Good Eats

Chen, Z., et al. “Little known type of cholesterol may pose the greatest heart disease risk.” American Chemical Society (2009, August 23).

Riechman, S. E., et al. Dietary Cholesterol and Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy with Resistance Training: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial. FASEB, 2008.

STACK

Oathes, D. J. and Ray, W. J. Depressed mood, index finger force and motor cortex stimulation: A transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) study. Biological Psychology 72 (3): 271-277, 2006.

Pedata F Effect of choline, phosphorylcholine and dimethylaminoethanol on brain acetylcholine level in the rat.Pharmacol Res Commun. 1977 Sep;9(8):755-61.

Dimpfel W, Efficacy of dimethylaminoethanol (DMAE) containing vitamin-mineral drug combination on EEG patterns in the presence of different emotional states. Eur J Med Res. 2003 May 30;8(5):183-91.

Gloth FM Vitamin D vs broad spectrum phototherapy in the treatment of seasonal affective disorder. J Nutr Health Aging. 1999;3(1):5-7.

Bystritsky A, A pilot study of Rhodiola rosea (Rhodax) for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). J Altern Complement Med. 2008 Mar;14(2):175-80.

Chen QG Effects of Rhodiola rosea on body weight and intake of sucrose and water in depressive rats induced by chronic mild stress. Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Xue Bao. 2008 Sep;6(9):952-5.

Variable Speed Training
Mazzetti, S., et al. Effect of explosive versus slow contractions and exercise intensity on energy expenditure. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 39(8):1291-1301, 2007.

Munn, J., et al. Resistance training for strength: Effect of number of sets and contraction speed. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 37(9): 1622-1626, 2005.

Goto, K., et al. Hormonal and metabolic responses to slow movement resistance exercise with different durations of concentric and eccentric actions. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2009 Jul;106(5):731-9.

Graphic Muscle
Heitmann, B. L. and Frederiksen, P. Thigh circumference and risk of heart disease and premature death: prospective cohort study. BMJ. 2009 Sep 3

Muscle Out the Fat
Suzuki, S. T., et al. Enhanced muscle by myostatin propeptide increases adipose tissue adiponectin, PPAR-alpha, and PPAR-gamma expressions. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2008 May 2;369(2):767-73.

Staggered Sets
Landin, D. and Nelson, A. G. Early phase strength development: A four-week training comparison of different programs. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research 21(4):1113-1116, 2007.

Noise Makes Your Blood Boil
Selander, J., et al. Long-Term Exposure to Road Traffic Noise and Myocardial Infarction. Epidemiology, Onine 29 December 2008

Come, Cheer Her Up
Gallup, G. G., et al. Does semen have antidepressant properties? Arch Sex Behav. 2002 Jun;31(3):289-93.

Organic Gains
Lairon, D. Nutritional quality an safety of organic food. A review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development (2009).

Food Quiz
Cady, R. J. and Durham, P. L. Repression of acute and chronic inflammatory changes in trigeminal ganglion neurons and glia in response to cocoa enriched diets. International Headache Society's 14th International Headache Congress

Go Green to Lose Fat
Hursel, R., et al. The effects of green tea on weight loss and weight maintenance: a meta-analysis. International Journal of Obesity (2009) 33, 956-961.

Myth of the Month
Cohen, H.W., et al. “Sodium intake and mortality in the NHANES II follow-up study.” Am J Med. 2006 Mar;119(3):275.e7-14.