Does Omega-3 Supplementation Work?
Does omega-3 supplementation work? The famous fish oil failures missed their mark because they tested a saturated population and a bundled endpoint. We examine the omega-3 index, why EPA and DHA behav...
18 Loka 6min
How Does Creatine Work?
How does creatine work? It refills phosphocreatine — the fastest route your cells use to regenerate ATP — rather than nudging a pathway and hoping. That substrate mechanism is why its evidence held up...
10 Loka 6min
HMB Doesn't Work for Lifters
HMB is sold as a muscle-builder for lifters — but in trained young people, the evidence says it does almost nothing. We explain why: HMB is anti-catabolic, a brake on muscle breakdown, not an engine f...
27 Syys 6min
The GLP-1 Support Boom Is Built on Fear
GLP-1 support supplements are booming — built on two scary numbers about muscle loss and nausea. We read past the headlines: why losing 45% lean mass is normal for rapid weight loss, why body composit...
22 Syys 5min
Tocotrienols: The Forgotten Half of Vitamin E
Tocotrienols are the forgotten half of vitamin E — four molecules overshadowed by alpha-tocopherol, the form your liver's alpha-TTP protein preferentially retains. We examine why alpha-tocopherol took...
13 Syys 5min
Why Your Beta Glucan Might Be Doing the Wrong Job
Beta glucan is really two different supplements sharing one name — a soluble oat fiber that lowers LDL cholesterol by trapping bile acids, and a yeast compound that engages the Dectin-1 receptor and t...
22 Elo 5min
The Black Ginger Benefit That's Also a Warning Label
Black Ginger is sold for energy, blood flow, and male vitality — and its human evidence is better than most supplements. But the same polymethoxyflavones behind those effects also inhibit CYP3A4 and P...
15 Elo 6min
