cardiovascular system

High-Level Endurance Training Increases Atrial Fibrillation Risk And Decreases Your Lifespan

Medscape recently posted a summary of a new study looking at the risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) in the years after retirement among elite rowers. Let’s see what they found and if it holds any legitimacy. “Researchers found 1 in 5 former Olympic, world, or national-level Australian rowers aged 45-80 years had the heart rhythm anomaly. The ex-rowers, who had competed for at least 10 years, were nearly seven times more likely to have […]

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While Drugs Play A Part, Early Deaths In Bodybuilding Is Mostly Diet Related

Recently, Medscape published an article on a study looking at deaths among professional bodybuilders between 2005 and 2020 to calculate the risk of sudden death, especially related to heart failure (aka. sudden cardiac deaths [SCDs].) While there certainly is an overrepresentation of sudden deaths among elite level bodybuilders, as soon as they tried to explain why, everything went downhill showing once again how incredibly ignorant these people are of simple physiology and biochemistry. So,

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Walking Is A Band-Aid If Your Diet Still Sucks (Toxic Carbohydrates)

Today we’ll yet again return to Examine.com to look at a randomized controlled trial with an outcome that is so obvious it’s the ultimate waste of time and money. With that said, it does present a good opportunity to explain what the researchers observed and why. So, let’s get on with it. Quick Summary “In this 12-week randomized controlled trial in 66 older adults in South Korea with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, regular treadmill

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Caffeine Will Interfere With Sleep And Reduce Memory Consolidation And Cognitive Recovery, Contributing To Mental Fatigue And Burnout

I’ve covered the toxic nature of caffeine, a defense chemical produced by plants, in several articles. Caffeine is a poison that have become mainstream by conditioning and brainwashing and it wreaks havoc on your body due to its ability to induce a fight-or-flight stress response as well as blocking adenosine receptors in the brain, which in turn enhances the effect of the fight-or-flight response by a larger release of neurotransmitters like adrenaline, dopamine, serotonin,

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Cholesterol Levels Respond To Accumulated Damage — A Complete Guide To Cholesterol And All The Damage Done By Carbohydrates And Seed/Vegetable Oils

The bro-science squad at T-Nation recently tried to tackle the cholesterol controversy, a subject that I’ve covered in depth and explained using real common sense and science from the fields of biology, physiology, and biochemistry. Let’s see how they did. And yes, this is a very long article, and likely one of the most important ones ever written on the subject, so sit back and dig in! “Google the word “cholesterol” and most of

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Omega-3 Supplements, The Risk Of Oxidative Rancidity And Cardiovascular Diseases

Again we return to Examine.com and a summary of a review looking at omega-3 fatty acids and either an increased or decreased risk of atrial fibrillation, as in an abnormal heart rhythm characterized by rapid and irregular beating of the atrial chambers of the heart. This review found what they considered conflicting results. But were they really? Or was it yet again the lack of understanding of simple human physiology and biochemistry that reared

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The Accumulated Damage From Daily Caffeine Use

Although it is simple biochemistry and physiology, caffeine and other similar compounds remain some of the most misunderstood poisons within nutrition and “sports performance science.”While I’ve covered caffeine in depth in previous articles such as “Caffeine is a Defense Chemical and a Potent Poison — Do Not Neglect Accumulated Damage,” this randomized controlled trial, as summarized by Examine.com, gave me another opportunity to expand on the subject and explain some more of their faulty

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Olive Oil Coffee — How To Destroy Your Health While Gagging

There are bad ideas and then there are really bad ideas. For the latter, we recently got a perfect example from the Verywell Health writer Stephanie Brown. In her recent personal blog post, she tells us about her experiences with “olive oil coffee,” and rest assured, her experiences were “fact checked” by Nick Blackmer. So, this has to be some real serious stuff as their “fact” checkers have been all over it. Let’s get on

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