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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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Minimally Processed and Eaten as Part of a Mediterranean-Style Diet, Red Meat Augments MED's Heart Health Benefits

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The extra reduction in diastolic blood pressure may translate to a significantly reduced stroke risk. Especially in younger people, a few mmHg can make a tenfold difference in their risk of stroke. If you follow the mainstream media you will get the impression that eating red meat was worse for your heart than drinking or smoking. In fact, however, the experimental evidence from decently controlled human studies like the latest paper by scientists from the Purdue University  and the  University of Texas Medical Branch , indicate that red meat - if it's still meat and not bought in processed food, i.e. salami, sausages, wurst, etc. is completely harmless, if not beneficial to your heart health. Beneficial? Yes, you read that right: As Lauren E O’Connor's randomized investigator-blinded crossover study shows, adding 70g of beef/pork to a Mediterranean diet has no effect on the beneficial effects of the MED on selected markers of cardiovascular health, it even augmented the...
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Three Reasons Why Your Doctor May Falsely Believe Your Kidney, Liver or Heart Were Damaged If You Get Blood Work Done Without Adequate Rest After Intense Workouts

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Sometimes lab values are deceiving - specifically if allegedly pathological elevations of kidney, liver and (heart) muscle enzmes are a perfectly physiological reaction to exercise.  You already know reason #1. The heavily increased creatine kinase (CK) levels I've discussed in a previous article at length  may look exactly as if you were about to have a kidney failure. In fact, the CK-levels can be elevated more than 100-fold after an intense workout (Pettersson. 2008). Accordingly, Mougios, et al. (2007) attempted to develop revised reference values for athletes in their 2007 study. The scientists' test revealed that CK levels of >1000 IU/L in male and 513 IU/L in female athletes would be better cut off levels for athletes who are still training than the regular upper limit of <208 IU/L. If you want to avoid muscle damage, you may try  BFR and hypoxia training . BFR, Cortisol & GH Responses BFR - Where are we now? Hypoxia + HIIT = Win? ...
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Retinol (Vitamin A) - A Re-Discovered Weapon in the Battle Against Atherosclerosis: Reduced Progression in Patients, Protection For Healthy Subjects From 25,000IU/Day Retinol

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No it's not fish oil that's going to save your a** from dying of heart attack. It's vitamin A! 25,000IU/day for those who are already suffering from atherosclerotic lesions and heard disease could do the trick. 600,000 people die of heart disease in the United States every year–that’s 1 in every 4 deaths; and at least some could have been prevented, if vitamin A had not been demonized as bone-dissolving kidney and liver killer for decades. That's at least what the results of a recent study from the Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in the - at least in terms of medical paradigms - open-minded Iran (Mottaghi. 2014). Unlike their Western colleagues who would probably considered the provision of 25,000IU of retinyl palmitate per day an act of personal injury, Azadeh Mottaghi and his colleagues dared administering the said amount of pre-formed vitamin A to 31 atherosclerotic patients and 15 healthy controls for 4 full months; and the results were... Impr...
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The Overlooked Non-ROS-Scavenging Antioxidant Effects of Creatine Monohydrate: CM Works W/ & W/Out Exercise

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Creatine, obviously monohydrate and no expensive and often impotent spinoff (Jäger. 2011) is useful for any athlete. The number of items on the list of health and performance benefits of creatine is about as high as the number of boring articles about "the benefits of creatine" you can find all over the Internet. And even here at the SuppVersity they have been piling up in a way that has me ignore the majority of "creatine supplementation increases strength gains in XY" studies that appear on a monthly, sometimes weekly basis. Against that background I will cut today's creatine post short and get straight to the facts, Giuseppe Potrick Stefani et al. report in their latest paper in (how else could it be) the peer-reviewed Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition (Stefani. 2014). You can learn more about creatine at the SuppVersity Creatine Doubles 'Ur GainZ! Creatine, DHT & Broscience Creatine Better After Workout A...
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