Fitness Factoids: Volume 44
High Maternal Vitamin D Levels Boost Strength in Babies
The popularity of vitamin D supplementation has exploded in recent years due to the seemingly endless array of benefits that have become associated with it. According to new research published in the journal Endocrine Research children of mothers with high vitamin D levels during pregnancy have been linked to having better muscular development.
Fitness Factoids: Volume 43
Cinnamon May Be Able To Lower Blood Sugar
To date over 25 million American have been diagnosed with diabetes, and it’s suspected that upwards of 80 million more Americans are pre-diabetic. As general has precipitously declined, and waistlines dramatically expanded, people have been searching for new ways to help control excessive blood sugars. According to new research published in the Journal of Medicinal Food adding a daily dose of cinnamon to your diet may be an effective tool to help combat elevated blood sugar.
Fitness Factoids:Volume 42
Scientists Develop Anti-Aging Pill
As the anti-aging movement has continued to garner mainstream interest science has responded by increasing the amount of research dedicated to finding ways to extend our lifespan and increase our quality of life as we age. According to a new study published in the journal Cell, a team of researchers at the University of Wales have developed a pill that has shown the ability to reverse the aging process in mouse models.
Fitness Factoids: Volume 41
BCAA’s Improve Sleep Problems
As bodybuilders we tend to view BCAA’s and leucine in particular, as the keys to turning on our anabolic machinery. The ability of BCAA’s to stimulate muscle protein synthesis have been known for decades, but new research suggest that they may provide an effective means of combating sleep disorders that result from traumatic brain injuries. New research published in the journal Science Translational Medicine has found that BCAA treatment improves sleep disorders by stimulating the production of neurotransmitters in the brain in a study done on mice who had suffered some form of traumatic brain injury.
Fitness Factoids: Volume 40
Study Refutes Protein Timing for Strength and Hypertrophy Gains
Bodybuilders have traditionally been decades ahead of the popular and scientific opinions about nutrition. The idea of targeting an anabolic window for strength and muscles gains has been responsible for putting untold slabs of muscle on generations of bodybuilders. However, a recent meta-analysis of the scientific data to support the anabolic window theory refutes one of bodybuilding’s ten nutritional commandments.
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