Vitamin E in Heart Disease - Previous findings

Numerous preliminary and observational studies have looked at the role and benefits of Vitamin E supplements in heart disease. Some previous studies, such as the Nurse Study in 1993 involving 90,000 nurses, associated Vitamin E supplements to lower rate of coronary heart disease by 30 - 40%. Another observational study in Finland involving over 5000 people also suggested that Vitamin E supplements was associated with lower death rate from heart disease.

Vitamin E in Heart Disease - New findings

Until recently, a few randomized clinical studies could not confirm the role of Vitamin E supplements in heart disease prevention. A large-scale trial The Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation (HOPE) Study followed 95,000 patients for 4.5 years who were at high risk for heart attack or stroke. In this clinical trial, patients who received 400 IU of vitamin E daily did not experience significantly fewer cardiovascular events or hospitalizations for heart failure or chest pain when compared to those who received the placebo.

Whey Too Clogged Up - How an Obsession with Body Building Nutrition Can Sabotage

To a bodybuilder protein often becomes an obsession. According to what is written about it, whey sounds like the perfect protein but the truth is, it isnt. Excessive why protein use can have a devastating effect on a healthy colon, derailing your body building goals and leaving you in a lot of pain. You just might be Whey too clogged up but dont worry, this article will offer you several alternatives you can use to achieve your bodybuilding nutrition goals.

Use or Lose

The edge. In elite competition, it's the difference between first and fifth place. In the gym, it's the difference between 8 reps and 10 reps with the same weight. In the real world, it can be the difference between merely looking "fit" and looking hyper-muscular and lean.

Battlefield warriors, the ancestors of modern athletes, were some of the first to use performance-enhancing substances to get the edge over their enemies. The gladiators of Greece would take potentially lethal stimulants such as strychnine before entering the arena. Norse warriors known as Berserkers would ingest psychoactive compounds and rage into battle in a bloodletting trance.

The use of performance-enhancing substances is as long as the history of sport itself. Cyclists in the 1800's used something they called trimethyl  which, believe it or not, was a combination of alcohol, strychnine, heroin, caffeine, and cocaine and sometimes died from it. In the 1930's, amphetamines became widely popular. In fact, heroin and cocaine were openly used in sports until they were first classified as prescription drugs and later as illicit substances.

Written by Anne Rueter
Sunday, 27 January 2008

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Block the action of a protein that normally regulates muscle mass, and watch your muscles grow.

That may sound like a good idea to people with muscle-wasting diseases such as muscular dystrophy, and to older people, whose muscles naturally get smaller and weaker with age. Drugs that restrict the protein myostatin, which normally prevents muscles from being overly bulky, are currently under study, but not on the market, for some medical conditions.

Such drugs, called myostatin inhibitors, also are stirring interest among body builders and athletes. There are already signs of a nascent black market for what might become another illegal performance-enhancing drug in organized sports.

Now, a new University of Michigan study in mice suggests that while myostatin inhibitors may indeed bulk up muscles, they may also bring a troubling side effect - small, brittle tendons that could make muscle injuries more likely.

By: Jayson Kroner

Why do you train? Is it the rush, the burn, the chiseled physique that gets noticed by complete strangers when you're wearing baggy clothes?

While the reasons are often insignificant, the rewards are generally immeasurable. And it makes no difference whether you fall under the title of bodybuilder, powerlifter or endurance junkie. Because at the end of the day, you're still an athlete with a passion for what you do. And as fate would have it, athletes share one very common and disheartening obstacle - the wall.

Now unless you're new to the lifestyle, you've probably learned a thing or two about your body. How it responds to stress, where your breaking point lies, how much fluid you require to make it through a high-impact session, the list goes on.

What many athletes fail to realize is that these excruciating training sessions demand enormous nutritional support.

The days of simply popping some mass marketed discount multivitamin are dead. Fortunately, the nutritional sciences have blessed us with a wealth of supplements designed entirely around the seemingly endless needs of today's hardcore endurance athlete. L-Carnitine is among one of the best examples.

NX Labs Sued

Canadian Weight-Loss Firms Sued by Two Area Women
By Paula Reed Ward, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Two women have filed a federal lawsuit against a group of Canadian businesses, claiming that their weight-loss products fail to perform the way they are advertised.



Catherine Cantazaro, of Allegheny County, and Tara Liebert, of Washington County, are seeking to have their claim certified as a class-action lawsuit.

It was filed yesterday against three companies based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada -- NxCare Inc., NxLabs Inc., and Wellnx Life Sciences. They are listed as the makers of Slimquick, which the lawsuit said was touted as the "world's first advanced fat burner designed specifically for women."