tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44472491235196583472024-03-16T08:08:59.659+01:00SuppVersity - Nutrition and Exercise Science for EveryoneWhere BRO- and PRO-Science Unite in the Spirit of True WisdomAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-45813533335336684942020-02-08T02:27:00.002+01:002020-02-08T02:27:44.959+01:00The Latest on Artificial Sweeteners: #Sucralose Good for the Lean, Bad for the Obese? #Acesulfame-K, the Healthier Alternative? As If! Plus: There's All Wrong w/ the Research
Time to stop discriminating against low-calorie (#LCS) or artificial sweeteners as a category, time to start considering the molecule and subject-dependence of these substances and to get the research back on track. Not sure if this article will achieve the latter but if you realize that generalizations are misplaced when it comes to alleged sugar-alternatives are unwarranted that would beAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-30395170820491688802019-04-22T13:53:00.000+02:002019-04-22T16:01:00.021+02:00The Case Against Saccharin: Weight Gain in 12-Wk Human Study Only W/ 1st Gen. Sweetener or Sucrose | Plus: Have You Noticed That Coke 'Secretly' Pulled it Only Recently?
I had to change both, article and thumbnail repeatedly. Initially, I realized that the EU coke ZERO formula contained saccharin, while the US version didn't, then I checked on the official website and found (a) 'Zero' is no longer officially sold in Germany and the follow-up "Zero Sugar" doesn't contain saccharin in the US & EU 😲
If you follow the SuppVersity and/or myself on Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-63778809362631343862016-11-13T03:50:00.000+01:002016-11-13T04:10:17.139+01:00Sweeteners in the Real World: 12% Increase in GLP-1 and Non-Significant Effects on Insulin W/ Diet Soda From Well-Known Brands and Seltzer + NNS Control - Implications?
Drinking diet soda now and then is certainly not going to harm you.
Everyone knows that "[n]on-nutritive sweeteners (NNS), especially in form of diet soda, have been linked to metabolic derangements (e.g. obesity and diabetes) in epidemiologic studies" (Sylvetsky. 2016). What only SuppVersity readers know is that experimental evidence to prove that the associations between obesity and Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-91776245562013274562015-07-23T16:09:00.000+02:002015-07-26T19:28:53.801+02:00Anti-Microbial Effects of Artificial Sweeteners in Humans - 2/3rds of a Can of Diet Coke May Have a Sign. Effect on the Gut Microbiome, but the Relevance is Questionable
2/3 of this can may suffice to make a difference. Whether this difference is (a) relevant or (b) irrelevant is yet as questionable as whether the changes the scientists observed will (i) have a negative (ii) a positive or (iii) no effect.
As a SuppVersity user you know that the whole craze about aspartam and sucralose is overblown. You will also know that any potential "pro-insulinogenic"Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-84288465415890451312015-04-10T12:25:00.000+02:002015-04-10T12:33:31.563+02:00Sweetener Update: Chronic Aspartame & Acesulfam-K Use Doesn't Mess W/ Your Microbiome | No Link Between Bad Lifestyle & Sweetener Use | No Good Advice from Dietitians
There's no scientific evidence that any of the various forms of "natural" sugar replacements like brown sugar & co would be better than artificial sweeteners.
Since artificial sweeteners their (non-existent) impact on insulin and, more recently, their effects of the gut microbiome are recurring topics in the Facebook messages I receive, I thought it may be nice to briefly summarize Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-49951234210030161722015-02-14T13:32:00.000+01:002015-08-29T05:00:09.870+02:00Appetite Physiology & Psychology Update: Stress, Cravings & Evening Binges, Aerobic Exercise, Acute & Long(er) Term Energy Consumption, Aspartame, Sweet & Energy Intake
Stress and hunger - The connection holds, particularly in the evening hours, being stressed may turn you into a fridge raider.
I have to say that the scientific journal Appetite published by Elsevier is becoming one of my favorite sources for relevant research on the actual grounds of the obesity epidemic, which are quite obviously of both physiological and psychological nature.
Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-91521231560136721762014-05-12T18:42:00.001+02:002014-05-12T18:46:03.403+02:00Artificial Sweetened Foods Promote, Not Hinder Fat(!) Loss. 1.2kg Body Fat in 70 Days By Eating Artificially Sweetened Products. Lower Hunger, Higher Fat Oxidation vs. Sucrose
Artificial sweeteners - Could they really be less toxic and obesogenic than half of the blogosphere has it? The study at hand suggests so, but its significance is limited..
The recently posted SuppVersity Classic "Sweet, But Not Innocent!? The Fattening Effects of the Non - Nutritive Sweeteners Erythritol & Aspartame Are On Par With Equally Sweet Sugar Water" (read more) has gotten quite Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-19848246921604340622014-04-07T17:15:00.001+02:002014-04-07T17:15:24.615+02:00Not All Artificial Sweeteners Are Created Equal: New Studies on Aspartame, Acesulfame-K & Combination of Saccharin + Neohesperidin Dihydrochalcone
It was about time for an artificial sweetener update, wasn't it?
Alright, I have to admit I am not following the artificial sweetener scene closely enough to have heard about SUCRAM, an artificial sweetener that is composed of saccharin (a classic) and neohepseridin dihydrochalcone, the new kid on the blog, which is yet not officially approved by either the FDA or it European equivalent o be Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-22785329072344050742013-11-18T17:29:00.001+01:002013-11-21T17:50:01.676+01:00Sugar Sweetened Beverages & Total Energy Intake: Studies Suggest That Normal-, Overweight & Obese Women CAN Compensate for 168 Additional Sugar Calories Per Day
Usually they are touted as the reason for weight gain: Sugar-containing soft drinks like the Scottish brew Irn Bru. In the study at hand, however, they helped 41 obese women lose weight - how come?
Despite the fact that it is not the first of it's kind, I decided that the paper Roy Nelson sent me the a couple of days ago may still be worth being covered in a brief article. Marie Reid and her Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-11085042594113338992013-10-21T16:28:00.000+02:002013-10-22T08:36:50.630+02:00Sweet, But Not Innocent!? The Fattening Effects of the Non - Nutritive Sweeteners Erythritol & Aspartame Are On Par With Equally Sweet Sugar Water
I just hope that today's SuppVersity article is not going to cause scenes like this, because when it all said and done it may be less likely, but not impossible that it is (for whatever vexed reason) still aspartame that caused the negative effects observed in the study at hand.
It is one of the recurring motifs here at the SuppVersisty and at the same time one of the most popular issues of Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-23198989881387104602013-07-07T16:58:00.001+02:002013-07-07T17:05:38.923+02:00Aspartame, a Cancer Protective Brain Toxin? Is There a Hormetic Threshold for the Consumption of the Dreaded Artificial Sweetener? Plus: What Do We Know, Anyway?
The beauty ideals have changed over the years. Coke, however, is still there. But are we going to say the same about the aspartame in diet coke 50 years from today? I don't think so - regardless of what the science says...
Artificial sweeteners are one of the "hot topics" here at the SuppVersity and I am already looking forward to the upheaval today's post on aspartame is probably going to Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-85069998134630263892013-05-31T16:03:00.001+02:002013-09-26T16:42:29.669+02:00Science Round-Up Seconds: The Pro-Insulinogenic Effect of Artificial Sweeteners + Mechanisms & Consequences
Would having your coffee with splenda instead of sugar make this cookie even more hazardous for your glucose metabolism and what about your waistline?
If you've listened to yesterday's installment of the science Round-Up your are probably already in the know of the most important facts about the "pro-insulinogenic" effects of sucralose and how it is (a) neither sure what exactly is causing Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-37955573530233855692012-09-14T17:54:00.002+02:002012-09-15T06:44:57.538+02:00Aspartame's Anti-Insulinogenic Effects During a Workout; Optimal Protein Intake on a Diet is Relative. Plus: Folate Fortification, Spirulia, Succinate, Sucrose, Pork Brain & the Low Cholesterol-Suicide Connection Reviewed!
Unbelievable: The results of the latest study from the University of Western Sidney appear to suggest that you could keep your insulin levels at bay, if you mixed your sugary intra-workout supplement with aspartame-laden diet coke instead of water! The mechanism that's behind this phenomenon does yet still have to be elucidated.
You may be surprised to see a long headline, a long post and a Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-43583548372694491742012-05-01T17:51:00.000+02:002012-05-04T07:53:24.936+02:00Sweeter Than Your Tongue Allows: No-Calorie Sweeteners Disrupt Early Response to Glucose Ingestion, Reduce GLP-1 Expression and Could Thus Promote Overeating
Image 1: Do you remember your first "splendid" experience with saccharine? Disgustingly sweet, right? If that changed over time, this study is for you!
It is one of those never-ending debates: Do artificial sweeteners raise insulin? If you are a regular, here at the SuppVersity you will be aware that none of them exhibits significant satiety effects (cf. "The Unsatieting Truth about ArtificialAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-4649357713525302332012-01-28T18:35:00.000+01:002012-01-29T08:31:14.250+01:00The Unsatiating Truth About Aspartame, Acesulfam K, Sucralose & Co: They Don't Induce Glucose or Insulin Spikes, But Do They Make You Hungry?
Image 1: If you plan to eat the stuff on the plate behind the coffee cup, I guess it does not really matter if you use sugar, fructose, Aspartame, Acesulfam K, Sucralose or everybody's new darling, stevia to sweeten the coffee ;-)
If there was a yearly top 10 list of the furiously and most passionately debated topics, in the health & fitness community, the issue of "artificial Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-5482976714813511092011-03-13T12:52:00.005+01:002011-03-13T13:04:05.609+01:00Caramel Coloring, E150D, or Coca Cola Brown: Not So Carcinogenic as Some People Would Have ItYou probably have read it in the NEWS: "Caramel Coloring in Cola carcinogenic!" Well, after yesterday's post on aspartame, I thought it might be advisable to have a closer look at this one, as well. After all, it suddenly appeared more likely that the sulfite ammonia caramel in your diet coke would kill you than the overly dreaded artificial sweetener aspartame.
Although almost none of the Adel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447249123519658347.post-86467411157908931772011-03-12T02:45:00.003+01:002011-03-12T07:45:10.987+01:00Diet Coke & Liver Damage? Long Term Very High Dose Aspartame Consumption Impairs Antioxidant Defense of Rat Livers.The ever-growing group of health conscious costumers is rightly very skeptical of artificial sweeteners in general and Aspartame in particular. A recent study (Abhilash. 2011) done by scientists from the Mahatma Gandhi University in Kottayam, Kerala, India, seems to rectify this attitude.
The scientists fed rats drinking water that contained either no, i.e. 0mg, 500mg or 1.000mg aspartame per kgAdel Moussahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282066708304898697noreply@blogger.com