Issue #79 (May 2021)

• Mini: Sports nutrition tips for active women
  We provide some of the big-picture takeaways from a recent narrative review covering nutritional strategies for active women.
• Nulls: January-February 2021
  Get a quick rundown of recent studies that found no evidence for an effect in the latest installment of Nulls!
• A modified keto diet may slow some declines associated with Alzheimer’s disease
  This recent trial found that a keto diet helped people with mild Alzheimer's disease perform activities of daily living while improving their quality of life.
• Deeper Dive: Cinnamon may improve biomarkers of metabolic diseases
  This meta-analysis found cinnamon supplementation can improve lipid levels, blood pressure, glycemic control, and waist circumference in adults with metabolic diseases. While these results are promising, there are still quite a few open questions.
• Deeper Dive: A spoonful of vinegar might make blood sugar go down Open Access
  Acetic acid may help with glycemic control while lowering triglycerides, but the studies included in this meta-analysis had a high risk of bias.
• Deeper Dive: Flavonoids may slightly speed up recovery from muscle-damaging exercise
  According to this recent meta-analysis, flavonoid-containing polyphenolic supplements can slightly improve muscle soreness and strength after a single bout of heavy exercise.
• Investigating the efficacy of protein supplementation for older people with and without resistance training
  This randomized controlled trial found that protein supplementation needs to be paired with heavier resistance training to help keep older people's muscles healthy.
• Betaine supplementation: a double-edged sword for CVD markers
  This meta-analysis suggested that betaine doses under 4 grams daily can lower homocysteine without necessarily raising LDL-C, but there's still a lot of uncertainty.

Researchers

Antonis Damianou, MSc; Brad Dieter, PhD; Nick Milazzo, MS(c); Thomas Reichhart, MSc; Brandon Roberts PhD, MS, CSCS; Lucas Roldos, BSc, MSc(c); Jill Ryer-Powder, PhD; Detrick Snyder, MPH, RDN; Lucas Tafur, PhD; Nattha Wannissorn, PhD, RNH, FDN-P

Editors

Gregory Lopez, MA, PharmD

Reviewers

Stephan Guyenet, PhD & Adel Moussa, PhD

Copy Editor

Dmitri Barvinok

Infographics

Antonius Khengdro & Calla Lee