This is Pathetic…
I’m currently writing a review of LG Sciences pSARM. Evidently, the company is doing its best to convince would-be customers that the primary ingredient, osthol, binds to androgen receptors. So one of their reps posted a drawing superimposing osthole over testosterone on a bbing board to “prove” it “fits” androgen receptors.* There’s just (ahem!) a few problems with this argument… 1. Ligands...
Negative Calorie Nonsense
I got a message this morning from a trainer buddy of mine. Here’s what he wrote: “Hey Elissa, I’m in a debate about negative calorie foods. I think you wrote an article about it but couldn’t find it on the forum. I know Celery is claimed to be negative calorie but is the cost of digestion really 146 calories to it’s 5 calorie content?!?” 146 calories to digest a stalk of celery???? Intrigued, I did...
Why I’m in a Bad Mood Today…
Because I sorta miss the “good old daze” when prohormones were legal. No – I’m not really “for” anabolics (or against them, for that matter…). But prior to the ban, at least there were reputable companies in the business, with decent quality control and cycle information. Potential users could make choices with eyes wide open. After the ban, “designer steroids” – which were...
“Hunky” Santa
Only in Southern California… You know you’re not in the North Pole anymore when you come face to face with Santa Claus . . . and he’s a ripped hunk. You’re probably in Los Angeles — at the Beverly Center, to be precise. For six years, the upscale mall near West Hollywood has wooed shoppers with the prospect of getting up close and personal with Hunky Santa, in which Santa is a young, muscled dude with...
I Write Letters
I was perusing the LÄRABAR website today, as part of a review I’m writing for the Functional Food section. They’re high quality, high fiber, whole food energy bars that taste pretty good, so I’m giving them a nice write up, for the most part. But – like so many health/fitness-oriented supplement companies – they make specific claims for their products that they don’t back up with any hard data. ...
Antioxidants ‘cannot slow ageing’ – or can they?
I picked up on this report from the BBC this morning: Antioxidants ‘cannot slow ageing’. Using Nematode worms, scientists found even those given enhanced antioxidant powers to deal with tissue damaging “free radicals” did not live longer. The team from University College London said, in the Genes and Development journal, there was “no clear evidence” they could slow ageing. …The tiny Nematode...
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