002011-02-01T06:52:17.701+01:00News on USP Labs' "Pink Magic": High Dose Massularia Acuminata Increases Testosterone and Makes Bucks Horny as HellFaithful readers of the SuppVersity will probably remember my short write-up on USP Labs Test Booster "Pink Magic". Now that the initial fuss about how "brilliant" and "unique" the product is, is over there is finally another study on the efficiency of its main ingredient, a shrub called massularia acuminata.
Two scientists from Nigeria (Yakubo. 2011) published an article on the "Effect of Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-23612995087862871382011-01-17T03:58:00.003+01:002011-01-17T07:54:32.073+01:00Tinospora Cordifolia as in LG Sciences' Natadrol is a Potent Antioxidant and Metal ChelatorThis is only a small news-item, but unfortunately scientific background info on commercially available supplements is pretty rare - so here we go...
Scientists from India (Bhawya. 2010) investigated the antioxidant potential of various extracts of Tinospora Cordifolia (the primary ingredient in LG Sciences Test Booster Natadrol) and found that ...
Methanolic, ethanolic and water extracts showedAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-32686261918663247572010-12-22T09:16:00.001+01:002010-12-22T09:17:29.543+01:00Vitamin D Supplementation(!) Increases Testosterone in MenThanks to Dashforce from the MindAndMuscle-Forum we finally have evidence for the direct effect of vitamin D3 supplementation on testosterone in men. Dashforce reports on a study by scientists from Austria and Germany (Pilz. 2010) who provided 54 men, whose serum levels were previously at the lower range ~30ng/ml (the referential minimum varies depending on which source you cite from Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-89187508786741132772010-12-14T03:56:00.016+01:002010-12-14T07:28:19.373+01:00Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera) as a Natural Test Booster and ErgogenicA very recent study (Saddiq. 2010) published in the Journal of the International Society for Horticultural Science found that the seeds of Phoenix dactylifera can raise testosterone, norepenephrine (NE), dopamine (DA) and GABA levels and may counteract the negative effect of prednisolone administration in rats.
[...] the daily oral administration of pits of date palm caused the maximal increase Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-60461666086597363122010-12-12T04:36:00.009+01:002010-12-12T12:58:57.453+01:00New Study Says: Boron Does Indeed Raise Free TestosteroneThere have been rumors on the Internet for quite some time - "Did you hear? Boron increases testosterone!" Hitherto, however, these claims have not been substantiated by reliable scientific research. A recent study done by a group of scientists from Iran (Naghii. 2010) yet seems to prove that this is more than the steroid-loaden phantasy of an average gymrat.
In a placebo controlled study, the Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-35480386903492159512010-12-08T03:46:00.000+01:002010-12-08T03:46:00.158+01:00Viscous Circle: Low Testosterone > Increased Visceral Fat > Insulin Resistance > Even Lower TestosteroneE.J. Hamilton and colleges (Hamilton. 2010) investigated the effect of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) in prostate cancer patients on subcutaneous and visceral fat. There results are far from being surprising:
Twelve months ADT increased visceral abdominal fat area by 22% (from 160.8 ± 61.7 to 195.9 ± 69.7 cm2; p<0.01) and subcutaneous abdominal fat area by 13% (from 240.7 ± 107.5 to 271.3 Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-44345367704319221342010-11-22T03:34:00.001+01:002010-11-22T03:34:00.576+01:00DHT Safer Than Previously Thought: High Blood DHT does not Induce Prostate CancerRegular visitors of the SuppVersity will know that the stigmatization of DHT goes without reasonable and conclusive scientific research. In their editorial to the Annals of Internal Medicine Swerloff & Wang (Swerloff. 2010) conclude from the results of more recent studies into the various effects of DHT on different tissues:
In normal men, serum DHT levels are approximately 10% of the serum Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-26753052314169518272010-11-20T04:00:00.003+01:002010-11-20T04:00:00.824+01:001046 ng/dL Increase in Testosterone for 1.5kg Lean Body Mass in 16 WeeksBefore you read on: This was a study done on 112 men aged 65–90 years, so the results are only partly significant in view of the effects of testosterone supplementation on younger men.
In a double-masked 2x3 factorial design the scientists administered testosterone gel (5g/day vs. 10g/day via Leydig cell clamp) and rhGH (0 vs. 3 vs. 5 µg/kg/d) to the subjects who had a mean baseline testosteroneAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-88117026361288026162010-11-19T03:43:00.001+01:002010-11-19T03:43:00.654+01:00Combination of Selenium & Vitamin C Effectively Raises Testosterone Levels in RatsAlthough this is an older study (Lodhi. 2009), I found it particularly interesting that other than individual supplementation with vitamin C (group II) or selenium (group III), the combined administration (group IV) of 500 mg/L vitamin c in drinking water and 1.5 mg/kg selenium in chow significantly raised the testosterone to cortisol ratio of the rodents (cf. fig 1).
Figure 1: Effect of Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-43535185586086419882010-11-01T03:36:00.000+01:002010-11-01T03:36:00.659+01:00Fenugreek Supplement Increases Upper- and Lower-Body Strength and Body compositionFenugreek is an ingredient in several recently released dietary supplements, most claim to increase testosterone, something a recent study (Poole. 2010) on the effect of supplementation with a commercially available 500mg fenugreek supplement does not substantiate.
Table 1: Within and between group hormonal changes from baseline (T1) through week 8 (T3)
If you have a look at table 1, you will Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-76706265753856844112010-09-12T03:59:00.005+02:002010-09-12T03:59:00.283+02:0060% More Testosterone by 10 x 5 Reps of Speed Squats at 70% of Body WeightWe all know that intense exercise is the way to trigger hormonal responses and muscle hypertrophy in the gym. Now a study by Fry & Lohnes (Fry. 2010) quantified this effect to +60% increase in testosterone. The scientists had four weight trained men perform 10 x 5 speed squats at 70% of system mass (1 RM +/- BW) with 2 min inter-set rest intervals. Five minutes upon completion of the workoutAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-47218563690757694562010-08-19T04:11:00.004+02:002010-08-25T13:29:52.749+02:00Anti-Androgenic Effect of ATDA few month ago a study by Svensson (Svensson. 2010) caused quite a fuss in the supplement world. The scientist had injected huge amounts of ATD into his laboratory rats and found that "the aromatase inhibitor 1,4,6-androstatriene-3,17-dione (ATD; 60 mg/kg/day s.c.) decreased behavioral disinhibition in testosterone-treated rats (without affecting accessory sex organ weights)". In view of the Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-63654215809774957982010-08-18T08:58:00.003+02:002010-08-18T12:56:17.211+02:00Impressive Blood Work on Brassaiopsis glomerulata, i.e. DS Triazole. Less Test Boosting Than ATD, Though
Figure 1: Driven Sports new
aromatase inhibitor Triazole
This is no typical SuppVersity stuff, because it is an N=1 sponsored "investigation" (meaning: take it with a grain of skepticism) into the effect of a dietary supplement. Nevertheless, I find it interesting enough to post the results a tester of Driven Sports new aromatase inhibitor Triazole posted on a thread of mine on the BB.COM Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-36253059137548692492010-08-13T08:39:00.007+02:002010-09-15T07:16:27.066+02:00Brassaiopsis glomerulata: Novel Natural Aromatse Inhibitor in Driven Sports Triazole
Figure 1: Chemical structure of selected components
of Brassaiopsis glumerulata (Balunas. 2009)
Now, that the craze about USPs Pink Magic is just abating, a new purported supplement blockbusters from Driven Sports, called Triazole, is already on it's way to the market shelves. It must have been a 2009 study by Bulanas et.al. (Balunas. 2009) which inspired Matthew Cahill and his team to Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-53179657346012017542010-08-07T14:19:00.007+02:002010-08-08T12:40:05.460+02:00Arak (Salvadora persica), A Testosterone Boosting Shrub From MeccaEgyptian scientists (El-Kholy. 2010) investigating the effects of Arak stems obtained from the roots of Salvadora persica, a tree/shrub which grows in the area around Mecca and the Middle East on growth performance of male rabbits. The results of this recently published study are surprising: not only did the rabbits fed a diet containing 0.2% Arak 11% more weight before slaughtering, they also Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-25254054523062381262010-08-04T04:48:00.004+02:002011-04-04T16:47:35.390+02:00Taurine Necessary for Testosterone ProductionAs avid visitor of the SuppVersity you may remember that taurine appears to exert beneficial effects on insulin resistance, body composition and overall health, but did you know that it is a vital nutrient for the formation of testosterone?
In a recent study by Jang et.al. (Jang. 2010) taurine has been shown to protect the rat testis from oxidant damage. Their study done on isolated rat leydig Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-30979507462538238992010-08-03T08:50:00.006+02:002010-08-03T12:36:06.879+02:00Barley Water: Traditional British Soft Drink Turns out to be Natural ErgogenicA recent investigation into the effects of 4 weeks feeding of barley water (talbina), a traditional British soft drink (click here for recipe) to albino mice found remarkable neurological and endocrine changes (Bawazir, 2010):
[...] this treatment caused significant increase in, dopamine (DA), serotonin (5-HT) and gamm-aminobutyric acid (GABA) contents in different brain areas (Cerebellum, Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-25776942146726863022010-07-31T11:15:00.003+02:002010-07-31T13:25:40.428+02:00Want to Increase Your Testosterone? Better Have Your Right AnswersAlthough this is not a typical SuppVersity-study, it is yet related to both education and endocrinology: Flegr and Priplotova from the Charles University in Praha found that testosterone and cortisol levels in university students reflect actual rather than estimated number of wrong answers on written exam (Flegr. 2010). The scientists measured testosterone and cortisol levels in response to a Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.com