Category: Fitness & Sports Nutrition News

by Matt Weik, BS, CSCS, CPT, CSN There’s no sugar-coating things… GLP-1 has put a target on the backs of every supplement company out there with a weight management product. Supplement weight management claims are now opening the door to lawsuits, and guess who profits from this? You guessed it! BIG PHARMA! You can’t deny…

photo credit: @belgianwaffleride + @rdubcreative Flavia’s journey to the top of endurance gravel racing has been truly inspiring, marked by her fierce tenacity, tactical savvy, and a storied career that includes a remarkable 7th place finish at the Rio Olympics Road Race in 2016. Now that she’s conquered some of the toughest “un-road” courses out…

Reviewed by Brian St. Pierre, MS, RD and Helen Kollias, PhD It’s like my thoughts were under a pile of garbage. On a Friday night, as my husband and I tried to figure out where to eat, a typical conversation would go like this: Me: Do you want to go to that restaurant? Him: What…

Most saffron supplements only standardize for crocins, completely ignoring safranals — the aromatic compound that drives unique stress-modulating effects through GABA receptors and your parasympathetic nervous system. Nootropics Depot delivers 1% safranals (3x typical competitors) for complete saffron benefits. While most saffron supplements trumpet their crocin content as the primary marker of quality, it it…

by Christian Duque Well it seems that the 212 Division has lost yet another defending champion in Keone Pearson. Much like his predecessors that have gone on to compete at the open, Keone more than likely saw the prize money, the opportunities, and the lopsided nature of bodybuilding. Here is a competitor that has all…

By Dr. Luke Bucci & Jeff Feliciano Introduction When you give everything while training or racing, it can take days to get back to 100%. In the meantime, you’ll be dealing with lingering discomfort and weakness caused by good ol’ DOMS (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness) and EIMD (Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage). As complex as those initialisms…

“I worried that if I stopped tracking macros, I would lose my physique.” After years of careful macro tracking, Dr. Fundaro finally admitted to herself that the method no longer worked for her. Yet she was afraid to give it up. If anyone should feel confident in their food choices, it would be Dr. Gabrielle…

Solar Foods’ Factory 01 in Finland produces Solein® protein from air molecules using chemosynthesis microbes. 20x more efficient than photosynthesis, no farms needed. Commercial protein production from literal air is now reality. For the first time in human history, we’re producing commercial quantities of protein without farms, without animals, and without even plants. Solar Foods…

by Matt Weik, BS, CSCS, CPT, CSN Air fryers have become quite a popular kitchen appliance as people look for healthier ways to enjoy crispy foods. With Americans eating more potatoes than any other vegetable and 40% of this coming from frozen products, such as French fries, this appliance has become very useful. Manufacturers market…

INTRODUCTION We’ve all experienced it in some variation – it’s basically a rite of passage for any serious endurance athlete who’s ever pinned on a number and, inevitably, started a workout or race with insufficient hydration on board. Everything seems to be going well, and then it hits. Catastrophic cramping, crippling GI distress, exhaustive vomiting,…