With an ever-growing market for products that aid in improving body composition (losing body fat, gaining lean muscle tissue), the innovation and research for this particular category has been put into overdrive it seems the last few years. What was once a category dominated by what products made people ‘feel’…

The gut microbiome is one of the most single-handedly important systems in the human body, yet it remains one of the least recognized and emphasized areas that are focused on for improving and maintaining optimal health and performance. Microbiome refers to the collective genomes of all microorganism inhabiting an environment…

These days with the prevalence of the ketogenic diet, certain supplements such as MCT Oil and powder have become especially popular. While many think that it begins and ends with taking a tablespoon or two of the oil or dropping a scoop of the powder in liquid and mixing, the…

The Ready to Drink (RTD) space has been an emerging segment over the course of the last few years in sports nutrition, both for traditional use such as the gym and athletic performance as well as the rapidly growing sector of eSports which has become a beast in its own…

Antioxidants have been a heavy focus in recent years, both through dietary intervention as well as through their incorporation through dietary supplements. With the list of potentially beneficial antioxidants growing at a rapid rate, one would think that more and more compounds are being discovered on a regular basis. However…

In a previous article, I dissected the physical characteristics of beta hydroxybutyrate, known in short as BHBs. These are exogenous (meaning external) sources of the fuel source in the body known as ketones which are water-soluble compounds produced as a by-product substrate when the body burns fat for energy…

With current events in world and at the time this article is being written landing in the dead of winter, immune system health is a very hot topic and an item that is often mentioned in the same breath is the essential mineral — Zinc. Known to be especially popular…

A long-standing ingredient in the world of sports nutrition, glycerol has staked its claim as a simple, yet effective and time-tested element in formulation. Commonly found in products such as pre-workouts and hydration-based applications, it has seen a consistently expanding market for application and for good reason. In today’s article…

“That is such a waste of time,” “Why don’t you do something productive with your time instead of that game?” “Growing up, we didn’t have that to keep us occupied, that is just silly.” The list of sayings about video games from people when I was younger goes on and…