Your body needs protein tomaintain and build muscle. The building blocks of protein areamino acids, and not all amino acids can be made by the body — so we need to get them through food. If you don't get these additional amino acids from the protein in food, your body begins to bre...
According to nutritional biochemist Shawn Talbott, PhD, author ofThe Cortisol Connection Diet, l-theanine is an amino acid that counteracts the cortisol-increasing tendency of caffeine. EGCG has been found to be a potent inhibitor thatblocks the formation of cortisol. It also increases the relaxing...
Use Barbells.You can lift heavier weights with barbells than any other tools. You also have to balance the weight yourself. Barbells involve more muscles and trigger more growth. Use free weights not attached to machines. Start light and use proper form to avoid injury. ...
When you hit the pavement soon after waking you’re asking your body to perform after fasting for 7-8 hours while you sleep, increasing the potential for glycogen to be low. Without the time to have a carb-rich meal 2-4 hours before this session makes that snack 30-60 minutes before e...
In addition to having an answer to the age-old question of “what’s for dinner” every night, a big money-saving advantage of meal planning is that you’re able to combine recipes that use some of the same ingredients, so that you don’t waste things that you have to buy just for...
104,105 The effect on AD outcomes of antimicrobial stewardship interventions to optimize appropriate antimicrobial use in pregnancy remains untested. What Can Patients and Clinicians do Today? Although many possible interventions and potential risk factors (not reviewed here) have been studied, what can...
The use of medical foods originated in the 1940s when formulas consisting of whey protein, carbohydrate, and lipids were administered to convalescing elderly patients in hospitals and nursing homes, according to Bruce P. Bennett, director of medical education and scientific and regulatory affairs at...
For PLT’s Fink, it’s the trend “toward more complex, multi-benefit sports/active formulations that is bringing benefit packages to products that are better targeted to use occasion and consumer wants.” Specifically, he’s pumped about benefits like cognitive and focus support, joint and musc...
Some would say I had the perfect life, but I’ve never felt content with my knowledge. I wanted to learn how to research, how to use sports science technology, and how to conduct statistical analyses. I also wanted to get a good grip on prior research so I know what evidence is out...
An advantage of the proposed strategy is that the enzyme is able to use the galactose present in the whey (up to 42.52 ± 0.52 g/L) as an acceptor substrate. Even so, GalOS synthesis can be limited by the lower lactose concentrations found in the whey-based medium. Because of that, ...