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Ketone Esters a Smart Supplement? | Pure Nitrate vs. Beets | Caffeine Muscle Recruitment, Power and Performance

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Time for a new installment of the supplement short news . I think it's about time for another installment of the short news, i.e. an article that consists of several brief write-ups on very recent papers. Today's topics are: (1) the question whether it is a smart move to consume ketone esters on top of Gatorade or similar products before your workout; (2) the difference in physiological effects of potassium nitrate and beetroot juice; and (3) how caffeine improves muscle recruitment and hence endurance performance. You can learn more about beetroot juice at the SuppVersity Mouthwash Ruins Benefits of Nitrates Nitrate Drugs Work, But Are Not Safe Win the Super Bowl w/ Beet- root Juice! 140ml of Beetroot Juice That All it Takes! Nitrate + Caf = Ergogenic Sledgehammer Beet Every Personal Best W/ Beets! Ketone esters may be smart to consume on top of carbohydrate supplement before and during high-intensity exercise ( Evans 2018 ) -- This is at least w...
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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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Adaptation to Intermittent Ramadan Fasting Takes Time, but Eventually Mood, Fatigue, and the Quality of Life Improve

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No, it wasn't a button like this which made the subjects happy. It took some time, yeah, but after a few weeks the participants, students of the Hannover Medical School , where the trial was conducted actually felt better, not - as the scientists who conducted this Ramadan fasting study had expected - worse than without their religious fasting. But let's not go too fast, here. The subjects had volunteered to participate in the study and were non-randomly assigned to a fasting (FG) and a non-fasting (NFG) group (according to their individual plans | Nugraha. 2016). Learn more about fasting at the SuppVersity Breakfast and Circadian Rhythm "Lean Gains" Fast Works Habits Determine Effects of Fasting Fasting Works for Obese, Too!? IF + Resistance Training = WIN ADF Beats Ca-lorie Restriction To be eligible into the FG, participants had to: (1) be healthy, (2) be older than 18 years of age, (3) intend to fast the whole month of Ramadan, (4) ha...
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Water - Your Cheap, Effective & Safe Nootropic - Up to 31% Increased Cognitive Performance With 25ml of Plain Water

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The complex neuronal clockwork in your brain needs water to run smoothly. But how much water does it need? If you have been reading SuppVersity articles for more than a week, you will know that a lack of water can easily turn an Einstein into a Neanderthal ( learn more ). Fully convincing experimental evidence for the efficacy and, more importantly, optimal amount(s) of water as a 'nootropic supplement' in non-dehydrated individuals, as it has just been provided by a recent study from the  University of East London  and the  University of Westminster  (Edmonds. 2016), however, has not been available... Not available, yet?! That is, obviously, before Edmonds and colleagues set out to investigate the dose-response characteristics of the effects of acute water supplementation on cognitive performance and mood. Learn all about plain and not so plain water at the SuppVersity Hydrogen Rich Water = Quackery? Glass of Water Before Meals as Diet Tool ...
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Breaking the Fast, Cardio & Your Brain: Cardio on Empty is Fatiguing. Fasting Without Exercise, However, is Nootropic

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Boring: Every endurance athletes knows and fears it, so wouldn't just that happen when you do your cardio on empty in the morning? And what about the effects on your brain power? Will your gray matter bonk, as well? And if so, what can be done about it? Today's SuppVersity post is a little different from the usual "Training on empty? Yes / No / Maybe!" debate that flares up every now and then on almost every fitness related bulletin board of the World Wide Web. And in as much as I would like to say that this was all the credits belong to me, the fact that the the following dissertation may actually make a practically relevant contribution is due to the experimental design of the latest study from the Northumbria University in Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, in the UK (Veasey. 2013). Why is that? Well, contrary to the majority of breakfast "yes or no" studies this one has both an exercise and and a cognitive performance aspect. Since I suppose that most o...
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True or False: Vinegar Reduces Postprandial Glycemia And Insulin Response. Vitamin D Must Be Taken With Fat or It Won't Work. Chewing Gum Will Help You Get & Stay Lean

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This is quite an extraordinary Wednesday! To make sure that you don't have to go without your beloved Science Round Up, Carl and I are doing the show one day early, which means that you better make sure to make some room for listening to the show at 1PM EST ( listen live! ), if you want to be the first to learn the truth about the Is it possible that your significant other outpaces you on all cardio activities, because she has the hormonal edge? effects of soy protein supplementation on the endocrine effects of exercise psychological effects of performance enhancing drugs & supplements interaction between dietary salt & your bodies ability to store magnesium vitamin D "dosage equivalent" of two tanning bed sessions per week estrogen's fat burning prowess better (?) alternatives to testosterone gel ... and all the other great topics, you will be able to listen to after you've witnessed Alex aka Primalkid 's premier (what an alliteration) a...
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