Sport Supplements Guide

On 15th June Times Online published an article about body shaping, a dangerous new trend where people use anabolic steroids to get their body pumped up faster. The exact number of not known but the use has moved from professional athletes to ordinary people.
“Our best indication comes from syringe exchange schemes. We know that more [...]

Sport drinks feel like a natural option to have after an exercise. However, it may not be the best choice if you want to optimize your recovery times.
The research made in the University of Texas has yielded some interesting result. According to the study a bowl of whole-grain cereal with milk helps body to recover [...]

The Russian skier, sprint specialist Natalia Matvejeva has been caught using doping. The urine sample which Matvejeva gave in Whistler last January has been found to contain EPO hormone.
Erythropoietin (EPO) hormone increases the production and concentration of red blood cells and haemoglobin in the blood. This leads to increased aerobic endurance. Too high epo levels [...]

Three-time Olympian winner and two-time olympic medallist Simon Whitfield has started to promote the endurance sport supplement 7SYSTEMS.
The 7SYSTEMS endurance sport supplement is designed especially for people who are exercising intensively. Many normal vitamin products are made for people who do only little amounts of exercising, and the amounts in these multi-vitamin products may not [...]

It feels very self-evident that everyone of us is eating after a training session. However, sometimes little things like that can be as easily forgotten. At least in other fields of life it happens for me.
Scientific research has demonstrated that calories quickly after exertion is a way to optimize the recovery process. This increases the [...]

If you like to train hard you may face a situation where your joints don’t seem to keep up with the stress you’re putting on them. This may be especially when making changes in your diet, and you don’t get enough of the minerals needed to maintain healthy joints in extreme conditions.
I was changing my [...]

Omega 3 fatty acids belong to the family of so called unsaturated fatty acids. They are produced by a group of certain sea planktons that are then eaten by the fish, and some plants such as flax and turnip rape in their seeds.
In the body these acids have effect on many things such as [...]

L-Arginine is a basic amino acid which functions are primarily related to in urea metabolism and excretion as well as DNA synthesis.
In the body L-Arginine increases the blood’s amount of nitric oxide and enhances the secretion of growth hormones. With increased growth hormone level body creates more muscle and burns fat more effectively. It also [...]

In a recently released report the sports medicine doctor James L. Glazer states male athletes can develop unhealthy eating habits when they try to gain advantage by a leaner physique. These unhealthy eating habits can be noticed in everyday recreational athletes.
Lately the awareness for eating disorders is increased. There has been deaths among wrestlers that [...]

Piracetam is a successful drug on the neurological disorders it is used for. Nowadays more piracetam products have popped up in the sport supplement market but what are the effects on sports?
Piracetam increases concentration by increasing the blood flow and oxygen to the brain. However, all effects of piracetan are neurological and there has been [...]