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TeaCrine®, Tribulus, Cordyceps, ALA, Sesamin, Fish Oil & More - The Latest Supplement Science (November 2016)

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Many currently available supplements lack sufficient scientific backup. It has been a while since I published the last supplement science update - the recent release of the latest edition of the  Journal of Dietary Supplements reminded me of that. In issue 1 of volume 14 of this journal that "addresses important issues that meet a broad range of interests from researchers, regulators, marketers, educators, and healthcare professionals" (Aims & Scope according to the publisher ) you will find studies on (you already know that from the headline) "TeaCrine®, Tribulus, Guarana, ALA, Sesamin, Fish Oil & More", studies the design and results of which I will briefly summarize for you in the following paragraphs: Read about rather exercise-related studies at the SuppVersity Tri- or Multi-Set Training for Body Recomp.? Aug '15 Ex.Res. Upd.: Nitrate, Glycogen, and ... Pre-Exhaustion Exhausts Your Growth Potential Full ROM ➯ Full Gains - Form Coun...
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Cordyceps militaris Improves Tolerance to High Intensity Exercise - Effects Take Time and High Dosages (4g/day)

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In China, cordyceps is also used in dishes - here: Chicken With Mushroom & Cordyceps Militaris Soup. Cordyceps is the tribulus of adaptogens... why's that? If you look at the scientific evidence supporting its efficacy the results are similarly ambiguous as they are for tribulus and still, Cordyceps has been among the supplemental topsellers for years - and rarely in the way it is used in classic Chinese Traditional Medicine (TCM) for respiratory and kidney diseases, renal dysfunction, and cardiac dysfunction (Zhu, Halpern, & Jones, 1998b). The popularity dates back to bogus rumors about Chinese female athletes in the 1990s - god knows what these "world-recordbreaking" athletes took, but cordiceps was almost certainly not the most effective of the PED cocktail. For longer sprints bicarbonate may be the more effective choice The Hazards of Acidosis Build Bigger Legs W/ Bicarbonate HIIT it Hard W/ NaCHO3 Creatine + BA = Perfect Match Bicarb ...
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Cordyceps Sinensis - Another Supplemental Non-Starter: Human Data Shows No Increase in Testosterone, No Strength Gains, No Improvements in Body Composition.

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Image 1: As it turns out it's not necessary you start eating parasites (img nepaliproducts.com) In view of the public attention adaptogens have gotten, ever since everyone is self-diagnosing him- / herself with "Central Fatigue Syndrom", I assume you will be aware that the parasitic fungus, Cordyceps sinensis (CS) that is found on larvae of Lepidoptera , and has been used for centuries in traditional Chines medicine as a tonic, has lately been marketed as powerful modulator of the hypothalamus-thyroid-pituitary axis (HTPA) . Extracts from cordyceps have in fact been shown to have various biological and pharmacological actions on the liver, the kideys, the endocrine and the vascular system. It appears to stimulate erythropeoiesis (production of red blood cells) and haemopoiesis (formation of blood cellular compounds), and it exhibits immunomodulatory and anti-tumor activities. Within the health and fitness community Cordyceps sinensis has yet been touted a...
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Luteineizing Hormone Boosting Fungus Cordyceps Sinensis is A Powerful Ergogenic: 1.79-fold Increase in Exercise Endurance in Rodents

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Figure 1: Cordyceps sinensis (photo NW Botanicals ) Would you have suspected that the parasitic relationship between the fungus and the larva of the ghost moth would turn out to be a powerful ergogenic? No? Well, what if I told you that this very "relationship" is the resource of which the commonly known fungus Cordyceps sinensis is derived? Ok, I see you know this one... A very recent study ( Kumar. 2011 ) which was published in the  Journal of Ethnopharmacology confirmed earlier study results that have attracted supplement companies to this inconspicuous, yet highly ergogenic fungus from the order of the Hypocreales. The Indian scientists investigated the effect of 200 mg/kg of air-dried cordiceps powder (human equivalent approx. 33mg/kg) to rats for 15 days . The 24 rats were randomized to one out of four groups: control (C), CS supplemented without exercise (CSS), exercise (E, swimming exercise 1h/day without load) and CS supplemented along with exercise (C...
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