All About Vitamins & Supplements

Should you supplement glutamine? Well, double check: are you lying in a hospital bed? Are you sitting at your Polish grandmother’s dinner table? In those cases, the answer may be yes. If not, you may want to save your money.

Vitamin D, aka the “sunshine vitamin”, is crucially important for the body. And yet most of us are probably deficient. Grab the convertible or get on your bike and head to the beach!

Creatine’s a selfless type. It really wants you to finish that sprint or squat set, so it hands out its phosphates all over the place. It’s also a meat-and-potatoes supplement, literally and metaphorically. It’s in your steak, and it’s been fuelling athletes and bodybuilders safely for decades. Find out how creatine does its Mother Teresa routine, and why it’s a good addition to your supplementation regime.

There’s nothing like a good ol’ espresso buzz before a morning workout; after all, research shows that caffeine can improve your athletic performance temporarily. But is it GOOD for you? How does it work? We review the evidence.

Beta-alanine supplementation may help buffer lactic acid and help with healing, muscle recovery, and muscle contraction. But for now, the evidence is mixed.

Branched chain amino acids, aka BCAAs, are important players in protein synthesis. Without enough of them in your diet at the right times, you could be sacrificing some hard-earned gains in the gym.

Cracked lips? Weird tingling? Scratchy eyeballs? Could be the morning after the night before, or it could be a nutrient deficiency.

Dietary protein…it’s one of the most important topics when it comes to your physique and making improvements to it. If you’ve ever wondered what it is, why it’s so important, and how much you should be eating, check out this article.