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Battling Fat W/ Fat: Subcutaneous Fat Implant Improves Glucose Tolerance and Alleviates Inflammation | Plus: Beware of the Potential Ill Health Effects of Liposuction

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BMI is not a good predictor of metabolic health. One reason it isn't is the differential contribution of visceral and subcutaneous body fat on diabesity an CVD risk. The rodent study at hand demonstrates that quite drastically. It is absolute bogus to deny the contribution of the ever-increasing amount of fat many of us are carrying around day by day to all sorts of potentially fatal diseases. In that, it is yet important to differentiate between the accumulation of intra-abdominal or visceral adipose tissue (VAT) which is associated with type 2 diabetes, dyslipidaemia and hypertension and high amounts of subcutaneous fat which are (comparatively "benign"). As Hocking et al. (2014) highlight in their latest paper, "[t]his relationship [between VAT, type 2 diabetes, dyslipidaemia and hypertension] was originally attributed to increased NEFA [non-esterified fatty acid] flux from VAT into the portal circulation" (Hocking. 2014). HIIT is an excellent way t...
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True or False? Your Back Pain Will Vanish Forever if You Train Your "Core"! Plus: What Actually is the F*** "Core"?

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Do people really suffer from back pain because they are not doing exercises like this everyday, or are we rather dealing with a more fundamental problem? One that is related to the general reluctance to move further than from the couch to the fridge and back? What do you think? You will probably be aware that the #1 trigger of back pain in today's society is our sedentary lifestyle. Today, more than 50% of the US adults are affected by chronic back pain (Rozenberg. 2008). Against that background it appears logical to assume that it would help if you strengthen you deep trunk muscles, but is that actually true? And how does one do that (best)? Currently, no standardized system has been established analyzing and comparing the results of core strength training and typical resistance training. Therefore, Wen-Dien Chang, Hung-Yu Lin, and Ping-Tung Lai conducted a systematic review of the results of previous studies to explore the effectiveness of various core strength training s...
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Nutrition & Age-Related Muscle Loss - Overview of Some Recent Studies: It Does not Take More Than Well-Timed ~20g of Milk Protein to Turn Muscle Loss into Gain + More

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Ladies and gents, if you want to keep up with the youngsters and be able to play with your grand and grand-grand children you better put an emphasis on more than adequate protein intakes. Initially I wanted to talk about only one of the studies that were presented at the latest meeting of the Nutrition Society , but in view of the facts that (1) we are all going to be old one day, (2) we all have parents and grand parents at risk of muscle loss and sarcopenia and (3) we all are interested in some good research, I thought it may be a good idea to summarize the most important findings of three additional relevant presentations. Ah, before I get started: I would like to emphasize that the corresponding full papers have not been published, yet. I do thus apologize in advance that I won't be able to answer detail questions about the methods, side findings and allegedly interested, but hitherto unknown stuff like that. Read more short news  on various topics here at the SuppVers...
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L‑Alanylglutamine Blunts Allegedly Catabolic Signaling Proteins After Exercise - Does This Mean Sustamine™ is a Potent Anti-Catabolic Agent We All Should be Using?

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Can a few grams of Sustamine™, i.e. L‑Alanylglutamine, prevent protein breakdown after an intense workout? How significant are reduced AMPK and NF-kB protein levels? And lastly: Do we even care about 20 min?  Glutamine dipeptides such as l-alanylglutamine (AlaGln) have been designed to improve upon the low solubility and stability of regular l-glutamine and are used in more and more sports drinks and health products. Maybe you have even used one of them without knowing? Just take a look at the labels. Does any of your "proprietary blends" contain Sustamine™? Yes? I am by no means surprised. Due to its increased stability and correspondingly higher absorption rates for intact  glutamine, AlaGln dipeptide facilitate greater increases in plasma glutamine concentration compared with glutamine or wheat protein, which has the highest glutamine content of all common protein formulas (Harris. 2012; Rogero. 2006). You better focus on protein not allegedly anti-catabolic ...
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HMB + Whey = Useless? Performance Markers Up, CK, IL-6 and DOMS Down - Recent Study Suggest Faster Recovery, Study Design Limits Significance of Results, Though

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To actually confirm the marketed "more complete recovery", I'd like to see more relevant study outcomes (who does CMJs?) to be tested, EAS ;-) If you've read my comments on previous HMB studies you will know that I am skeptical if the promising results that have been observed in studies using 2-3 grams of calcium bound or free acid HMB would persist if the subjects did what most of you will do: Consume 20-30g of whey protein after every workout. I guess Kraemer et al. (2015) may have had similar doubts, when they designed their latest study. A study in which they compare recovery from highly demanding resistance exercise with whey protein (WP group) alone or a supplement containing whey, HMB, and a slow-release carbohydrate (isomaltulose | RP group). Learn more about HMB at the SuppVersity : HMB For Fat Loss? Hica & HMB in Yogurt More on HMB Free Acid Breakthrough HMB Science HMB for Muscle Quality HMB Hampers Fat Loss? Now, I have to ...
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BroScience Research: "What do Bros Say About AAS Use and the Prevention of Shut Down & Infertility?"

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Are today's "muscle men" not going to be able to procreate? If you are frequenting any of the popular fitness and bodybuilding bulletin boards, you will know that "broscience" is a mixture of anecdotal evidence and hilarious claims that is spiked with cherry picked scientific references. Against that background it may sound funny that researchers from the New Castle Fertility Center  devoted a complete study to the analysis of drugs and protocols highlighted by the online community of users for prevention and/or mitigation of adverse effects of steroid use. If you think about it, however, it's only logical that doctors will be better able to help their patients if they understand what brought them in a situation in which they have to see a doctor at a fertility clinic. Resistance training is the only powerful  muscle builders  with positive health effects! Tri- or Multi-Set Training for Body Recomp.? Alternating Squat & Blood Pressure - Pro...
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