Do you know the science behind building muscle mass? Fun Fact: About 40% of a human’s body weight is made up of muscle. While this is a large percentage it can be tough to add lean muscle mass. In fact, even if you do regular workouts the average weight gain...
Herpes virus (HSV) is dangerous because once it infects a person; the infection will not leave till the day they die. However, it may remain dormant most of the time. Sometimes, however, there may be times of periodic reactivation. There are several antiviral drugs to shorten HSV reactivation, but it...
Are you getting enough amino acids? Fun Fact: Peanut butter + whole wheat bread turns two incomplete proteins into a complete protein. It’s critical to make sure we’re getting enough nutrients during the day. That includes foods on the amino acid diet plan. Foods like beef, chicken, nuts/seeds, soybeans, and...
We all need to have an adequate supply of amino acids in our body. You do too. This is essential for the sake of your health and well-being. You need amino acids, particularly essential amino acids to boost your metabolism and general state of health. The straightforward way to get...
What is glutamate? Glutamate is a naturally occurring compound in the human body and the most abundant stimulative neurotransmitter in the nervous system. Its primary function is to help send signals from the nerve cells to various cells of the body and vice versa. Glutamate is synthesized by glutamic acid...
You probably may have heard of how beneficial amino acids are in the body, whether it be the essential or nonessential ones. The body can indeed make it’s amino no matter what we do, but this ability of the human body is only limited to producing the nonessential amino acids....
What is glutamic acid? Glutamic acid primarily helps in bio synthesizing proteins and acts as a neurotransmitter that helps in transmitting information from the brain to certain cells of the body and vice versa. It also stimulates the production of another type of neurotransmitter called gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), which helps...
Muscle strength is very important to athletes. And even if you enjoy working out regularly then muscle strength is paramount. Muscle strength determines how well you would perform. With good muscle strength, you can expect to enjoy working out. Certain foods help improve muscle strength. And one of those is...
We often hear this in science classes or even in television advertisements that promote health supplements. Amino acids play a crucial role in our body, especially in the formation of protein. Scientists believe that most tissue, muscles, and other parts of our body have amino acids in them. Many medical...
Among the many neurological conditions that we have on our planet earth, narcolepsy happens to be one of them. Narcolepsy is actually a chronic sleep disorder. What happens in narcolepsy is that during the day a person feels so drowsy. And then there are sudden attacks of sleep. When a...