In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for protecting and promoting public health with ultimate oversight of food and drugs, and of particular interest for this ...
The annual update to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) prohibited substance list was published on October 1st and will be effective on Jan. 1, 2012. Each year WADA updates the list in accordance ...
Eating lots of broccoli can only take one so far. How does one go about gaining quantitative insight into the nutritional state of the body? Enter the latest high-tech and exhaustive performance ...
Slowtwitch science editor and SaltStick founder Jonathan Toker offers this guide for all the would be inventors who've had that "A-ha!" moment and were left wondering, "Now what do I do?"
Concerned consumers have been returning certain protein drinks, while affected manufacturers have been working overtime to refute the Consumer Reports study. Let's separate truth from confusion.
Without thinking, some of the athletes taking the outside line put themselves at a disadvantage by running further. Over a common race course with turns, taking the outside line can make quite a ...
WADA has updated its list of banned substances for 2010. There are notable changes to last year's list and, if you're an AGer, don't think this doesn't apply to you.
Was the recent death at Ironman Frankfurt a case of drinking too a schedule instead of to thirst, or not ingesting enough electrolytes per the water intake?
In a study just released, trace amounts of steroid ingestion can trigger a positive drug test, illustrating the ease by which athletes can end up on the wrong side of anti-drug programs.
Our science editor, Jonathan Toker, traveled to the Galapagos Islands. Alas, he did not unearth the mystery of how triathletes evolved. But he did see some pretty neat stuff
This is the third article in our series on nutritional supplements testing and certification programs. The author is Jonathan Toker, an elite-level triathlete and a Ph.D. in organic chemistry.
Slowtwitch asked elite triathlete and Ph.D. biochemist Jonathan Toker (the popular SaltStick brand of products is his), to write on how and where nutritional supplements are made, with attention to ...
We asked Jonathan Toker, elite triathlete and a biochemist, to write on supplements and FDA guidance. Jonathan received a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from The Scripps Research Institute in 2001. The ...
