Dr. Paul Henning

Creatine has been used by athletes since 1835 to increase athletic performance by improving energy supply to muscle tissues. Its main function is to immediately supply energy to tissues with increased energy demands, such as muscle and brain. In this article, Dr. Paul Henning explains its benefits on your brain.

Eggs are a common food consumed by many as a regular component of a high-protein diet. Many people forego eating the egg yolks in an effort to improve their health, but are they missing out on key muscle-building nutrients by doing so? Dr. Paul Henning investigates how eating egg yolks affects muscle protein synthesis.

Sleep is crucial if you want a premium body, but it's much more important than that. In fact, short sleep duration increases you risk of many diseases. In this article, Dr. Paul Henning explains the role that exercise plays in how well you sleep.

We are all well aware of the importance of protein intake as a means to help repair, regenerate and build muscle tissue. But do older athletes (35+) require more protein than when they were younger? In this article, Dr. Paul Henning examines the research to provide some insight for your training and nutrition.

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, a large amount of research has quickly identified risk factors for severe COVID-19 such as older age, sex, and underlying chronic conditions like obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and more. Today, Dr. Paul Henning looks at how fitness levels play a role in severe outcomes.

During the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, emphasis was placed on the elderly or those with pre-existing health conditions for having a higher risk of contracting and/or dying of COVID-19, but the focus has shifted to men. Today, Dr. Paul Henning looks at the research to learn why men may be more at risk.

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has led to worldwide research aiming to identify the risk factors for developing critical illness and mortality caused by COVID-19. In this article, Dr. Paul Henning takes a look at the best available research to determine how obesity increases risk for severe outcomes and increased mortality.

Whether you are consuming apples, broccoli, bread, or chocolate cookies you are providing your body with sugar. But clarifying what kind of sugar we are discussing is crucial for a successful conversation. In this article, Dr. Paul Henning investigates the effects that added sugar has on health and performance.

The debate on whether carbs are good or bad and their role in optimal health have dominated discussions of the human diet for quite a long time. In this article Dr. Paul Henning examines the current research on whether carbs are addictive, and what that means for their role in your diet.

Inflammation is the body's natural response to protect itself against harm and can be characterized as either acute/localized or chronic/systemic. In this article, Dr. Paul Henning investigates the impact of diet on the inflammatory processes of the human body and what you need to know to make better food choices.

'While growing up and reading whatever I could get my hands on to learn about muscle growth; I could remember all the talk and input from so-called “experts” that you need to confuse a muscle for it to grow!' But is it true? In this article Dr. Paul Henning dissects the research to discover the truth.

Over the years there have been many low-carbohydrate and high-fat diet approaches to weight loss such as the ketogenic diet. But much less is known about its affects on muscle mass, until now. In this article, Dr. Paul Henning examines the effects of the keto diet on building and maintaining muscle.

High quality protein is absolutely essential for building lean tissue and promoting recovery from arduous training. But traditionally, higher protein diets have been viewed with a negative connotation and were proposed to cause kidney issues.

Hyperglycemia (i.e. elevated blood glucose/sugar levels) can have a negative impact on your health affecting everything from your vision to weight to your heart. So it's crucial to understand how to manage it. In this article, Dr. Paul Henning investigates supplements research has shown to improve glucose response.

Losing body fat, enhancing athletic performance and changing body shape are all by-products of optimum health, and optimum health can only be achieved via an optimum approach to nutrition. In this article, Dr. Paul Henning discusses what it takes to create and maintain optimal health with easy-to-follow food choices.