Sport Supplements Guide

Doug Barron, an American professional golf player, has tested positive for doping. He is the first golfer that is being temporarily banned for using performance enhancing substances.
Since the testing was started on July 2008 there has not been positive test results since now. Barron has been banned for one year for breaking the PGA anti-doping [...]

According to Jamaican Amateur Athletics Federation, the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission, and the International Amateur Athletics Federation five Jamaican athletes who were to be on the team for next month’s World Championships have tested positive for doping.
An Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport has named the give athletes. According to them they are Yohan Blake training partner [...]

Brawl Nutrition is an Atlanta based sports nutrition company that designs and sells their sport supplement products especially to Mixed Martial Artists.
“We are sick of watching bodybuilding supplement companies take their tired, ineffective product lines and market them to MMA fighters. Many of these supplements decrease flexibility and stamina which are critical to fighter’s [...]

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 [...]