Science of supplements

[RichardRussell]

Any help tracking down studies and research on how the various supplements cause muscle growth, fat loss, and the various effects they are sold to do?
For example, what does Superdrol do in and to the body to cause the effects it does (good and bad), and what are those effects? Same for Halodrol, PheraPlex, and on down to the creatine supplements, NO boosters, energy supplements, and fat burners...

I will be doing some of this research myself, kind-of like an extra credit biochem project, and will post info as I get it together. I greatly appreciate any links to existing threads (as I couldn't find any great examples at this level of "supplement science") and external resources.

Thanks a lot, I hope to be able to contribute some interesting information soon. I will cite resources should anyone want to continue where I leave off.

[BiggJohn]

www.pubmed.com is a great place to start, but you're not going to find studies on everything out there.

[southstar99]

Any help tracking down studies and research on how the various supplements cause muscle growth, fat loss, and the various effects they are sold to do?
For example, what does Superdrol do in and to the body to cause the effects it does (good and bad), and what are those effects? Same for Halodrol, PheraPlex, and on down to the creatine supplements, NO boosters, energy supplements, and fat burners...

I will be doing some of this research myself, kind-of like an extra credit biochem project, and will post info as I get it together. I greatly appreciate any links to existing threads (as I couldn't find any great examples at this level of "supplement science") and external resources.

Thanks a lot, I hope to be able to contribute some interesting information soon. I will cite resources should anyone want to continue where I leave off.

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[Marine man]

You can ask alan aragon since I know he goes to the forums occasionally but basically you have to first see if the company has any studies listed. Then see, using pubmed and maybe someone that can decipher it for you, what they're actually studying. Most supplements have their statistics manipulated (luls HIIT, yeah yeah, not a supplement) or they work great for diabetic rats or obese menopausal women and then sell it to young healthy males. In other words, if you can see through the shenanigans (hai t-nation) and actually find the studies they're vaguely referencing, then you can look it up yourself.