RESEARCHERS FROM THE University of Science and Technology in Anhui, China, have found that adding dried fruit to your breakfast can reduce your risk of dying from heart disease by 18% and cancer by 11%. The study, published in Nutrition Journal, examined the...
THERE AREN'T MANY people who eclipse retired strongman Hafthor 'Thor' Björnsson – whose door frame-filling stature registers 6ft 9in – but Dutch actor, bodybuilder and fitness model Olivier Richters is one of them. Rising to fame, he has taken on the towering role of...
IF YOU RECENTLY started taking creatine, you may have noticed instructions to take three to 4 times the serving size amount during the first week of supplementation listed on the bottle. This strange phenomenon is called the creating loading phase—and it's been...
PROTEIN, YOU MIGHT have heard, is the king of macronutrients, every man’s favourite supplement and your surest path to putting on muscle. In recent years food manufacturers have been engaged in something of an arms race (get it?) to infuse protein into everything from...
IT CAN BE hard to think clearly after a bad night’s sleep. And, although nothing will replace a high-quality snooze, new research suggests taking a particular supplement may help you release some of that mental fog. Creatine is usually used to boost muscle...
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