Lisa Freedman
A big fan of cheese and horrible television, Lisa doesn't work out nearly as much as she should. But she's good at telling other people to get on it. She's written for Maxim, Wired, Golf and Redbook (though that probably doesn't matter much to you).
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Improve exercise performance and reduce muscle breakdown
Where it comes from: Branched-chain amino acids are essential amino acids (specifically, valine, leucine and isoleucine). "They are essential, meaning we must get them in our diet because our bodies...
We put this popular supplement to the test
Where it comes from: Inula racemosa is an herb—that grows in high mountain areas—that's often used for medicinal purposes. The root has been used for centuries in Eastern cultures to...
Could this supplement help you drop the pounds?
Where it comes from: Get ready to be surprised. Hops extract is, wait for it, derived from the same hops plant (Humulus lupulus) used for brewing beer. The plant grows in Europe, Asia and North...
Round out your diet with this muscle-building supplement
Where it comes from: Casein protein powder is simply the dehydrated, supplemental form of casein. Caseins are phosphorus-containing proteins and make up 80 percent of the protein in cow's milk (...
