While I do my
best try to stay abreast of the latest nutrition and supplement research, once
in a while I find myself totally ignorant to an important topic or sound body
of literature. Take, for example, Creatine-monohydrate supplementation. At this
year's American College of Sports Medicine annual
meeting, I heard about this wonder supplement for the very first time. After
asking several naïve questions, my embarrassed friends and colleagues informed
me that Creatine has been used for years and was perhaps the most popular
ergogenic aid ever! In addition, I found out that at least 500 studies have
been published, with over 70% of them demonstrating a positive effect. Go
figure (scratching head)!
Alright, I'm
just kidding about not knowing about Creatine, but the fact remains; once in a
while some important literature eludes my discriminating eye. You can't blame
me, though. A search of Medline (PubMed.com), my favorite search engine for
literature reviews, narrowed down to all abstracts published in the year 2003
with the keyword "nutrition," generates over 2,300 published papers. Now that's
a lot of literature to sort through!
I See
The Light
The latest
topic that I've remained fairly ignorant about until very recently is the
strong relationship between food selection and the acid-base balance of the
body. As many of you know, I lead the campaign against the old adage: "a
calorie is a calorie." In fact, I've written an entire article on the topic
entitled Lean
Eatin'.
Research and Review 
