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HIIT Sheds 25% Intra-Bellyfat in 32 Workouts - Despite T2DM & W/Out Dieting! Plus: Always 'Add Weights' When Dieting

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High-intensity interval training (HIIT) sheds significantly more belly fat over (-10% vs. 0%) and under (-25% vs. +10%) female abs than isocaloric medium intensity steady state exercise aka MICT. Losing 25% of visceral fat without dieting  and with only two workouts per week (16 weeks x 2 workouts = 32 workouts total)? That sounds like straight from a 'spam ad' on Facebook, right? Well, it is based on scientific evidence, though... evidence from a study in Diabetes & Metabolism  that tested the effects of a very manageable high-intensity interval training regimen (2 x 20 min per week) on abdominal fat mass in postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes (Maillard. 2016).c Ok, I have to admit that's different from both, (a) the athletes in the second study that made it into today's SuppVersity short news (the one about maximal fat oxidation) and (b) the average SuppVersity  readers, but knowing the exact protocol, which is different from much (if not everything) y...
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Trying to Lose Fat & Get "Toned" W/Out Training or Diet? Taking 1-3 mg Melatonin Helps Women Lose 7% Body Fat, Gain 3.5% Lean Mass in Recent 12 Months-Long RCT

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Since the natural melatonin production decreases as we age, it is (unfortunately) possible that younger women wouldn't see the same benefits as the >56 year-old subjects of the study at hand. No, I am not recommending laziness here, and I doubt that you will arrive at a cover model physique with nothing but a handful of melatonin pills, but  the results of a recent study from the Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark are too intriguing not to devote a whole SuppVersity  article to them. In said study, Anne Kristine Amstrup and colleagues tested whether there's anything to the rumors that have it that "melatonin [has] a positive effect on body weight and energy metabolism" (Amstrup. 2015). As the researchers rightly point out, previous "evidence for this relies mainly on animal models" (ibid). It was thus about time for someone to "determine the effects of melatonin on body composition, lipid and glucose metabolism in humans" (ibid). Wan...
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Laser Acupuncture as a Valuable Adjunct to Diet & Exercise Interventions!? 50% Higher Reduction in Waist & LDL/HDL Ratio + 80% Higher Reduction in Insulin in Recent Study

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Laser "needles" may help you lose superfluous body weight. Is it possible that the application of acupuncture by the means of a gallium Arsenide infrared (GaAlAs) laser with a wavelength at 904 nm and power of 5mW to the skin of post-menopausal women can actually improve the metabolic benefits of a combined diet + exercise regimen? It sounds like a marketing gag, but the results of a recent study from the Cairo University  (El-Mekawy. 2014) clearly indicates that the answer to the aforementioned question is "YES! It can!" Don't forget to building muscle & strength . Fat loss alone is not enough to look good naked Tri- or Multi-Set Training for Body Recomp.? Alternating Squat & Blood Pressure - Productive? Pre-Exhaustion Exhausts Your Growth Potential Exercise not Intensity Variation for Max. Gains Battle the Rope to Get Ripped & Strong Study Indicates Cut the Volume Make the Gains! The laser acupuncture was applied with ...
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Pomegranate for Statin Users, Magnesium for Cancer-Free Colons, Cialis for Diabetic & Healthy Women and Protein Supplementation for 0.81kg More Muscle & 13.5kg More Strength Gains Than Placebo (Data From Meta-Analysis)

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As the data in the graphs at the bottom shows, only vigorous physical activity (right), yet not moderate (middle), let alone light physical activity (left) will help kids to stave off the bad visceral body fat, which increases their waist line from year to year. The photo in the background was by the way taken in 1989 on Orchard Beach, in the Bronx. If I remember correctly that's 6 years before the release of Nintendo's first "Game Boy". And yeah, I got one and it really doubled if not tripled my sedentary time! 7 minutes! That's the SuppVersity figure of the week and a number that should actually ring a bell with everyone of you who is following my advice and pays a daily visit to the SuppVersity Facebook Wall . "Seven minutes" that's what scientists from the University of Alberta and their Canadian colleagues believe would be the amount of "vigorous physical activities" our kids should get (Hay. 2012). I am not sure, if those sc...
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Measuring Overtraining; Phosphatidic Acid to Potentiate the mTOR Effects of Leucine? Plus: Built-in Serm in Menopausal HRT Blocks Breast Cancer, Creatine Bumps Up Performance Not Body Weight, Estrogen Timing & Brain NDMA Toxicity

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Weight-supported sports such as cycling precipitate overtraining "20%", that's the SuppVersity figure of the week. It tailors directly to the first item in today's installment of On Short Notice and denotes the amount of professional athletes who exhibit symptoms of overtraining syndrome at any given time in their career. "The prevalence varies by sport and is thought to be highest in endurance sports requiring high volume intense training, such as swimming, triathlon, road cycling, rowing and, to a lesser extent, distance running."  (MacKinnon. 2000) What all those sports (except for distance running) have in common are long training hours on 6 days per week for several months without appreciable time off. Notably, the chances of overtraining also increase, when the equipment supports your body mass. With weight-bearing activities, such as distance running, on the other hand, the risk of musculoskeletal injury limits training volume and therefore r...
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With >50% Increased Risk to Develop New-Onset Diabetes, Statins are "Starter Drugs" for Post-Menopausal Women. Plus: Younger, Leaner & Asian Women at Greatest Risk

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Image 1: A statin here, some metformin to keep the collateral at bay, add an ACE inhibitor and some anti-coagulant drugs and you have a delicious cocktail of highly profitable pharmaceuticals... Do you remember how creatine has gotten a bad rep within the mass media, a few years ago? Initially touted as an over-the-counter "steroid" by a clueless journalist, the did not, as you would have expected backpedal, or at least forget about the whole thing, when some experts raised their hands and said: " Wait a minute! Creatine is a naturally occuring amino acid with thousands of studies backing its efficacy... ", no, they just turned it around and said: " Look, this is how it goes: First creatine, then androstenedione, next real gear! This stuff is a starter drug which will make our youth go astray! " ... Today, or I should say, on January 9, 2012, a study on another, yet in the eyes of the press obviously way less "starter drug" has been published...
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