2011 IFBB Flex Pro Contest Info
Presented by Body Fortress, the FLEX Pro Bodybuilding Championships marks the return of professional bodybuilding to Los Angeles after a one-year hiatus. The contest, which promises to feature some of the world’s best bodybuilders, will be held on February 19th at the Santa Monica Civic Center, just a stone’s throw away from Venice….

Mr. Olympia Jay Cutler Cancels Guest Posing Appearance Due to Muscle Profiling in Sweden
Professional bodybuilder and four-time Mr. Olympia Jay Cutler cancelled his scheduled guest posing appearance at the Fitness Festival (Fitnessfestivalen) in Göteborg this weekend after IFBB pro Toney Freeman was taken into police custody on Thursday.

IFBB Pro Bodybuilder Toney Freeman Taken Into Police Custody in Sweden
Freeman was compelled to submit to a urine test where he tested positive for anabolic steroids and cannabis. The X-Man admitted to using “medically-prescribed” testosterone and human growth hormone (HGH); he also acknowledged the use of marijuana (while in Amsterdam).

Released: 11/19/2010 12:30 PM EST
Embargo expired: 11/23/2010 7:05 PM EST
Source: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Newswise — So, why are we fat? And getting fatter? Most people would say it’s simple: We eat too much and exercise too little. But University of Alabama at Birmingham obesity researcher David B. Allison, Ph.D., says that answer, while valid, may be a little too simple. Allison and colleagues think the more relevant question is this: Why do we eat too much and expend too little energy? And like good detectives, they’ve set out to …

Mainstream medicine has been calling for more and more people to be placed on “miracle” drugs known as statins that lower cholesterol. There have even been suggestions that statins should be sold over the counter or given out free when people buy junk, fat-loaded fast food. After all, the rationale goes, by lowering cholesterol, arteries won’t clog and heart attacks and strokes can be prevented.

(NaturalNews) A new study published in the American Diabetes Association journal Diabetes Care says that diabetics who are deficient in vitamin D have a significantly higher risk of dying from all causes or developing cardiovascular disease than those with higher levels of the vitamin. The findings support a multitude of current research on the importance of maintaining high blood levels of vitamin D, regardless of specific health conditions.
Dr. Christel Joergensen and her colleagues at the Steno Diabetes Center in Gentofte, Denmark, found that diabetics with blood levels of vitamin D …

Biotech company secretly releases millions of GM mosquitoes in Cayman Islands
(NaturalNews) Scientists at British biotechnology giant Oxitec recently developed a genetically-modified (GM) mosquito that, apart from a specific chemical antibiotic, is unable to successfully repopulate. And the company recently released millions of these GM mosquitoes in the Cayman Islands to see what would happen — and they did so without proper approval or announcement — prompting outrage by experts and the public over the unknown consequences of conducting such an irresponsible experiment.

Victor Martinez reveals what happened at the 2010 Olympia

Vitamin B and its role in improving memory
Studies show a B vitamin cocktail may stave off cognitive decline.
Forgot where you left your keys? The name of your neighbor’s kid? Whether you locked the car?

Extra-virgin olive oil can protect the liver from oxidative stress. Researchers writing in BioMed Central’s open access journal Nutrition and Metabolism exposed rats to a moderately toxic herbicide known to deplete antioxidants and cause oxidative stress, finding that those rats fed on a diet containing the olive oil were partially protected from the resulting liver damage.