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In Pro O-Lifters, Pomegranate Juice Boosts Training Volume + Max. Weight, Reduces DOMS, RPE, as Well as Markers of Muscle Damage + CNS Stress and Speeds Up 48h Recovery

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Regular POMj did the ergogenic trick. Pomegranate is one out of a dozen of purported "superfoods" that actually has research backing up its efficacy. With the publication of a recent study by scientists from the  University of Sfax and the  Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg in Germany (Ammar. 2016). What makes the study at hand more interesting than most of the previously published studies is that the authors investigated the effect of natural Pomegranate juice supplementation on performance and acute and delayed responses of muscle soreness and biomarkers of muscle damage not in response to endurance training, but rather in response to a weightlifting training session. Looking for other superfoods? Try chocolate or cacao , but don't expect wonders Chocolicious Statin 4 Women Real Cacao Delicious + More The Chocolate Diet for Women Cacao for the Gut Microbiome Cacao as Anti-Cancer "Drug"? Don't Fall for Chocolate Myths For ...
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Walnuts, Beans & Cacao - Anti-Cancer, Anti-Colitis, Anti-Diabetes (Super-)Foods that May Fail the Reality Check

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Walnuts, cacao and beans, 3 superfoods that are super only in super-high quantities. Today's SuppVersity Food Science Research Update is all about three so-called "superfoods". It's an article from which you cannot just learn that walnuts, beans and cacao are "superfoods" as they protect you from cancer, improve your gut health and ameliorate diabetes. It's yet also an article that puts the (rodent) science into perspective. A perspective you won't see taken very often, because it has the "superfoods" look much less "super" than they appear to be without a reality check. Read more short news at the SuppVersity Exercise Research Uptake Nov '14 1/2 Exercise Research Uptake Nov '14 2/2 Weight Loss Supplements Exposed Exercise Supplementation Quickie Squat 4 Min B4 Workout, Chains & Bands + More Read the Latest Ex. Science Update Dietary walnut suppression of colorectal cancer in mice: Media...
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6 + 1 Convincing Reasons You Should Not Subscribe to the "Chocolate is Good For You" Hype Indiscriminately. Plus: Which Chocolate is the Healthiest? Organic, Baking, Dark?

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Your hedonic response usually isn't a good food guide I have never been a great chocolate eater, and the soothing and misleading news about research that would show that chocolate consumption was good for your heart, your brain and your belly have not yet changed this. For a good reason, as I should say. Being written for the average inhabitant of the Western Obesity Belt, the authors of these articles willingly accept that their readers will (mis-)understand them as a soothing incentive not just to maintain their overtly hedonistic lifestyle, but to top it off with an extra portion of super-sized chocolate cookies... I mean, it's "chocolate", right? So it's good for you, even the latest science says so, right? And not just that, even the NY Times writes chocolate is a "health food" ( NY Times. 2009 ) Right, science says: Chocolate is good for you! But when we look closer, the chocolate that is good for you has little to no resemblance to the ca...
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Broccoli No Superfood? Female Orgasm, What's It Good For? Can Piperine Make You Lean? Skinfold Thickness, An Exact Indicator of Insulin Sensitivity? Exercise, Cortisol, BDNF, Fatigue, IGF, Pollution, NOPE, EGCG & More!

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Alberto Contador almost certainly wouldn't benefit from the use of a nitrate supplement. 17 seconds and 5 watts! Those are the SuppVersity figures of the week and the performance "increases" which were associated with the consumption of either 0.5 L nitrate-boosting beetroot (BR) juice over a 0.5 L placebo (PLA) drink with blackcurrant juice during time trials and repeated maximal sprints, respectively, in 10 male elite cyclists who are competing at the highest domestic level in a study that was conducted by P. M. Christensen, M. Nyberg and J. Bangsbo from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark (Christensen. 2012). What does sound as if it could make the difference between victory and defeat, was however statistically non-significant and is further evidence of the fact that things that work in rookies are not necessarily advantageous for highly trained athletes (for nitrates benefits have been reported in untrained or recreationally active individuals by e.g. Ba...
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