Exercise Supplements

AH

"I know many people are curious as to whether or not caffeine can improve focus and concentration, and indeed it can. There is a kind of general range in which we can talk about caffeine as being useful for focus and concentration, and the range is basically from 100 milligrams to 400 milligrams."

SS

"Creatine is used in all the fast energetics of our body... brain function, gut function, heart health, all of that requires creatine."

BS

"The evidence shows that collagen supplements significantly improve skin hydration and elasticity."

RP

"The optimal range for daily protein intake is closer to 1.2 to 1.6 grams per kilogram body weight per day, or roughly 0.54 to 0.72 grams per pound."

BS

"Salt substitutes, they reduced the risks of strokes by 14% during a 4.74 years follow-up period."

AH

"And indeed, I use these myself. The most effective one I've found is alpha GPC."

BS

"A study in soccer players who supplemented with TMG found increases in testosterone levels during a season compared to the placebo group."

BS

"Finally, the mice also had improved insulin sensitivity."

AH

"I started experimenting with L-Carnitine, but I take it in an injectable form."

SS

"Protein is important because not only does it allow the muscle to be flooded with leucine, which increases the triggering for building lean mass."

AH

"It turns out that 400 milligrams per day of something called Tongkat Ali, which is a form of ginseng, can actually help increase levels of free testosterone."

AH

"There's also some evidence starting to emerge that glutamine can help offset sugar cravings."

BS

"Only five contained a nitrate level of at least 300 mg per serving. That's generally the level considered minimum to have actual health effects."

BS

"While L-arginine levels in the blood go up with supplementation, that hasn't reliably translated into improved athletic performance or raised nitric oxide levels."

BS

"Beets are one of the highest food sources of oxalate and oxalate can inhibit the bioavailability of other certain nutrients and it can lead to kidney stones in particularly susceptible individuals."

AH

"I started taking Rhodiola rosea about six months ago and it's a supplement that I take before high-intensity workouts."

RP

"I know there's been some recent studies coming out in the last year or so where exogenous ketone bodies have been given to endurance athletes and it improved their endurance capacity."

RP

"Adding MCT to your coffee can potentially enhance cognitive benefits through a different pathway by increasing ketone levels, which provide an alternative energy source for neurons."

AG

"Beta alanine supplementation increases carnosine concentrations in muscle tissue and effectively acts as an acid buffer."

BS

"Research has shown that it's actually more effective at raising L-arginine levels in the blood than L-arginine supplements themselves."

AH

"I take 400 to 800 milligrams of grape seed extract, usually with a meal. It's just part of my standard supplementation stack every single day."

AG

"The problem with sodium bicarbonate is sometimes it can create GI distress and some other issues."

RP

"Intermittent fasting, for example, which has been shown to increase ketone bodies like beta-hydroxybutyrate, which I know you've also shown restricted feeding does increase that as well."

SS

"We look at cold tart cherry juice a half an hour before you want to go to sleep."