If you read the latest news about health and disease, you will invariably always find mention of inflammation as being a cornerstone of most chronic diseases. Indeed, out of control inflammation is now known to play a major role in diseases ranging from … [Read more...]
TMAO: an unjustly accused compound or nutritional toxin? By Jerry Brainum
For years, various scientists and alleged nutritional experts warned that eating red meat would eventually produce cardiovascular disease. They said this despite the fact that there was little or no direct evidence to prove such an assertion. When pressed for the … [Read more...]
Can Mumie boost your testosterone levels? by Jerry Brainum
"Don't forget to include Mumie in the article" Those words, uttered to me by Fred Hatfield, a world-record holding powerlifting champion in the squat , also known as "Dr.Squat," by virtue of earning a doctorate in sports psychology from Temple University, also the Alma … [Read more...]
Dispatches from the nutritional and exercise science front by Jerry Brainum
Editorial note: Although this issue of Applied Metabolics initially appears to contain only one article, it actually contains 18 separate articles under one heading. Since all of the studies that these articles represent were presented at the same science conference, I chose … [Read more...]
Is bodyweight strength training an oxymoron? by Jerry Brainum
When asked when I first began training, I usually respond by saying that I began training at age 12. But this statement must be qualified a bit. I began lifting weights at 12, but in the strictest sense, I began exercise training a year earlier, at age 11. What … [Read more...]
Intensity or volume: Which is best for muscle growth and strength gains? by Jerry Brainum
For purposes of increasing muscular size and strength, what is the best way to train for the majority of people? I say "majority" since the truth is, there is no ideal way to train for everyone, no "one size fits all" type of training … [Read more...]
Staying Hungrier (Intermittent fasting truths) by Jerry Brainum
Perhaps no one was born was a more apt surname than Linda Hazzard. Although Hazzard never attended medical school, she was nonetheless licensed to practice medicine in the state of Washington. She operated a sanitarium there in a town called Olalla, and she … [Read more...]
How can anabolic steroids cause a heart attack in a young bodybuilder? by Jerry Brainum
Anabolic steroids are among the most frequently used drugs in all types of athletic competition and are most often associated with bodybuilding. Many people outside of bodybuilding, and even those who are involved in one way or another in bodybuilding, … [Read more...]
Are you consuming fake protein? by Jerry Brainum
As consumers of food supplements, the least we could expect is products that match label ingredients in terms of potency, as well as acceptable levels of product quality. Yet, many supplements fall short of even these minimal goals. A lot of the deception that occurs … [Read more...]
Adventures in Placeboland by Jerry Brainum
At age 72, Dr.Charles E.Brown-Sequard was feeling the effects of his age. He was a celebrated French neurologist, whose many accomplishments included the founding of three medical journals and publishing over 500 medical journal articles. His work related to the physiology of … [Read more...]
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