Vitamin D has been linked to some possible health advantages. This vitamin appears to be singled out as having the most pay-off for risk involved in my opinion. Many other vitamins appear more dangerous supplements. Particularly at higher doses! e.g. http://annals.org/aim/article/718049/meta-analysis-high-dosage-vitamin-e-supplementation-may-increase-all Vitamin D may help reduce the elderly: Some highly-cited work […]
To complement the research done on supplement effectiveness, it’s useful to review the other side of the strength equation : the actual exercise. It’s no good taking supplements and pursuing a sedentary lifestyle. That will result in weight gain (not in a good way) and won’t help you reach your […]
One way to lessen the risk of blindly believing misleading scientific results is to look at meta-analysis. This searches for patterns between numerous different studies to see if results are repeatable. One interesting article showing the use of this meta-analysis is Nissen and Sharp’s 2002 study on nutrition supplements. They […]
Flaws in Scientific Methodology Just because science is presented as an unbiased and fundamental source of truth doesn’t make it so. There are numerous examples of how science is flawed: it is a pursuit carried out by humans with their own intellectual or emotional flaws. Emotional shortcomings Many scientists are out there […]