Since everyone is stuck home due to the COVID-19 outbreak, I figured the time has come for me to share this important piece of information. Over the last few years, scientific evidence has accumulated that suggests that peanut butter can be effective in spot reduction. Or in other words; you can spread peanut butter over the parts of your body where you want to lose some fat. …
Deepening of the voice in women using anabolic steroids
Anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) can have virilizing effects on women. Certain characteristics shift towards that of a mans biology. One of them is deepening of the voice, or dysphonia. This is sometimes pretty evident with AAS-using female bodybuilders. In this post I discuss what is known about it in the scientific literature. …
Energy surplus and muscle hypertrophy
Alan Aragon and Brad Schoenfeld reviewed the literature to delineate the role of energy intake in muscle hypertrophy. Let's see what they found! …
Creatine and water retention
It is well known that creatine leads to water retention. An interesting question is where this water is contained in the body: inside or outside the (muscle) cells? …
Treatment of anabolic steroid-induced acne vulgaris
Acne vulgaris (AV) is an incredibly annoying chronic skin disease. Teenagers around the globe are tormented by it, although most grow over it. Nevertheless, it's quite common in adults too. And if you've grown over it, you can still be struck by it when you start using anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS). …