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Max Muscle Sports Nutrition, our nation's leader in Sports Nutrition according to Entrepreneur Magazine's 'Franchise 500', challenges America to “Eat Right & Exercise” while offering a $25,000 Grand Prize for the 2012 MaxFormation Life Challenge Grand Prize Winner. This is no diet, this is what YOUR body needs. Orange, California (PRWEB) January 10, 2012 “Why wait for a New Year’s Resolution to help yourself to feel better?” asked Max Muscle President and...

Study reveals function of glycosylating enzyme involved in muscular dystrophy, brain development and infection by arenaviruses such as Lassa fever; ability to assay enzyme activity could help screen potential muscular dystrophy therapies Researchers at the University of Iowa have worked out the exact function of an enzyme that is critical for normal muscle structure and is involved in several muscular dystrophies. The findings, which were published Jan. 6 in the journal Science, could be...

According to a new study in the journal Nature Medicine, an experimental treatment known as the 'couch potato pill' may also help to prevent heatstroke in people genetically predisposed to it. The pill first received its name due its ability to mimic the effects of exercise in inactive laboratory mice, eliciting much excitement in the medical community that it might eventually prove useful in activity-disinclined human patients as well. Yet new research shows that the drug, known to...

Using the Contour® Ab Belt system was shown to increase a person’s metabolic burn by an average of 20% while getting the additional benefits of improved ab muscle strength Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) January 06, 2012 New Clinical Research shows that while using the Contour Ab Belt you can burn 20% more calories at rest and get an ab strengthening working while doing chores, spending time with the family or simply relaxing on the couch? In one session you burn more calories and get 150...

Other than Olympic race walkers, people generally find it more comfortable to run than walk when they start moving at around 2 meters per second – about 4.5 miles per hour. North Carolina State University biomedical engineers Dr. Gregory Sawicki and Dr. Dominic Farris have discovered why: At 2 meters per second, running makes better use of an important calf muscle than walking, and therefore is a much more efficient use of the muscle’s – and the body’s – energy. Published...

Muscle and Strength, an industry leader in Creatine Supplements, receives a best-in-class 5-star rating from TopConsumerReviews.com. Overland Park, KS (PRWEB) January 04, 2012 TopConsumerReviews.com recently awarded their highest five-star rating to Muscle and Strength, an industry leader in Creatine Supplements. Buying supplements online is a great way to save time and money over shopping at the expensive local health food store or bargain warehouse. Shopping for Creatine on the internet...

NEW YORK, Jan. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- David J. Pecker, Chairman, President and CEO of American Media, Inc. (AMI), today announced that Muscle & Fitness, the leading publication dedicated to providing cutting-edge training, nutrition and supplement information, has launched an exclusive e-store at MuscleandFitness.com that provides a range of products in the fitness and sports nutrition categories. The e-store offers more than 4,000 products from such trusted brands as...

While it has been known for a long time that excess calories can lead to extra pounds, a new study, published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, suggests that eating too little protein could also put more fat on your body, reports The Los Angeles Times. A team of researchers, led by Dr. George Bray of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Louisiana, looked at how three diets with different protein contents influenced weight gain and body makeup. The...

We take it for granted, but the fact that our muscles grow when we work them makes them rather unique. Now, researchers have identified a key ingredient needed for that bulking up to take place. A factor produced in working muscle fibers apparently tells surrounding muscle stem cell "higher ups" that it's time to multiply and join in, according to a study in the January Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press journal. In other words, that so-called serum response factor (Srf) translates the...

(Ivanhoe Newswire) – Damaged heart tissue typically doesn’t repair itself, but scientists may have identified signals that are able to coax the heart into producing replacement cardiac muscle cells. Using a zebrafish model system, researchers have identified a family of molecules that can stimulate stem cells to develop into beating heart muscle cells. "Despite advances in modern medicine, management of myocardial infarction and heart failure remains a major challenge," senior study...