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Exogenous Ketones For Improved Sleep Quality? Only If Your Diet Sucks!

By / / Diet and Nutrition, Health and Fitness / 5 minutes of reading

Once again we return to Examine.com as most health, fitness and nutrition websites keep repeating themselves and I found nothing of worth to write about, so let’s take a look at yet another pretty useless study that only tells us one important thing. In this 2-week randomized controlled trial, 89 adults experiencing poor sleep quality were supplemented with the ketone body beta-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) to find out if it would improve some measures of sleep […]

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Alpha-lactalbumin For Sleep And Improved Reaction Times? Nutrients Do Not Improve Conditions Unless Deficient!

By / / Diet and Nutrition, Health and Fitness / 10 minutes of reading

Today we return to Examine.com and a review of another quite meaningless study. This time a group of researchers thought it would be a good idea to see if supplementation with alpha-lactalbumin could improve sleep stages and reaction time in 19 adult athletes with sleep difficulties. Key study details “The study was performed in a sleep laboratory. The participants took 40 grams of alpha-lactalbumin or collagen (placebo) 2 hours before sleep.” Before we begin,

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Carnosine Fallacy: Nutrients Does Not Improve Conditions Unless Deficient

By / / Diet and Nutrition, Health and Fitness / 6 minutes of reading

Today we return to Examine.com and a summary of an perfect example of not understanding simple biochemistry as a team of incompetent researchers who analyzed several 14-week randomized controlled trials in 43 adult participants with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes, who supplemented with carnosine (2 grams/day) to observe its effect on body composition, muscle strength, bone health, vascular and metabolic markers compared to placebo. Key study details “The participants (median age of 53; 30

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Stupidity 101: Stimulants (Guarana) Reduce Perceived Fatigue

By / / Health and Fitness / 6 minutes of reading

Ready for a good laugh? Well, you better be as we return to Examine.com and a summary of another totally meaningless and seriously stupid meta-analysis of guarana and its effects on “cancer-related fatigue.” What was studied? “The effect of supplementation with guarana on fatigue symptoms in the context of cancer.” Well, fatigue is fatigue no matter the “condition” causing that fatigue. And cancer is simply a desperate measure by the body to extend your

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Trying to Remedy Deficiencies — Magnesium L-Threonate Improving Sleep Quality?

By / / Diet and Nutrition, Health and Fitness / 6 minutes of reading

Once again we return to Examine.com for another perfect example of totally useless and meaningless trial study. This time they summarized a controlled trial with magnesium L-threonate and its impact on improved sleep quality, daytime functioning, and mood in adults with self-reported sleep problems. What was studied? “The effectiveness of supplementation with magnesium L-threonate (MgT) for improving self-reported sleep problems. The primary outcome was sleep quality, assessed using the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), Leeds

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Citrulline May Only Help With Athletic Performance If Your Diet Is Extremely Bad

By / / Diet and Nutrition, Health and Fitness / 5 minutes of reading

Today we return to Examine.com and one of their summaries of a recent study of useless quercetin and the non-essential amino acid citrulline on elite cycling performance. What was studied? “The effects of combined supplementation with quercetin (500 mg) and citrulline (3,000 mg) on measures of cycling performance, including average power, oxygen uptake, respiratory exchange ratio, 20-kilometer time trial performance, and rating of perceived exertion in trained cyclists.” Quercetin is a flavonoid belonging to

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Fixing Creatine Deficiency Can Improve Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

By / / Diet and Nutrition, Health and Fitness / 7 minutes of reading

Once again we’ll take a look at a new study as summarized by Examine.com — and once again it’s another rather unnecessary study bringing nothing new to the table that you can’t figure out by using a little bit of common sense. And, not to be repetitive, but the researchers had no clue about their so-called “findings,” as usual. What was studied? “The effects of creatine in adults with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).”

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Supplementary Selenium, Possible Health Risks And More On Triglycerides

By / / Diet and Nutrition, Health and Fitness / 8 minutes of reading

Today we once again return to Examine.com and to a summary of a study on supplements as most people, including the staff at Examine, still fail to understand the most important aspect of any kind of supplement or compound from any kind of plant-based source. Yes, I’m talking about the chemical differences between an inorganic compound as found in plants or manufactured in a lab, and that of an organic bioactive compound as found

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