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Hey guys, so nutriverse is usually one of my go-tos, but I recently placed an order and apart from it not processing, I have been having a hell of a time getting in touch with their CS. The phone number on the website hasn't picked up in days. The contact system on the website isn't working...

I've known darthgainer for a while on these forums so this came as a surprise, but we agreed to a trade some 3 weeks ago, and I have yet to receive anything. Normally, I'd be fine with this and go to him directly...but that's what I did. I have sent 3 unanswered messages, and the sad thing is he...

Thyroid Hormone – What is it and how can we manipulate it? We’ve all heard of products that modulate thyroid function, but how many of us truly understand how these products work and what they’re doing in the body? There’s more to it than you may think… I’ve seen a lot of thyroid guides out...

Afromamum melegueta – Metabolic Igniter? It’s been a while since my last supplement spotlight, but with the recent flurry of fat burners centered around activating brown fat or converting white fat to brown fat, I figured it’s time for another installment. This relatively new approach has its...

Boerhaavia Diffusa Many of you may be familiar with the term "adaptogen." Adaptogens are, in essence, plants with constituents that help the body adapt to various stresses. By optimizing the response to negative external stimuli, bodily function is preserved in a variety of settings. Specific...

Nitrates Since the inception of the Thermolife lineup a few years ago, nitrates have been a popular ingredient sold in dietary supplements. They are claimed to increase nitric oxide (NO) and provide all-day pumps. But do they live up to the hype? Let's take a look. Do Nitrates Increase NO...

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 1. Can you briefly explain what makes High Volume better than other pump products on the market? Certainly. Let's take a quick glimpse at how the ingredients jive together: Goal #1: Improve pumps. L-Citrulline is well known for increasing pumps, but what you may...

Welcome back to this week's edition of Coop's Corner. Glutamine has long been consumed as a periworkout supplement due to its purported ability to aid recovery. The logic here is that glutamine is the most abundant amino acid in skeletal muscle tissue, as well as a major amino acid in the...

Amentoflavone For those of you who have never heard of Amentoflavone, let’s get right to the point before going into the details. Amentoflavone is a biflavanoid whose “claim to fame” is the ability to directly enhance strength. In addition to this, it has the added benefits of aiding with fat...

Boldine Since it's been a while since the last Coop's Corner, I figured we'd do something special here. Rather than going over the ins and outs of why old ingredients are great and how they should be dosed, I thought I'd introduce a new ingredient altogether. Boldine is a novel alpha-2...

Boldine Since it's been a while since the last Coop's Corner, I figured we'd do something special here. Rather than going over the ins and outs of why old ingredients are great and how they should be dosed, I thought I'd introduce a new ingredient altogether. Boldine is a novel alpha-2...

Nice article on suppversity: http://suppversity.blogspot.com/2014/06/protein-blends-not-isolates-promote.html Here's the study: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24699854 Of note, it's conducted in a very reputable journal and actually follows legitimate methodology (unlike many...

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Coop’s Corner #5: Verbascoside Let’s keep this as layman’s as possible so everyone can understand how awesome this compound is. Verbascoside is the chief component of lemon verbena extract found in Amino IV. Antioxidants have been shown to be excellent for muscle recovery following...

As many of you may already know, alpha-2-antagonists are simply compounds that antagonize the alpha-2-adrenoreceptor. The most popular ones are yohimbine, rauwolscine, and a variety of yohimbe alkaloids. These 3 categories of alpha-2-antagonist each possess a unique goal-specific attribute...

Today's topic is adopted from a post I made on BB.com last year, with additions: Vascularity is a superficial phenomenon created by veins, not arteries. Therefore, the skeletal muscle "pump" (I'm not talking about a pump you get while lifting; I'm talking about the phsyiological mechanism of...

L-Norvaline has been advertised for several years as an arginase inhibitor, capable of preventing the degradation of arginine. This is thought to increase NO levels by virtue of increased arginine availability as a precursor to nitric oxide. Today we will look at what L-Norvaline will and will...

This will be the first of a series of interesting studies and analysis. It's posted here rather than the science section because I think everyone can benefit from knowing this stuff. Today's topic is how forskolin synergizes with B-agonists in actual humans for the purpose of fat loss. Here...

Amentoflavone Mood/CNS effects There are a whole host of studies examining the effects of Amentoflavone on various neurological endpoints. Without going into each one individually, research highlights will be presented. Amentoflavone interacts with the GABA-A receptor by acting as a negative...

Nomilin What is TGR5? There will be a series of articles on the topic in the near future, but for now, here is the scientifically established role of this completely unique fat loss pathway that has only recently come under the pharmacological spotlight: 1. Fat loss – via the complex...