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How Diabetics Can Benefit Tremendously From Vitamin C and What Else the 1st Studies from 2019 Teach Us About Ascorbic Acid, Cancer, Antibiotic Side Effects & 'ur Gainz

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Vitamin C ain't yellow, but it's not as black-and-white as it is portrayed on social media, these days. A couple of years ago, the #1 discussions about vitamin C one could have would usually address the following questions: "Does vitamin C prevent/treat the common cold?" and... (I still get this question, by the way) "Is ascorbic acid/manmade vitamin C bad for your health?" Don't worry, neither of these questions is going to be re-addressed in this short C-special (for the latter question, I suggest you re-read my article about 'natural' vs. 'synthetic' vitamins, here . Learn more about hormesis and how antioxidants can also impair your gains Anti-histamines, exercise and your metabolic health Even Ice-Baths Impair the Adapt. Process Vit C+E Impair Muscle Gains in Older Men C+E Useless or Detrimental for Healthy People Will ALA, Berberine & Co Ruin 'Ur Gainz? Antiox. & Health Benefits Don't Corre...
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100% Increase in Exercise-Induced Collagen Synthesis With Cheap, Yet Effective 15g Gelatin + 200mg Vitamin C Stack

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If you premix it with vitamin C, I would guess that this dosage form of gelatin will work just as well as the mix the scientists used in the study at hand. And if it contains 15g + of gelatin, consuming this stuff before a workout could indeed make a significant difference for your tendon health and stability/resilience. The deterioration of collagen is at the bottom of many musculoskeletal injuries. More than 50% of all injuries in sports can be classified as sprains, strains, ruptures, or breaks of musculoskeletal tissues. As the authors of a new paper in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition  point out, there's hope that "[n]utritional and/or exercise interventions that increase collagen synthesis and strengthen these tissues could have an important effect on injury rates" (Shaw. 2016). Gelatin has long been touted as the "protein of choice" to provide your body with the raw material for collagen resynthesis. Moreover, findings from engineered tiss...
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Frozen Fruit & Vegetables: Excellent Sources of Dietary Vitamins C, E & B2, Even After 90 Days of Storage - At Least If the Cold Chain Remains Intact | Only β-Carotene is Lost

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Don't fall for the "trick! In fruit A loss of water weight can cause "increases" in relative vitamin content. You will probably be aware that freshly frozen vegetables and fruit retain large amounts of its natural vitamin content. "Large amounts", however, is not an exactly accurate figure. The results of a very recent study by Ali Bouzari, Dirk M. Holstege, and Diane Marie Barrett may yield some quantitative insights into the exact nutrient loss due to freezing and subsequent storage in several fruit and vegetable commodities (Bouzari. 2014). To be more specific, the scientists evaluated the ascorbic acid, riboflavin, α-tocopherol, and β- carotene in corn, carrots, broccoli, spinach, peas, green beans, strawberries, and blueberries. Learn more about the effects of your diet on your health at the SuppVersity Only Whey, Not Soy Works for Wheytloss Taste Matters - Role of the Taste Receptors Dairy Protein Satiety Shoot-Out: Casein vs. W...
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Vitamin C & Glucose Management | Part VI of the "There is More To Glucose Control Than Carbohydrates"-Series. Plus: The Limits & Limitations to Oral Ascorbic Acid Supplements

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Foods over pills! Not forks over knives ;) Over the past weeks I have written so much about the anti-adaptational effects of ROS-scavengers that I probably don't have to mention the impressive (for some people shocking results) of the 2009 study by Ristow et al. with the telling title: "Antioxidants prevent health-promoting effects of physical exercise in humans" (Ristow. 2009) to underline that not everything is gold that comes in yellow packages and is labeled w/ vitamin C. Much contrary to the yellow, orange, red, green and blue natural vitamin C sources from the super- or farmers-market, by the way. Before I get lost in the hormesis debate, I do yet want to adopt to a more general, non-exercise related perspective to check, if the impairment of exercise-induced improvements in insulin sensitivity is the only interaction between vitamin C and glucose metabolism. You can learn more about this topic at the SuppVersity Proteins, Peptides & Blood Glucose...
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Antioxidant Supplementation With 1g of Vitamin C + 400IU Vitamin E Hampers Muscle Gains in Older Men (60-81y)

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Human study shows: Antioxidant supplements hamper "gains" in elderly individuals, as well. The effects appears to be less pronounced than in younger trainees, though. Most of you will be aware that I have been following and at least in parts subscribing to the hormesis hypothesis as it was proposed by Ristow and Zarse who proposed in 2010, already, that the mitohormesis hypothesis would provide "a common mechanistic denominator for the physiological effects of physical exercise" (Ristow. 2010). If we subscribe to the fundamental principles of this theory, any exogenous manipulation of the exercise induced stress would be expected to block or at least reduce the beneficial effects of exercise - and guess what!? Ristow et al. have already shown that ( learn more about hormesis ). The previous research By then, Ristow, Zarse, Oberbach et al. had already gotten quite some public attention, when they published the results of an experiment that involved 19 prevous...
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5-10% Weight Reduction From Set to Set For Hypertrophy, Heavy Leg Workouts for Cyclists, Garlic For 400% Higher Test/Cortisol Ratios & Max(!) 1g Vitamin C for Muscle Gains

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7% increase in breast cancer risk for every 500g above "normal" birthweight for Scandinavian women. Weight is yet not all that counts, mommy's gestational diabetes and even a large body size also precipitate to later disease. 7% per 500g that's the increase in breast cancer risk, the female offspring of Scandinavian women will have, if they are born heavier than normal. This figure is the SuppVersity Figure of the Week and comes from a study I came across a couple of days ago (Troisi. 2012). The statistics are based on birth register data of women from Norway, Sweden or Denmark who were subsequently diagnosed with primary, invasive breast cancer (n=51419) and 10 controls for each case from the birth registries matched by country and year of birth (n = 514,190). Contrary to what you may think, the birth weight does yet not pose as much of a risk to become obese later in life as being larger than "appropriate" for your gestational age does (Eyzaguirre. ...
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