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Krill vs. Fish: Krill Oil Still More Rapidly Absorbed, but Does it Matter in the Long-Run? Plus: Krill Research Update 2018

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Bio-advantage of krill may not be relevant in the long run | Plus: What we learned about krill oil in 2018 I've previously written about the question whether krill oil is, in fact, as the proper Latin name of the small critters it is made of, i.e.  Euphausia superba , would suggest "superba", ahh... I mean better than fish oil when it comes to its effects plasma and organ DHA and EPA. A large number of previous trials - almost all short-term, by the way - verify the commonly held belief that the largely (35-65%) phospholipid-bound krill oil (KO)  has a bioavailability advantage over the exclusively   triglyceride-bound fish oil (FO)  Di Marzo 2010 ;  Konagai 2013 ;  Ramprasath 2013 ). Another "K" you should have plenty of in your diet is  potassium (K)  (in German it's Kalium)! Potassium vs. Diet-Inducded Insulin Resis. In the Lime Light: The Ill Effects of Low K Intakes Bad News: Most Americans are Sign. K Deficient Lean...
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Sugar - The Brainfood That's Making You Dumb | Surprise: Fructose and Artificial Sweeteners are Not a Problem!

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None of these qualifies as "brain booster". A few years ago the results of a recent study from New Zealand would probably have made the mainstream news: A double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over experimental design was used. "Results revealed that ingestion of glucose and sucrose led to poorer performances on the assessed tasks as opposed to fructose and the placebo" (Ginieis 2017). These days, however, sugar is everyone's boogieman, anyway. It is thus unlikely that you will read about Rachel Ginieis paper anywhere else, but here - and that despite the fact that its results could have a profound influence on your cognitive abilities. Learn more about fructose at the SuppVersity Bad Fructose not so Bad, After All! Learn its Benefits. Fructose From Fruit is NOT the Problem Americans Don't Eat More Fructose Today An Apple A Day, Keeps... & More (Guestpost) Fructose is Not Worse Than Sugar How Much Fructose is Bad for the He...
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Guanidinoacetic Acid (GAA) 'Superior' to Creatine in Terms of Bioenergetic & Health Effects on Brain, Muscle & More?

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Not so fast! Just because it may have shuttled more creatine into the muscle GAA does not have to be able to build more strength or size. It has been a while since the last creatine article was published. Luckily, the publication of the latest paper from Sergej M. Ostojic lab at the  University of Novi Sad (Ostojic. 2016b) will change that... as soon as I've analyzed the study and written about it below that is ;-) First things first, we are dealing with a randomized, double-blind, cross-over trial that was financed by a government grant - not non-existing (as of now) supplement companies who are pimping guanidinoacetic acid (GAA) as a "superior new form of creatine". You can learn more about creatine at the SuppVersity Creatine Doubles 'Ur GainZ! Creatine Loading = Unnecessary Creatine Pre or After Workouts? 1st Benefits of Creatine-HCL The Real Bioavai-lability of Crea Build 'Ur Own Buffered Creatine Now, technically speaking, thi...
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Caffeine Works - Study Leaves No Doubt About It! Approx. 400mg of Caffeine Get You Going, Even After 32h Without Sleep - So Why Doesn't It Work for You Anymore?

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The answer to post-positioned question in the headline of today's SuppVersity article is not easy to find. Therefore I will start with the facts. Facts, researchers from the University of Sfax present in their latest paper in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Psychology & Behavior ; facts that leave little doubt that 5 mg/kg of caffeine could counteract the negative effect of 36 h of total-sleep deprivation on physical and cognitive performances, if your body would still react to stimulus - in other words: If your body still reacted like the bodies of the 13 healthy male habitual caffeine- not - ab using physical education students (age: 21.1 ± 1.1 years; body mass: 77.1 ± 7.2 kg; height: 1.77 ± 0.06 m) who volunteered to participate in the present study, it would get you going - seriously! The students had exactly the same time schedule at the university from sunrise to sunset under the control of the experimental team. Parti...
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Anserine + Carnosine Supplementation: A Capped Fountain of Cognitive Youth? Plus: Beta-Alanine + Creatine Could Be A Similarly Brainy Supplement Stack for Young & Old

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Carnosine + anserine supps could help her keep up with her grand daughter - physically and mentally! As a SuppVersity reader you know that  carnosine is the stuff you actually want to increase, when you are taking beta alanine supplements - you want the beta alanine to bind to L-histidine and from β-alanyl-L-histidine aka carnosine. If you are a student who reads and memorizes all article and not just a diligent reader, you will also remember that carnosine acts as a cellular "stress" buffer and that this buffer, as important as it may be during intermittent high intensity exercise, is actually even more important for your neuronal health, or put simply, your brain! So, even if you haven't heard about anserine before, at least the idea that taking carnosine supplements, or maybe I should say, increasing brain carnosine levels could be a good thing for your cognitive abilities should sound vaguely familiar... and if it does not, this would be another reason to read ...
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