Niacin turbocharges the growth hormone response to anaerobic exercise: A delayed effect
Niacin is also known as vitamin B3, or nicotinic acid. It is an essential vitamin whose deficiency leads to pellagra. In lar…
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Growth hormone may rise 300 percent with exercise: Acute increases also occur in cortisol, adrenaline, and noradrenaline
The figure below (click to enlarge) is from the outstanding book Physiology of sport and exercise , by Jack H. Wilmore, Davi…
Should you do resistance exercise to failure?
Doing resistance exercise to failure is normally recommended for those who want to maximize strength and muscle mass gains …
Doing crossfit and looking like a bodybuilder?
Top crossfit athletes like Annie Thorisdottir and Rich Froning Jr. (pictured below; photos from Crossfitthestables.com and …
What is a good low carbohydrate diet? It is a low calorie one
My interview with Jimmy Moore should be up on the day that this post becomes available. (I usually write my posts on weeken…
Strength training plus fasting regularly, and becoming diabetic!? No, it is just compensatory adaptation at work
One common outcome of doing glycogen-depleting exercise (e.g., strength training, sprinting) in combination with intermitten…
Growth hormone, insulin resistance, body fat accumulation, and glycogen depletion: Making sense of a mysterious hormone replacement therapy outcome
Hormone replacement therapies are prescribed in some cases, for medical reasons. They usually carry some risks. The risks co…
Growth hormone secretion drops with age, but not exactly in the way you would expect
Many people assume that growth hormone secretion drops with age in a somewhat linear fashion, as implied by this diagram . T…
Niacin and its effects on growth hormone, glucagon, cortisol, blood lipids, mental disorders, and fasting glucose levels
Niacin is a very interesting vitamin. It is also known as vitamin B 3 , or nicotinic acid. It is an essential vitamin whose …
Growth hormone: The fountain of youth
Growth hormone, also known as human growth hormone, seems to be implicated in a number of metabolic conditions associated wi…
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