caffeine

For millions of us, mornings just wouldn’t be the same without a steaming hot cup of coffee, and while caffeine had previously gained a bad rap for purportedly causing dehydration and thus effecting our performance, more recent work on the subject has debunked the idea that a single a cup of...

Incredibly, the average American is more likely to reach for a cup of Joe than a glass of water with research suggesting that 66% of the population drinks coffee every day, at an average rate of 3.1 cups. So, it follows that we would want to know more about this wildly popular beverage, and...

Back your demanding mixed martial arts training with smart supplementation. Brad Borland presents six supplements that can aid performance and training recovery. You look at your opponent across the ring. His eyes are glaring, piercing and ready for battle. He is ready to pummel, crush and...

Have you heard about Nootropics? These brain-hacking supplements can increase mental alertness and focus, but they're also proven to boost performance. People are really jumping on the “brain enhancer” supplement band-wagon lately. These brain enhancers are known as nootropics, a word coined by...

Losing weight is challenging. But with the right supplement strategy, nutrition plan, and training program, you can change the way you look, feel, and perform. Let’s face it - losing weight is hard. You have to train consistently, eat smart, and avoid all the temptations of eating food that you...

Losing weight is challenging. But with the right supplement strategy, nutrition plan, and training program, you can change the way you look, feel, and perform. Let’s face it - losing weight is hard. You have to train consistently, eat smart, and avoid all the temptations of eating food that you...

2 Things That Beat Coffee for Workouts Tired before your workout? These two things may be better than caffeine for optimizing exercise performance. Caffeine and Robbing the Sleep Bank Too many of us view sleep as a bank account filled with hours, minutes, and seconds. When we don't have enough...

2 Things That Beat Coffee for Workouts Tired before your workout? These two things may be better than caffeine for optimizing exercise performance. Caffeine and Robbing the Sleep Bank Too many of us view sleep as a bank account filled with hours, minutes, and seconds. When we don't have enough...

The diet pill or fat burner market in the US has reached the size of the GDP of a small country, 4 billion and climbing. So there must be something to these fat burning supplements, right? I am afraid the answer isn’t a simple yes or no. Fat burners do raise your metabolic burn rate, but it is...

The diet pill or fat burner market in the US has reached the size of the GDP of a small country, 4 billion and climbing. So there must be something to these fat burning supplements, right? I am afraid the answer isn’t a simple yes or no. Fat burners do raise your metabolic burn rate, but it is...

As the temperatures continue to swelter during the summer, it has never been more important to understand the importance of staying well-hydrated, so M&F is diving deeper into the components of good hydration, and consulting with experts to learn more about the effectiveness of some of the...

Most days it's hard enough lacing up your sneakers and making it to the gym, let alone powering through an entire workout. If only there were an easy button of sorts—or at least something to help you kickstart a workout (and maybe also help you work out a little harder and longer). That's where...

Blanchi Costela / Getty Caffeine can be found in a lot of products: coffee (of course), tea, pre-workouts, energy drinks, and soda, to name a few. Odds are though, you’ve never come in contact with pure caffeine powder—or at least you shouldn’t need to unless you manufacture one of the...