Definition: An ergogenic aid is any substance or phenomenon that enhances performance
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Eating an avocado and half a mango every day makes your blood vessels more flexible and reduces your risk of a heart attack or stroke. ergo-log.com/avocado-mango-b…
If you suffer from worn joints, a daily dose of 20 grams of inulin can help reduce pain. This is according to a British trial published in Nutrients. ergo-log.com/inulin-pain-wor…
A week ago, we wrote that high vitamin C levels might slow down age-related brain shrinkage. If that is true, a diet rich in vitamin C should reduce the risk of Alzheimer's. ergo-log.com/vitamin-c-alzhe…
Supplementation with fucoidan, a polysaccharide derived from brown algae, increases muscle strength and endurance. These are the findings of a human study recently published in Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. ergo-log.com/fucoidan-muscle…
If you consume a small winter carrot every day, your risk of cancer is twenty percent lower than if you hardly ever eat carrots. ergo-log.com/polyacetylenes-…
A diet high in vitamin C may help slow down age-related brain shrinkage. This is suggested by a Japanese MRI study published in PLoS One on June 10, 2026. ergo-log.com/vitamin-c-inhib…
A few weeks ago, we wrote about an animal study in which an extract from the dandelion root inhibits an aggressive form of colon cancer. We found a few abstracts in which oncologists saw the same thing happen in people with leukemia. ergo-log.com/dandelion-leuke…
Oleocanthal, a phenol in olive oil, inhibits an aggressive type of colon cancer in a way that left us speechless. It is extremely rare for a nutrient to reduce tumor growth by nearly 99 percent in laboratory animals. ergo-log.com/oleocanthal-col…
It is not only menopausal women plagued by hot flashes who benefit from supplementation with Salvia officinalis. A small Belgian human study suggests that salvia supplementation is also of interest to men with hot flashes. ergo-log.com/sage-for-hot-fl…
Combination of Vitamin C and Grape Seed Extract inhibits tumor growth just as well as doxorubicin | Animal study. ergo-log.com/vitamin-c-grape…
The roots of the dandelion are edible & inhibit colon cancer. ergo-log.com/dandelion-colon…
What happens to bodybuilders if they take 3 grams of arginine and half a gram of vitamin C daily? ergo-log.com/vitamin-c-argin…
Supplementation with magnesium L-threonate improves sleep quality. In a sponsored trial published in Sleep Medicine X in 2024, magnesium L-threonate even made sleep problems disappear completely. ergo-log.com/magnesium-l-thr…
Supplementation with 400 milligrams of chamomile extract improves sleep quality. This is shown in a trial published in 2017 in Complementary Therapies in Medicine. ergo-log.com/chamomile-suppl…
After we wrote about an animal study in which the flavonoid luteolin improves sleep, we went looking for epidemiological studies. We found one. With something extra in it. ergo-log.com/luteolin-isorha…
Tiny amount of luteolin deepens deep sleep | Animal study. ergo-log.com/luteolin-sleep.…
DHA supplementation enlarges hippocampus and increases intelligence in people over 65. ergo-log.com/dha-supplementa…
Cinnamon supplementation increases fat loss during circuit training. ergo-log.com/cinnamon-supple…
Marjoram tea tames oxidative stress in Parkinson's. ergo-log.com/marjoram-oxidat…
