SuppVersity - Nutrition and Exercise Science for Everyone

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 is bad for you, bro. I'll bind your testosterone, bro!" you will probably have noticed that the 12-week resistance training regimen 36 of the 49 participants (BMI 31.4 kg/m² age 22 years) of a recently published study by Roberts et al. underwent would have to be considered an epic fail, if we went for the mainstream assessment of workout / dietary success - the infamous body mass index. If the add the broscientific notion that you best reduce your SHBG to zero (or into the negative range, if you find a way to do so), squats, deadlifts, lunges, rows, side raises, overhead pr...

Hops: More than an ingredient of the majority of OTC sleeping pills (photo LuckyStarr) Hops beer made from the female flowers of Humulus lupulus was the (safer) alternative to untreated water in medieval Europe. Hops are the female flowers (also called seed cones or strobiles) of a hop species and are currently still used as a flavoring and stability agent in beer. Aside from that, the vigorous, climbing, herbaceous perennial has a longstanding history of medical uses and is probably best known for its sedative effects. That a hot water extract from hop could make an excellent addition to an anti-obesity and even fat loss regimen is yet news and - in view of its efficacy - even SuppVersity news ;-) Eat like a pig, look like a goddess with hops! Actually the subheading is pretty unfair, after all pigs don't eat much different from us, they are opportunistic omnivores... but this is no biology lesson, so let's get back to the topic at hand. There was a time, when I thou...