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Freezing, Defrosting, Toasting, and Your Glucose Response to White Bread | Additives Ruin Part of the 30-37% Benefit

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Who would have thought that: More convenient, in the eyes of most people better tasting and still better for your blood glucose management: Take white bread from the freezer, defrost at room temperature overnight, and toast it for a 30% reduction in postprandial glycemia even if you're perfectly healthy! In the SuppVersity Kitchen Science article-series, I address questions that may have passed your mind when you've been cooking, doing the groceries, or looking at the photos of your favorite Insta-Foodies. Today's article addresses the reality of "Making white bread great(er) again!"  Or, shall I write "making the glucose excursions from eating white bread smaller again" - having more than 30% less glucose trickling into the blood of absolutely healthy subjects who were recruited for a study at the Oxford Brookes University ( Burton 2007 ).(three male and seven female) sounds "great", no? Review older articles about bread & co. and ...
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How Diabetics Can Benefit Tremendously From Vitamin C and What Else the 1st Studies from 2019 Teach Us About Ascorbic Acid, Cancer, Antibiotic Side Effects & 'ur Gainz

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Vitamin C ain't yellow, but it's not as black-and-white as it is portrayed on social media, these days. A couple of years ago, the #1 discussions about vitamin C one could have would usually address the following questions: "Does vitamin C prevent/treat the common cold?" and... (I still get this question, by the way) "Is ascorbic acid/manmade vitamin C bad for your health?" Don't worry, neither of these questions is going to be re-addressed in this short C-special (for the latter question, I suggest you re-read my article about 'natural' vs. 'synthetic' vitamins, here . Learn more about hormesis and how antioxidants can also impair your gains Anti-histamines, exercise and your metabolic health Even Ice-Baths Impair the Adapt. Process Vit C+E Impair Muscle Gains in Older Men C+E Useless or Detrimental for Healthy People Will ALA, Berberine & Co Ruin 'Ur Gainz? Antiox. & Health Benefits Don't Corre...
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Stretching Helps Glucose Control | Curcumin Limits Weight-Regain | Arachidonic Acid + Training = NOT Inflammatory

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About time for another installment of the SuppVersity Short News . Isn't it? Today: Stretching + Glycemia, Curcumin + Weight(-Re)Gain, ARA + Inflammation Have you been waiting for a new installment of the SuppVersity Short News ? Well, the waiting just ended. In today's installment, I will shed some light on the weight(re)gain-limiting effects of curcumin and their mechanistic underpinnings, (2) explain how post-prandial stretching may help you control your blood sugar surges, and (3) answer the question whether the (meanwhile hardly available) alleged muscle-building (pro-inflammatory) long-chain omega-6 fatty acid, arachidonic acid (ARA, yes that's the alleged evil twin brother to DHA and EPA), doesn't just improve the myogenic (=muscle promoting) gene response to exercise but will also ruin your health. Read about exercise- and nutrition-related studies in the SuppVersity Short News Alcohol, Microbes & International Chest Day Aug '15 Ex.Res. Upd.:...
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8 Wks W/ Weekly Fasting Day Trigger 6% Reduction of Body Fat % + Improved Mood on Follow Up | Plus: The Three Main Mechanisms Behind Intermittent Fasting's Health Benefits

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On fasting days <300ml of vegetable broth, juices or teas were OK. Since the title of the study already gives it away, I suggest that we address the phrase "non-randomized", which describes an essential characteristic of a recent 8-week study that was conducted by scientists from the Freie Universität Berlin  (Germany), right away. Yes, the study was designed as a non-randomized controlled clinical trial with two arms, involving healthy volunteers only. And yes, it is indeed very likely that the subjects who chose to be in the fasting group had a positive bias towards 'not eating' once a week... ...but hey, let's be honest: Isn't that the "real world"? I mean people who will subscribe to any form of intermittent fasting protocol usually do so voluntarily. The fact that the study was nonrandomized is thus in line with the authors' intention which was to "evaluate whether intermittent fasting is an effective preventive measure and wh...
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Dairy and (Pre-)Diabetes - Re-Evaluated: It's Complicated -- Generally Protective Effects, Though (Risk Reduction ~40%)

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If you lump all forms of dairy together into the "total dairy" category, US citizens have a ~40% reduced risk of prediabetes when they consume more than 14 servings of dairy per week. And that's by no means the only novel insight from a recent study by USDA researchers... When women tell you "it's complicated" that's usually a sign you're in trouble. When scientists tell you "it's complicated", it's usually a smart version of telling you: "We don't know nothing, bro..." With that being said, I didn't find the line "it's complicated" in the latest paper by scientists from the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University  (Hruby 2017) and still I cannot shake the feeling that... you guessed it: "It's complicated" ;-) Yet even though it is obviously "complicated", the US dietary guidelines have consistently recommended 2–3 servings dairy/d for...
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