All athletes can benefit from caffeine's ergogenic effects. Many people have experienced the welcomed effects of their favorite caffeine vehicle like coffee or an energy drink pushing them through a long day. However, even amongst [...]
Iron deficiency impairs running performance Running a marathon is one of the most demanding endurance events, placing so much of stress on the body that it puts athletes at risk of iron-deficiency anemia, a new [...]
“Eat your greens” is a line almost everyone can remember being told as a child. As adults it’s still just as important, but often neglected. Regardless of knowing the health benefits associated with vegetables, most [...]
Athletes need a well-functioning immune system Over the years, thousands of sports supplements have been created and marketed to athletes, but more recently compounds found in plants called phytochemicals are showing great potential in exercise [...]
Athletes need sufficient energy and nutrients to fuel training. Athletes don’t diet and exercise, they train and fuel for performance. Think of it this way: Say you’ve bought yourself an expensive, new car. How often [...]
As delicious as it might sound, chocolate milk alone can’t replace supplementing with whey protein for athletic recovery. In a new study, researchers found chocolate milk did not enhance muscle hypertrophy following three months of [...]
Women who take a multivitamin-mineral supplement (multivitamin) daily for three years or more have better heart health, a new study suggests. The researchers evaluated a representative sample of adults 40 years and older from the [...]
False! Despite whether you’re incorporating Cleanse Days or not into your program, you can always benefit from exercise. While Cleanse Days add a powerful tool to the Isagenix system, exercise offers its own unique benefits [...]
Many athletes get nervous when the scale goes up a pound the morning after a carbohydrate-rich meal. Those carbohydrates are being stored in muscle along with water. They may seem fattening because with each one [...]
Green tea supplementation enhances exercise metabolism and athletic performance, a double-blinded, placebo-controlled study reports. Published in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, researchers from the University of Hertfordshire reported that four weeks [...]
