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Older Human Study Shows: 2.72g Carnitine per Day Ward Off Fat Gains - Specifically on the Trunk | User Question: Are We Missing Out If We Are Not Using Carnitine?

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SuppVersity reader Derek D. wants to know if 2013 study shows we are missing out if we don't use carnitine. When I answered your questions on Facebook, the other day, Derek D.'s question about the results of a 2013 study by Stephens et al. stood out, because Keller's study suggest that carnitine may be significantly more useful while bulking than it is during a cut (which is still what it is marketed for). If you are a long-term SuppVersity  reader, you will be aware that this is not the first SuppVersity  article discussing a study that points to the use of carnitine outside of dieting scenarios. In 2013, for example, I wrote about a study by Keller et al. (2013). A study that found significant increases in pro-anabolic hormones and proteins, and a 7% improvement in lean-to-total-mass ratio in rodents in response to a relatively low amount of carnitine in the diet. You can learn more about carnitine at the SuppVersity ! Carnitine for Acute Endurance Pe...
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CLA Producing Bacteria, an Effective Alternative to Regular Supplements for Lean Individuals on Low(ish) Fat Bulks?

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This is not a CLA supplementation study, but a study probing the effects of CLA-producing bacteria supplementation may explain the ambiguous results of previous CLA studies. From previous SuppVersity articles on CLA you will remember that the real world benefits of CLA are by far not as earth-shatteringly impressive as the body-fat destructive  effects that were reported in previous rodent studies would suggest. Now, one reason that "your" CLA supplement did not work as promised is the isoform mix of commonly available supplements, where the cis-9, trans-11-conjugated linoleic acid content may actually hamper the fat burning effects of trans-10, cis-12-conjugated linoleic acid. This alone does yet probably not explain the very mixed results from previous CLA for fatloss studies. So, if it's not the "mix" that explains the ambiguity ( learn more ), what else could it be? You can learn more about CLA at the SuppVersity Natural CLA Sources Prevent W...
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Probiotics Inhibit Ill-Health Effects of 7-Day Overfeeding in Man - Does This Make Yakult(R) the Perfect Tool in Your Bulking Toolbox or is it Just Another Marketing Gag?

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Keep in mind: We are dealing with an industry sponsored study, here. One, w/ high baseline differences in insulin sensitivity between the groups. Investigations into the effects of the intestinal microbiome are popping up all over the place. Unfortunately, many of the studies are conducted in rodents. Whether or not and if to which extent the results transfer to human studies is not sure, though. Against that background, the results of a recent study from the Loughborough University are all the more intriguing. Why? Well, the study was conducted in a total of seventeen healthy subjects (fourteen males and three females) and the results of the study suggest that  probiotic supplementation may be useful in the prevention of diet-induced metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes. You can learn more about the gut & your health at the SuppVersity Bugs Dictate What You Crave Sweeteners & Your Gut Foods, Not Ma- cros for the Gut Lactulose For Gut ...
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The Overfeeding Overview: High Fat, Carb, Protein, MCTs, Leptin, Testosterone, T3 & Reverse T3 - Get an Overview of the Consequences of Short- & Long-Term Overfeeding

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High fat + high carbohydrate foods like mini doughnuts are exactly what you should not eat on a refeed day, let alone during weeks of bulking. Do you want to know what happens during days and weeks of gluttony? How the effects "bulking" will have on your body weight and composition, depending on where those extra calories come from? Have you wondered what the optimal nutrient composition on refeed days may look like? And are you concerned about the potential the health consequences of bulking? Yes? In this case, I would suggest you take a closer look at the following overview of the research. An overview that is probably not complete, but it should suffice to provide preliminary answers to the aforementioned questions. 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 Protein Satiety Shoot-Out: Casein vs. Whey How many Carbs Before Fat is Unhea...
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Less Fat, More Muscle: The Effects of Adding a High Protein Intake on Top of a Hypercaloric Diet in Humans Are Slim, But the Trend (FFM ￪, Fat ￬) is Significant

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Cottage cheese is a good source of extra protein - 11-12g/100g Protein is a wonderful substance. You all know that, so much, in fact that most of you expect way too much from this one macronutrient and forget about the usefulness and need of the others. Don't worry I am not going to lecture you, if you want to go on a rabbit starvation diet, as the early American explorers were forced to eat (almost exclusively eating lean meats will result in nausea, then diarrhea, and then death; Speth. 1983), it's obviously your life and hapiness you're throwing away. But let's not get off track, here. The twenty-nine healthy, young, lean Caucasian men and women in the study at hand were after all not "rabbit starved". You can learn more about protein intake at the SuppVersity Are You Protein Wheysting? 5x More Than the FDA Allows! Protein requ. of athletes High EAA protein for fat loss Fast vs. slow protein Too much ado about protein? Rather ...
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