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• Lycopene in tomato juice protects against exercise induced oxidativ...

  Recent research has found that the consumption of just 150ml of tomato juice daily (equal to 15mg lycopene) protected against exercise induced increases in 8-oxodG, indicating reduced levels of ox...

• Vitamin D levels associated with improved physical performance in t...

  A recent large scale population based research study (2594 participants) looking at the association between serum levels of vitamin d and measures of co-ordination, strength, and fitness in the el...

• Caffeine improves morning exercise performance

  Any strength or endurance athlete who has trained in the early morning or late at night will be well aware that their exercise performance is often reduced compared with afternoon and evening trai...

• Red wine compound piceatannol inhibits the development of fat cells

  Piceatannol (3,4,3′,5′-tetrahydroxy-trans-stilbene), a metabolite of resveratrol found in red wine, grapes, rhubarb, passion fruit seeds, blueberries, and peanuts appears to inhibit a...

• Betaine improves sprint cycling performance

  Research reported in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition found that supplementation with Betaine (Trimethylglycine), at a dose of 2.5g/daily for 7-days significantly impro...

• Green coffee bean extract shows potential for weight loss

  Recent research presented at a meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) - the worlds largest scientific society - has reported new evidence supporting green coffee bean extract as a potenti...

• Green tea extract egcg has pronounced antidiabetic effect

  Researchers have found that green tea extract (EGCG) enhanced glucose tolerance in genetically diabetic mice (Ortsater et al., 2012). The researchers compared the effects of dietary supplementa...

• Protein Intake Linked To Reduced Central Abdominal Fat

  Recent research (Loenneke et al., 2012) provides evidence of the benefit of quality protein intake in reducing central abdominal fat (CAF). In this study researchers looked at the amount of qualit...

• Grape Seed Extract Proanthocyanidins Inhibit The Invasiveness of He...

  Recent research (Sun et al., 2011) indicates that grape seed proanthocyanidins - a significant component of grape seed extract - have the ability to inhibit the invasion of Head and neck squam...

• Combination of Carbohydrate, BCAAs & Caffeine Enhances Endurance Ex...

  Carbohydrates, BCAAs and Caffeine Enhance Endurance Exercise Performance A recent study published in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition (Peltier et al., 20...

• Creatine Monohydrates Antioxidant Properties Protect Against Oxidat...

  Creatine Monohydrates Antioxidant Capacity A recent research study provides further evidence to support creatine monohydrates antioxidant properties (Rahimi 2011). Previous studies ...

• More Evidence to support the role of caffeine in enhancing enduranc...

  Caffeine Consumption Improves 5,000m Time Trial Performance A recent study found that the consumption of caffeine, in the form of caffeine anhydrous, improved 5,000m time trial perf...

• High Fibre Consumption Is Associated With Reduced Risk of Colon Cancer

  High Fibre Consumption Lowers Colon Cancer Risk Researchers from the Imperial College London have found that the risk of colon/bowel cancer can be reduced by 10% for every 10g/day o...

• Whey Protein Helps To Delay The Age Related Decline in Muscle Mass

  Whey Protein Delays the Age Related Decline in Muscle Mass It is well known that aging is associated with a gradual decline in muscle size and mass. This gradual loss of muscle size...