SuppVersity - Nutrition and Exercise Science for Everyone

Is it all about pressure? Compression stocking and BFR cuffs revisited. You will remember that I've covered the use of #BFR, i.e. blood-flow restriction in several articles over the past years. The number of posts on #compression stockings, on the other hand, is limited with only one dealing with the acute anti-heavy-leg effect of 'oma's socks' in the evening. Today's special will address both, the latest research in everything tight... ;-) Ok, before the ambiguity gets out of hand, let's check out some of the latest studies: BFR and Hypoxia Training  are different from training w/ compression garments BFR, Cortisol & GH Responses BFR - Where are we now? BFR as Add-On to Classic Lifts BFR for Injured Athletes BFR B4 Workouts = WIN!? BFR + Cardio = GainZ? In healthy young women, compression stockings may have acute beneficial effects on lower leg swelling and muscle stiffness ( Sugahara 2018 ): While previous trials have often ...

  This is what the Jan '17 Science Update has to offer? -11% HbA1c reduction per 30 minutes activity, new benefits of blood flow restricted tr., the bone protective effect of immediate post-workout whey plus carb ingestion, and a new overtraining gauge... It's almost, February... almost and that's why today's SuppVersity article still qualifies as a January '17 research update. One that is based on the latest (ahead of print) papers from the peer-reviewed journal "Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise" - papers about the large impact of short bouts of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) on the messed up glucose management of people with an increased T2DM risk, the bone-preserving effects of a mix of whey and dextrose and how this effect depends on timing, the belated and thus overlooked beneficial effects of blood flow restriction on muscular rapid force development and, last but not least, a potential new marker of overreaching...

In view of the fact that there are women in the photos, it should be obvious that these are not the study subjects ;-) Rope skipping is probably not exactly the exercise you'd be thinking of when it comes to bigger or I should say stronger bones, right? You'd think of squats, of deadlifts of farmers' walks - all the exercises where you can and have to move large amounts of weight - weight bearing exercises that is, those exercises of which studies in post-menopausal women of whom you'd expect them to have low bone mass show that they are effective bone builders (Bassey. 1995; Etherington. 1996; Dalsky. 1998). Well, I have to admit that I was similarly surprised when I read that jumping had a similar beneficial effect on the bones as resistance training in relatively young (25-60 year-old) male subjects in a recent study from the University of Missouri  (Horton. 2015). No, high  protein intakes  won't make your bones brittle. Here's why ! Protein Timi...

Oxytocin as fat loss adjuvant? We are not there, yet, but maybe in 5 years. Classically, oxytocin has been regarded as a polypeptide hormone, produced by the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland, that stimulates contraction of the smooth muscle of the uterus. In fact, oxytocin is yet far more, the mammalian neurohypophysial hormone that is produced in the supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei of the hypothalamus by nerve axons, and stored in the posterior pituitary gland, acts as an important neuromodulator in the brain and plays an important role in the neuroanatomy of intimacy, specifically in sexual reproduction of both sexes. Over the last decades scientists have begun to investigate oxytocin's role in various behaviors, including orgasm, social recognition, pair bonding, anxiety, and maternal behaviors, the direct effects of oxytocin on muscle, bone, adipose tissue and metabolism, on the other hand, have been discovered only recently. OT drops as you age. Learn how t...

So you're eating "healthy"? Sure? Time to clean my "may be worth an article" folder by putting out another installment of the SuppVersity  short news. Today with a colorful potpourri of studies and experiments that were presented at the Summer Meeting of the Nutrition Society  and are now subsequently published in the corresponding  Proceedings of the Nutrition Society.  Studies that are mostly, but not exclusively related to weight loss (or its prevention). Studies on protein, meal timing, appetite, eating for bone health and sugar reduction. 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 - Casein vs. Whey How Much Carbs Before Fat is Unhealthy? 5 Tips to Improve & Maintain Insulin Sensitivity Carbohydrate Shortage in Paleo Land Potassium and magnesium (not calcium alone) are necessary to keep...