Studies you would like to see done

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What kind of studies on training, nutrition, or supplements would you be interested in seeing done?

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I’m biased here, but many researchers are still using the less effective or older forms/fractions of certain ingredients.

Like they’ll use plain curcumin instead of micellar curcumin, even though micellar has been available for years and has around 95X the bioavailability. Same for Longjack (non-standardized vs. LJ100), plain vitamin D vs. microencapsulated, underdosed fish oil vs. high-dose DHA fish oil, forskolin vs. the carbonate form… the list goes on.

Sometimes, these studies show that the ingredients at the dosages used underperform, but it’s almost like they wanted the study to fail and designed it to by using outdated sources without proper delivery systems.

I’m not sure if the researchers are unaware, if they’re just saving money by buying crap ingredients, or if they’re paid by Big Pharma to show that natural ingredients “don’t work.” (Yes, I have my tinfoil hat on.)

Anyway, I’d like to see studies where the researchers use the best form of the ingredients instead of whatever an intern is able to find at Walmart.

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I got Metabolic Drive at Walmart

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Must’ve been over a decade ago. We did a batch or two through them back in the day. To keep doing it, we’d have to lower ingredient quality, charge $100 a bag, or take a loss for every unit sold so Walmart gets their piece. I honestly can’t imagine what’s in a Walmart protein powder these days. Actually, I know. Amino/nitrogen spiking to inflate grams of protein claimed on labels, plus fillers.

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Totally kidding

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Rather than saying studies I would like to see done, I discuss the related issue of questions I’d like to see answered.

  1. What measurable factors most identify what causes individuals to optimally respond to different training styles, and different diets?
  2. What training style is best for all-round fitness, including strength and size ?
  3. Longevity is associated with exercise, but negatively correlated with growth. What are the best ways to gain size and strength with a minimum or positive impact on longevity?
  4. What is the best way to recover from a strenuous workout, beyond obvious things like rest, sleep and nutrition?
  5. How can lifelong lifters minimize risks of arthritis?
  6. How can one gain most of the benefit from cardio without doing much cardio?
  7. People talk about the gut microbiome, which we now know affects chronic disease and mental health. Yet only about 1% of microorganisms can actually be cultured, and so our knowledge is extremely incomplete - millions of microorganisms don’t even have names yet. How can the microbiome be best improved, and what effects will this have?
  8. How can people better be encouraged to start strength training at a young age? How can gyms be better suited to seniors?
  9. Who put the bomp in the bomp bomp bomp?
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