By Laura Dolson

Protein: How Much Do You Need?

What is protein? How much protein do we need? Is it possible to eat too much protein? These are important questions for people following a low carb way of eating, who usually are replacing part of their carbohydrate intake with protein.

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By Dan Wetzel

Lesnar’s rocky road takes another turn

Last month Brock Lesnar sat in a small-town, fast food restaurant, surrounded by blue-collar townies, munching on a five-dollar foot long. He was the reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight title holder, yet unlike his old days as a profession

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By Bryan Smith

Exotic juice health claims are pure pulp fiction

They arrive early and join a line that stretches out like a Sunday morning communion queue: flip-flopped tourists in madras-print vestments, joggers ashine from their early-morning canters, locals burning off the fog of a few too many.

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Other Performance Drugs

Performance-Enhancing Drugs, various substances, chemical agents, or procedures designed to provide an advantage in athletic performance. Performance-enhancing drugs affect the body in different ways, such as enlarging muscles or increasing the blood’s oxygen-carrying capacity. Despite these apparent benefits, the use of such drugs is considered both competitively unethical and medically dangerous.

DNP (2,4-Dinitrophenol)

Cytomel (T3)

Thyroxine (T4)

Ephedrine

Liv.52

Aldactone

Glucophage

Lasix

Bromocriptine mesylate

Proscar

Roaccutane

Lamisil

HGH (human growth hormone)

Insulin

IGF-1 (Insulin-Like Growth Factor)