What is Massularia Acuminata? »

What is Massularia Acuminata?

Massularia acuminata is shrub or small tree that grows up to 9 meters high, primarily found in the understorey of the closed-forest of western Africa. It can be found as far west as Liberia and as far north as Guinea, while it reaches its southeast limit in Tanzania.
It is widely grown in these areas, and [...]

Fake steroid website exposed! »

Fake steroid website exposed!

BY GREG MERCER, RECORD STAFF
WATERLOO — Cayenne pepper, fenugreek extract and sage might be great for cooking, but they’re not likely to turn you into a hulk.
But that doesn’t stop thousands of people from unwittingly buying those ingredients and other nutritional supplements online when they think they’re buying steroids, often at $100 a bottle.
What they’re [...]

Bulbine Natalensis displays anabolic and androgenic characteristics »

Bulbine Natalensis displays anabolic and androgenic characteristics

Anabolic and androgenic activities of Bulbine natalensis stem in male Wistar rats

Yakubu, Musa T.; Afolayan, Anthony J.
Pharmaceutical Biology (Formerly International Journal of Pharmacognosy), Volume 48, Number 5, May 2010 , pp. 568-576(9)
Abstract:
Aqueous extract of Bulbine natalensis Baker [...]

Vitamin D: Aromatase Inhibitor »

Vitamin D: Aromatase Inhibitor

I know what you’re thinking – “Another article on vitamin D?!” Well, yes. Yes it is. And honestly, expect many more as the amount of research coming out on this wonder-compound is pretty vast. In today’s installment I’ll be discussing vitamin D and its effect on estrogen metabolism.
While most of you will already have quite [...]

The Meal Frequency Fallacy »

The Meal Frequency Fallacy

For decades the mainstream has advocated something dreamt up by the bodybuilders of yesteryear. That something was the concept that the metabolic rate is enhanced by eating more smaller meals, rather than fewer larger meals. In more recent times, some bodybuilders have taken this to new levels, aiming for upwards of 8-12 meals per day [...]

Vitamin D and Muscular Fortification »

Vitamin D and Muscular Fortification

In continuing with the mini-series on vitamin D I’d like to discuss the effect vitamin D (or should that be adequate vitamin D intake) has on muscle tissue. My previous articles on vitamin D discussed its effects on androgen levels, which obviously manifests in a positive effect on muscle balance, but further research into the [...]

McCain Not Giving Up Easy-Update »

McCain Not Giving Up Easy-Update

It was reported earlier in the week that Senator McCain had dropped support of his own Bill with regards to more FDA oversight into the supplement industry. A huge grassroots letter writing campaign by supplement users across the U.S. was what brought on his sudden change in legislation. As I said in my column yesterday [...]

McCain’s Supplement Bill Loses Support »

McCain’s Supplement Bill Loses Support

Senator McCain recently introduced the Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2010, S. 3002 to Congress but in less then a months time he has withdrawn his support of his own Bill. It seems that there was a huge grassroots response from supplement and vitamin users across the U.S. to stop this bill in its tracks. [...]

Halodrol and Novedex - No longer being produced by Gaspari Nutrition! »

Halodrol and Novedex - No longer being produced by Gaspari Nutrition!

- Originally Found on Anthony Roberts Blog.
Gaspari Nutrition has just shocked the nutritional supplement world with the announcement that they will be discontinuing two of their most popular products, Halodrol (Liquigels and MT) and Novedex XT. Halodrol was arguably their flagship product, and has been reformulated several times, from it’s original – and steroidal [...]

The Busts Keep Coming: Operation Roid Runner »

The Busts Keep Coming: Operation Roid Runner

The Bodybuilding, Sports Nutrition and Steroid community took another hit today as 10 people were arrested for various crimes including delivery of steroids, possession with intent to deliver steroids, possession with intent to deliver ecstasy, possession of drug paraphernalia, misbranding of Ketamine, criminal conspiracy, carrying a firearm without a license and criminal use of a [...]

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