Testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) remains controversial, despite its increasing popularity among men. Several issues are involved in this controversy about the hormone. For one, many physicians feel that the decline of testosterone levels in men that starts at about age … [Read more...]
Does Insulin Make You Fat? by Jerry Brainum
Although low carbohydrate diets come in various guises ranging from Dr.Atkin's diet to the South Beach diet to the Protein Power diet and many others, the one commonality in all of them is the absolute need to control insulin. Insulin is a hormone … [Read more...]
Steroids and the Heart: More Serious than believed? by Jerry Brainum
If you check various medical articles about anabolic steroids and testosterone, you will find a long list of possible side effects. This is expected in a way since an axiom of pharmacology states that if a drug didn't have side effects, it wouldn't work. Newly developed drugs … [Read more...]
Life After Steroids by Jerry Brainum
Many people wonder about the safety of anabolic steroid drugs. The media has demonized this category of drugs to the extent that the consensus of the public is that they are toxic substances. In fact, anabolic steroids were never developed for athletic usage or to help … [Read more...]
Does Growth Hormone slow or accelerate aging? by Jerry Brainum
Perhaps no other hormone in the body is subject to more misconceptions than is human growth hormone (GH). If you are to believe the many claims repeatedly made on numerous websites and blogs, as well as that often voiced by various "anti-aging clinics," GH is a miracle hormone … [Read more...]
Adrenal Fatigue: Is it real? by Jerry Brainum
In last month's issue of Applied Metabolics, I discussed in detail how the adrenal steroid hormone, cortisol, affects health and fitness. A major point of that article was to expose many of the myths often associated with cortisol that have engendered such a bad reputation for … [Read more...]
Cortisol: The Jekyll and Hyde hormone by Jerry Brainum
To many bodybuilders and athletes, Cortisol is a dirty word. Perhaps no other hormone, with the exception of estrogen, provokes such fear in those who are interested in gaining muscle mass and increasing athletic prowess. The fact that similarly to both … [Read more...]