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No DHA & EPA in Non-Fish Fed Catfish. No Recovery From Ischemia W/ Low Carb. No Endocannabinoid Effects Without Medium Intensity Exercise. No Need to Tow Only Light Sleds

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Sarah Reinertsen ( click here to visit her webpage) was the first female leg amputee to participate and complete the Ironman (in 15h) and I bet she does not need the recent study by Galy et al. to be reminded of the benefits... no, the necessity of cycling your exercise intensity. In 2005 Sarah Reinertsen (image on the right) was the first female leg amputee to participate and complete the Ironman and honestly this would probably suffice as a figure of the week, but since this is a historic event, it does not necessarily qualify as the SuppVersity Figure of the Week . A figure that does qualify is the -15.7% decrease in post- exercise alveolar-capillary membrane diffusing capacity the highly trained triathletes in a soon-to-be-published paper by Galy et al. experienced after a 6-week "deload" (low training volume, intensity and frequency) period. What's interesting, though, is that the control group who remained on the same high training volume, intensity and fr...

Review Claims: CLA & Fish Oil Improve "Anabolic" Effects of Exercise - What Does the SuppVersity Sniff Test Say?

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A bigger biceps and less body fat to cover your precious gains? At least for CLA this has in fact been observed in a human study (see figure 1 ). About two weeks ago, I stumbled across an interesting paper that had just been published in the peer-reviewed journal Nutrients , filed it and got so much to do that I would almost have forgotten about it. When I was just thinking about which topic to address next, I did yet remember the auspicious conclusion to the abstract, which says "we can hypothesize that fat supplements may improve the anabolic effect of exercise." (Macaluso. 2013). "May" and "hypothesis", those are terms I like and since fish oil and CLA were implicated in the previous lines, I suppose you are going to like it as well. So what would be more obvious than to apply the "SuppVersity Sniff Test" (I am beginning to like this term, Carl often uses on the Science Round-Up ) to this ostensibly well-researched review of the literature...

Science Round-Up Seconds: Optimal Health & Fitness Best Promoted W/ Intense Exercise. News on PUFAs & Thyroid Metabolism. Manganese the Anti-Sugar Glue Mineral!?

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There may be a hitherto overlooked "enzymatic connection" between low thyroid function (spec. "low T3 syndrome" or starvation-/overtraining-induced reductions in thyroid levels) and "insufficient" levels of the long-chain varieties of both , omega-3 (EPA, DHA), as well as omega-6 (GLA, ARA) fatty acids. I must admit that Carl & I did much to my own surprise cover more ground than I thought we would - and that despite his lengthy rant about the FDA ;-) That said, there is still enough for a second serving, aka the " Seconds " , featuring news like: The optimal exercise for health and fitness is intense - SuppVersity readers & Superhuman Radio listeners knew it all along, the comfort zone won't enforce adaptation PUFAs and the thyroid - insufficient conversion of LA and ALA with low T3 levels; probably also relevant everyone who enjoys starvation and overtraining Manganese an anti-sugar glue mineral - study shows manganese p...

DHA Blunts Negative Side Effects of Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) W/out Hampering Its Effects on Body Fat Loss & the Expression of Obesity Genes

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She already knew what scientists have recently discovered and now confirmed: You better stack CLA and DHA if you want lean and health offspring ;-) Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) is not only an omega-6 fatty acid, it's also a trans-fat (though a natural one) and still even scientists believe that it could contribute to the solution of the diabesity epidemic, if it (a) finally yielded the same extreme fat loss (yep, just the blubber, nothing else) results in human beings as in rodents (cf. " CLA Annihilates Body Fat and Increases Endurance ") and (b) anywhere near appropriate doses would not hold he risk of inducing fatty liver disease and insulin resistance (Clément. 2002). At least with respect to (b) a "bodybuilding approach" to CLA supplementation which is based on the "if hammering your head against the wall hurts, you better make sure you wear a helmet" principle of stacking CLA and PUFAs, esp. the long-chain omega-3 fatty acid DHA , has alre...
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