Posts

Showing posts with the label blood sugar

Popular topics

Show more

Green Tea Extract Reduces the Amount of Insulin You Need to Store Your PWO Carbs by ~20% + Discussed: What are the Potential Benefits During Bulking and Cutting?

Written by | published on
Image
The beneficial effects of green tea won't occur if you just put some GTE into your post-workout shake... well, at least they didn't occur in response to acute supplementation in the study at hand, where 3x350mg/d consumed for 7 days before a std. exercise + oral glucose tolerance test  did the insulin lowering trick. While green tea has a record of promoting the metabolic and overall health of the obese and sick, its benefits in healthy individuals are still an object of ongoing research. Research such as the latest study from the McMaster University, in which Brian J. Martin et al. (2016) evaluated the effect of supplementation with green tea extract (GTE) on the plasma glucose kinetics of eleven healthy, sedentary men (21±2 y; BMI=23±4 kg/m², VO2peak=38±7 ml/kg/min; mean±SD). Now, this alone would probably not be SuppVersity  newsworthy, but  unlike other studies that assessed the effects of GTE on glucose management, Martin's study tested the effec...
Read full article »

Paleo Goes "Real Science" - First Meta-Analysis of Available RCTs Shows Improvements in Health + Body Composition

Written by | published on
Image
The good thing about paleo is that you can eat a broad range of foods. An advantage that makes paleo versatile and tasty enough to adhere to. I know that I will probably have annoyed some of you by implicitly calling "paleo" non-scientific. If we are honest, though, the whole paleo concept is based on extrapolating data from modern hunter gatherer populations, infusing them with a minimal amount of real evidence of what our ancestors ate and mixing that with the intrinsically flawed assumption that the way our ancestors ate (which was 100% opportunistic and 0% "optimized") was the optimal way for us to eat... and no, I am not going to apologize for what some of you may consider an assault on respected scientists who have published more than a dozen of papers which constitute the theoretical backbone of an experimentally still mostly unverified, but promising approach to "healthy dieting". Meat is an essential part of the "paleo diet" | Lea...
Read full article »

Is Low Blood Sugar Obesogenic? Hypoglycemic Episodes Characteristic of Weight Loss Plateaus & Weight Regain - What to Do? Diet, Sleep, Exercise & Mental Work Matter

Written by | published on
Image
Tip: Restore your muscle and liver glycogen after workouts and before long fasts to ensure a smooth transition from glucose to fat utilization. In view of the diabetes pandemic it sounds stupid, when J-P Chaput and A Tremblay write that low blood sugar levels could contribute to the ever-increasing obesity rates in the US and other Western countries. Their reasoning, however, is sound: An increase in blood glucose concentrations results in increased feelings of satiety whereas a drop in blood glucose concentrations has the opposite effect. Chronically low levels of glucose, as well as the glucose excursions we see in the few (still) healthy people after shoveling down packages of twinkies and dingdongs, would thus precipitate overeating and eventually obesity and diabetes. Use alternatives to sugar sweetened beverages if you want to stabilize your blood glucose! Unsatiating Truth About Sweeteners? Will Artificial Sweeteners Spike Insulin? Sweeteners & the Gu...
Read full article »

Stevia - Natural Sweetener With Anti-Diabetes + Anti-Obesity Effects? Research Update: GLP-1, Insulin, Glucose Transport and Uptake, Inflammation, Bitterness & Safety

Written by | published on
Image
Stevia is certainly one of the best choices to use as a sweetening agent. It is yet important to point out that this has nothing to do with the fact that it is "natural" - as "natural" as the white stevioside powder ism anyway. You may remember from the Facebook News that Ripken et al. reported in a recent paper in the  Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (2014) that Stevia will stimulate the release of the satiety (and pro-metabolic) hormones GLP-1 and PYY in the stomach of our (digestion- & nutrition-wise) next relatives, the pigs. The results Ripken et al. presented about 3 weeks ago are yet only the tip of a whole heap of studies of which Nabilatul Hani Mohd-Radzman and colleagues believe that it is sufficient to postulate that the Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni plant "could benefit the community medicinally through several different pathways, all eventually leading to its antihyperglycemic qualities." (Mohd-Radzman. 2014) You can lea...
Read full article »

SuppVersity World Cup Special: What Football Can Do For Your Health & Performance Now & As You Age - It's Better for Heart & Bones (!) Than Lifting

Written by | published on
Image
Soccer! For Young & Old, Heart & Bones, Blood Sugar & Body Fat Now & Beyond World Cup 2012 Ok, I have to admit, in spite of the fact that the World Cup starts today, I wouldn't have produced this article, if the editor(s) of the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports didn't have a similar idea and I wouldn't have "early view" access to a bunch of soon-to-be-published on the beneficial and not so beneficial effects of what I call "football" and most of you call "soccer". But enough of the prelude, let's take a look at what I have to report, here: Schmidt et al. present the amazing cardiovascular adaptations they observed in response to 4 and 12 months of football or strength training in 65- to 75-year-old untrained men. If you want to get fit fast, try HIIT | learn more at the SuppVersity Never Train To Burn Calories! Tabata = 14.2kcal /min ≠ Fat Loss 30s Intervals + 2:1 Work/Rec. Ma...
Read full article »
Disclaimer:The information provided on this website is for informational purposes only. It is by no means intended as professional medical advice. Do not use any of the agents or freely available dietary supplements mentioned on this website without further consultation with your medical practitioner.