Posted on November 5, 2009Feeding the Gut: Three Excellent Food Products for the Abs
A lot of regular gym buffs and body building experts will agree to the notion that the abs is one of, if not the most difficult muscle group to develop. It takes years of dedication and determination to get that 6-pack running, and maintaining it is...
Amino Acid Articles
Posted on November 5, 2009Why Muscles and Alcohol Don’t Mix
A question that has boggled the mind of both fitness and pub enthusiasts alike is the relationship between building up muscle mass and the buildup of one’s alcohol consumption. That is, a lot of people want to know whether or not drinking alcohol...
Posted on November 5, 2009What Makes a Muscle Man?
Any man who has seen the movie 300 wishes they had the same perfectly-toned body as the Spartans. In fact, it is likely that a lot of viewers were inspired by this movie to start hitting the gym as they begin their quest for that Leonidas-like...
Posted on November 5, 2009Lifting Weights to Lose Fat
Most people think that the relation between gaining muscle mass and weight lifting is exclusive in the same way as cardio training and fat loss. However, the truth is that all of these are correlated and definitely affect one another. In order to put...
Posted on November 5, 2009Building an Effective Workout Program from Home
Today’s rather sluggish economy has forced a lot of Americans to bring down their monthly spending. Unfortunately, it is common that one of the first costs that is shown the door is one’s gym membership. However, this does not mean that one would...
Posted on November 5, 2009Bodybuilding as a Legitimate Sport
BODYBUILDING competitions have always been a top attention drawer and a box-office hit in the United States and elsewhere in the world. This discipline has also produced a number of big names in Hollywood. Not everyone knows though that this...
Posted on November 5, 2009Girls and Bodybuilding
THERE are one thousand and one reasons why we, men should seriously consider bodybuilding, but for the meantime, let us just name some. The first thing that comes into our minds when we hear Bodybuilding is the muscles. Another perhaps is the...
Posted on November 5, 2009Bodybuilding Grannies
GRANDPA is already a little over 60, but he just won’t stop doing things he does 30 years ago. In fact, he never stopped doing this fit for people of a much younger age --- bodybuilding. Just like grandpa, there are many other elders who would want...
Posted on November 5, 2009My Fiancée Looks Like a Wrestler
MEN and women are created equal. Whatever man does, so can a woman, which is probably why women have been doing good in fields of interest that men used to dominate.
Posted on November 5, 2009Conditioning One’s Weight for Less
WEIGHT is always a major concern of a growing number of people, who have learned the importance of maintaining fitness and healthy lifestyle without compromising the integrity of the human biological system.
Posted on July 23, 2009Discussing the Business of Sumo Wrestling
Sumo Wrestling is a popular competitive contact sport in Japan where a wrestler attempts to force his opponent either out of a circular ring, called the “dohyo”, or to touch the ground inside the “dohyo” with anything other than the soles of the...
Posted on July 23, 2009The Craziest Adrenaline Junkies The World Has Seen
There are numerous ways to get your juices pumping. If you don’t like the idea of a direct electric shock to your heart but you’re searching for natural ways to elicit a similar experience, engaging in extreme sports is the way to go.
Posted on May 26, 2009Three Amino Acids for Workouts that will Increase Muscle Growth
As an avid weightlifter, you know your body uses amino acids to build muscle protein, which is how your body crafts muscle. You may even be familiar with the differences between complete protein and incomplete proteins, as well as all the essential...
Posted on May 26, 2009Do Heartburn antacids or Drugs Leave You Depressed?
Any time a body function is tampered with by the use of drugs or other medication, it natural function is disturbed and the seed for illness is planted. Using medication that changes the pH of the stomach can produce depression and most doctors...
Posted on February 2, 2009Vitamin Supplements: Essential Vitamins and their Roles
Vitamins are organic compounds which must be obtained from our daily diet in order for the body to maintain health and well-being. Although their role in health is often taken for granted, any deficiency in any one vitamin may result in health...
Posted on February 2, 2009Vitamin Supplements: Synthetic or Natural?
Most people claim there is no difference between synthetically derived vitamins and ones derived from natural sources. In fact, synthetic vitamins are cheaper which makes them the preferred choice of those who take vitamin supplements daily....
Posted on October 27, 2008How Could The Research Of Amino Acids Help The Humanity
More than 750 amino acids have been found in Nature. Some of amino acids can exist separately, but some of them can be found only as a component of some complicated systems as molecules. For instance, peptides and proteins have some amino acids...
Posted on April 1, 2006Candi-B a daily supplement for children.
Good nutritional health should begin at the youngest stage of life and last for a lifetime!!! Are supplements important for children? Should children use supplements? How much of a certain vitamin should a child be given? It is well known that...
Posted on September 1, 2008Nature's Greenest Multivitamin
Nature has provided humankind with many wonderful, healthy foods. Interestingly, one of the healthiest of all is low in cost and readily available on every inhabited continent on our planet. This plant is a veritable multivitamin superfood, providing...
Posted on July 8, 2008TYROSINE and TRYPTOPHAN
Tyrosine and tryptophan are two amino acids that contribute to our emotional well-being and mental alertness, as well as participating in a wide variety of other healthful benefits.
Posted on July 8, 2008Joint Health - Glucosamine & Chondroitin
Glucosamine and Chondroitin are both natural chemicals within the body that are used to develop cartilage. Cartilage in the body serves as a natural shock absorber of sorts within our joints, and this is what prevents all of our bones from rubbing...
Posted on July 8, 2008Amino Acids
Proteins in our bodies are manufactured through the use of “building blocks" called amino acids. In our tissue proteins there are twenty such unique building blocks, but only eleven of them can be synthesized naturally by the body. The other nine...
Posted on May 24, 2008Amino Acids and their Sources
Proteins are made up of amino acids. There are in all 23 amino acids in food proteins. Different proteins contain different proportions of the various amino acids.
Posted on May 7, 2008Classification and the basic features of peptides
Peptide bond is a phenomenon that means connecting and adhering amino acids by usage of polymers that are named peptides. Polypeptide molecule is a result of connecting of many peptides. All the peptides discoveries are carried out to define...
Posted on April 13, 2008L Tyrosine - Improves Mood, Mental Ability and Sex Drive
Tyrosine supports and assists neurotransmitters in the brain. When the body is stressed out, aged, or tired the availability of L-Tyrosine is depleted. L-Tyrosine supplementation helps reduce stress, improves mental alertness and mood, acts as an...
Posted on February 20, 2008Function of Thiamin or Vitamin B1
One could surmise that the need for thiamin might be increased in athletes due to their greater demand for carbohydrates or energy during prolonged endurance events.
Posted on September 20, 2007Amino Acid Supplement
Amino acids are very small biomolecules with an average molecular weight of about 135 daltons. The 20 amino acids that are found within proteins convey a vast array of chemical versatility.
