Muscle for Life

Supplementation can be overwhelming. No matter what your goal is--build muscle, lose fat, improve health--there are hundreds of supplements to choose from. And good luck trying to sort the wheat from the chaff. If you're to believe the hype, many of these pills and powders have downright magical properties and are capable of performing downright miracles. Just one bottle of this, you're told, will give you instant muscle gain. That one? It melts fat off your body. Those over there? They double your brainpower. And on and on. I guess that's why so many people spend so much money on supplements. Well, if a part of you has suspected that the supplement industry is more smoke and mirrors than science and substance, you're right. It's an unregulated rough and tumble of a marketplace that's more or less a playground for rent-seeking bums and pirates. That said, it's not all bad. There are supplements that have good science behind them and that can help you optimize your health and physical and mental performance. T