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Eccentric Exercise IGF1 & Athlete's Heart; Long or Short Intervals, Both Improve Arterial Stiffness. Plus: Exercise Heals Wounds & Makes You Rust Proof Within One Year!

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Controlled exhaustion = positive adaptation; continuous exhaustion = wear and tear = one out of 57,002 who suffer from cardiac arrest during a marathon (data based on Webner. 2012) As announced on Saturday, already this is a "special edition" of the On Short Notice series, focusing exclusively on exercise related studies. With two studies on heart health ,  one on wound healing and the last one on the  bullet proof endogenous anti-oxidant system of trained athletes,  this installment of the " Exercise News Roundup " and two studies on different HIIT, it does however have both a health , as well as a HIIT focus. I know that does not sound as sexy as being big and buffed, but what's the use of that if you don't fit the coffin, you're about to need, when your looks are more important to you than your health? IGF-Response to exercise implicated in "athletes heart" A group of polish researchers describes in their latest paper that...
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Transfats the Last Bastion of the "Bad Fats"!? Two New Studies Shed Some Light onto Their Impact on Your Health.

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Image 1: The Meet the Fats campaign is part of the stultification... ah I mean educational program of the American Heart Association Meanwhile, even mainstream dietitians are beginning to understand that fats, which have been a, if not THE staple energy source in human history are not the bad boys the anti-fat hysteria of the 1980s would make us believe. Even the American Heart Association begins to advocate the use of "healthy fats" as part of a "heart healthy diet" - unfortunately, the AHA guys still lump Sat (that is the obese guy in the left) Trans (that is the sleazy guy in green) together , although the evidence against poor Sat (who obviously represents all saturated fats) is less conclusive than that against Poly, his money-grubbing sister who would do everything for her sponsors from the corn-industry... well, be that as it may, today's charge is against Trans who is accused of arson, or whole body inflammation, to be precise ;-) New evidence a...
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Chrysine: 5,7-dihydroxyflavone for Bigger Balls and Higher Serum Testosterone

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Polyphenols 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 which is extracted from the Common Passion Flower, has been around for years. A recent study ( Ciftcy. 2011 ) by Ciftci et al. provides further evidence that its market persistence may not be without a reason. Over the time course of the scientists fed a group of lab rats 50 mg/kg chrysin (human equivalent ~8mg/kg) or placebo for 60 days and found: that chrysin significantly increased GSH, CAT, GSH-Px and CuZn-SOD levels , but did not change the formation of TBARS significantly. In addition, sperm motility, sperm concentration and serum testosterone levels significantly increased , ...
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Melatonin for Patients With Metabolic Syndrome!?

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When was the last time your mother asked you, whether you would get enough sleep? Can't remember? Well, a recent study by scientists ( Kozirog. 2010 ) from the Department of Internal Diseases and Clinical Pharmacology at the Medical University of Lodz suggests you better listen to your mothers words and get a decent amount of sleep, just to make sure you reap the benefits of melatonin. In the study 30 patients with metabolic syndrome (MS) were treated with 5mg/day of melatonin 2hr before bedtime for 2 month . The results were quite remarkable: Melatonin administered for 2 months significantly improved antioxidative defense (increase in CAT activity, decrease in TBARS level) and lipid profile (decrease in LDL-C), and lowered blood pressure . It is not news that lack of sleep contributes to metabolic disorders. What is interesting, however, is that direct supplementation with melatonin, which is secreted at dawn and in the course of the night reverses existing symptoms of the ...
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