Touted
as the biggest scientific breakthrough since Creatine, the amino acid beta
alanine is starting to gain worldwide popularity as more people find out just
how effective this supplement really is.
Written by David T. Ryan, DC, Joe Donovan, MD, Brian Griffin, MD, Richard Fisher, MD
Friday, 22 June 2007
This whole
story starts off with the patient/friend of mine named Gus Shihab, Esq. (a
practicing attorney and power lifter from the Columbus, Ohio).Gus had been lifting for several years and at
the age of 40 was putting up some pretty impressive totals.One day while warming up with 135#’s in the
gym on the bench press, he noticed a pulling pain in his shoulder and bicep.
In a recent study by Dr. Jay
Hoffman and colleagues at the College of New Jersey, the effects of protein
supplementation on Athletic Performance and hormonal changes were examined in
21 experienced collegiate gym rats participating in a 12-week
resistance-training program. Subjects were randomly assigned to either a
protein supplement or a placebo (fake supplement) group.
Consumption of broccoli and Soy has been linked to lower risk of certain cancers, and researchers have now proposed a mechanism to explain how such foods may offer protection.
April 13, 2007 (Seattle) - A bariatric surgery procedure used for treating severe obesity is now being explored as a cure for type 2 diabetes mellitus in normal-weight and moderately overweight patients with diabetes. Specific recommendations for using surgery in these patients are expected to appear this summer, according to a presentation here at the annual meeting and clinical congress of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists.
Fiber in the diet can reduce C-reactive protein (CRP) levels, a new study suggests. Writing in the March 12 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, Dana King, MD, and colleagues from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston report that both a high-fiber diet,
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