inflammation

Our body relies on electricity and electromagnetics for many processes to work optimally. Not the kind, however, that keeps our homes well-lit and our phones charged, but one that’s more subtle on the surface yet meaningful on the cellular level. Pulsed electromagnetic frequency (PEMF) therapies...

Useful compound for reducing liver stress on cycle. A post in the r/PEDs quick question thread prompted this article, where a long distance runner, not currently on cycle, was seeking advice about improving liver values on a blood test so they could donate blood (and save lives like a goddamn...

For athletes to continue to push the limits in performance, they must first push the limits of their training. Maintaining peak physical condition is especially important in non-team sports. When it’s you versus the bar, the track, or the opponent across from you; the days you skipped training...

Normally, short-term inflammation is a natural process that plays an important role in healing and cellular repair when you’re injured or sick. However, it can also be bad, very bad, depending on the cause and duration. This is known as chronic low-key inflammation, and plays an integrative...

Normally, short-term inflammation is a natural process that plays an important role in healing and cellular repair when you’re injured or sick. However, it can also be bad, very bad, depending on the cause and duration. This is known as chronic low-key inflammation, and plays an integrative...

Inflammation has been a buzzword for quite some time now, and headlines link it to all sorts of health complications. But what is it? Where does it come from and how can we keep it at bay? And if you regularly follow health news you most likely see stories about which foods may cause or reduce...

Normally, short-term inflammation is a natural process that plays an important role in healing and cellular repair when you’re injured or sick. However, it can also be bad, very bad, depending on the cause and duration. This is known as chronic low-key inflammation, and plays an integrative role...

Suffering from a little muscle inflammation, work it out by pumping out another rep or two. Exercise may be the key to reducing muscle inflammation, according to a study by a group of Duke University biomedical engineers who showed that human muscle has the ability to fight off damaging effects...

The ancient herb sumac—made from ruby-colored berries that are ground into a beautiful, coarse powder that bursts with color and flavor—has been underappreciated in American cooking (if you immediately thought of poison ivy, you’re wrong!) for centuries. We’re here to fix that. If you grew up...