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The Heart Behind the Mission
Junior year of college. 2011. I was pursuing a biochemistry degree at Tabor College. For each student, there was a requirement to attend a certain amount of chapels each semester. Often there were opportunities for “chapel credit.” That Thursday night was one of those...
Performance Supplements That Actually Work: Part 5 of 5
Sodium bicarbonate Let’s play a hypothetical situation for a moment. You’re a graduate student teaching an undergraduate organic chemistry laboratory session. Your favorite color is yellow, so naturally you wear your yellow Vans to lab. As students begin to trickle...
Performance Supplements That Actually Work: Part 4 of 5
Creatine What was the first thing that came to mind when you saw the subtitle “Creatine”? Gold’s Gym? Vascular big-men? Arnold? You are on the right track, but don’t worry. With this supplement, bulging quads and Popeye’s forearms won’t happen overnight. Read on to...
Medical Condition of the Holidays
Food Coma Well, it’s that wonderful time of the year! Family and friends gather in one place to toast with eggnog, sing carols, and celebrate the birth of the Lord. Every American gorges themselves on fruits and veggies. All is right in the world on Christmas...
Performance Supplements That Actually Work: Part 3 of 5
Beta-alanine A supplement that isn’t as talked about around the dinner table is the amino acid, beta-alanine—we’ll call it b-alanine. So far in this blog series, you’ve learned about nitrates and caffeine (supplements you had an inkling of knowledge about), but now...