A new meta-analysis of eight high quality, randomized controlled trials published in Nutrition Reviews aims to help answer the question of whether or now low carb diets increase the risk of heart disease.(1)
I don’t know about you, but I’m often a huge fan of lifting studies that highlight the idea that “less is more” when it comes to improvement in strength gains. After all, when life
Have you ever heard the notion that if you stop lifting weights, then you’ll instantly lose all the muscle that you’ve spent forever working on? New research dives into this topic and challenges
Every year since 2006, the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) have conducted a survey to predict future health and fitness trends for the following year. In the November and December edition of
Very few topics in nutrition are as controversial as whether or not artificial sweeteners are bad for you. Surely, you can’t just sacrifice calories without sacrificing taste, can you? That’s not how the
When it comes to the benefits of fasting there are a lot of studies on overweight individuals and people with chronic illnesses, but there aren’t actually all that many on strength athletes. This
There are a lot of controversial areas of fitness. We’re not just talking about the big, easy-to-bust myths like deep squats are bad for the knees or lifting will make women bulky (no
A new study published in the International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance has pit a form of CrossFit® training against a beloved running protocol to see which is best at improving performance: the
A new study is one of the few to have looked at the effects of the ketogenic diet on muscle gain and fat loss. If you’re interested in health and fitness there’s no
If you’re tired of being told that maintaining a lean physique is just an exercise in vanity, you might be pleased with this news. A new study by researchers at the Sloan Kettering
