Nutrition

Creatine Monohydrate - Benefits and side effects

Mar 25th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Nutrition

There is a lot of misinformation concerning creatine and more specifically the benefits of creatine versus reported creatine side effects and other creatine dangers. In this article we’ll go over both sides of the creatine debate and look at just how accurate the information available is.
Creatine is one of the very few supplements that actually has years of extensive […]



Fast and Healthy Weight Loss

Mar 19th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Featured, News, Nutrition, Weight Loss

Apart from physical appearance, excess weight affects a person in many ways. This includes the overall quality of life, self-esteem, depression, health risk, physical capabilities among other things. Weight loss consequently leads to a lot of positive changes .  
A lot of people are desperately searching for a weight loss technique that will surely trim down that […]



Anabolic Steroids

Mar 19th, 2008 | By admin | Category: General, News, Nutrition

For quite a few medical conditions , medical practitioneers prescribe anabolic steroids. Use of anabolic steroids however is suggested with caution since these drugs are known to exhibit harmful side effects. Ironically, anabolic steroids are used more for non-medical reasons than otherwise, and this has been so ever since their utility for performance enhancement became […]



Creatine Monohydrate

Mar 16th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Nutrition

Creatine is a substance that is found naturally within the muscle cells of the body. 95% of this amino acid-based compound is found in around the skeletal muscles with the other 5% stored elsewhere in the body. This metabolite consists mainly of three key amino acids; methionine, arginine and glycene and although it can appear […]



Facts about Vitamin C

Mar 16th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Nutrition

                                                                               
Also known as ascorbic acid, vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin. Contrary to many other mammals, humans are unable to produce this vitamin in their bodies. This is why it must have be an essential part of our diets.
Vitamin C is needed in our diets to allow collagen synthesis. Collagen is an important structural component […]



Protein Supplements and exercise

Mar 14th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Nutrition

We need protein for our muscles to grow and repair themselves. Protein is the basic building blocks of all cells in our body. This function of protein is of particular importance for muscle cells. Skeletal muscle needs more protein then other tissues,the protein turnover is also more evident and observable in muscle tissue than in […]