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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 ...

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...

TMAO: Eggs, Meats and Your Cardio-Metabolic Health | You Can Sill Eat Eggs & Meat, If You Got 'the Right Gut Bugs'

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The (ill) health effects of choline and its pre-cursor l-carnitine in animal products like eggs or (red) meats are probably mediated by a diet devoid of prebiotics... however, simply pounding more resistant starches, for example, seems to do more harm than good. If you have been following the SuppVersity  News on Facebook ( a must , btw ;-)), you will be aware of the "TMAO"-issue. If not, here's the gist: The ingestion of certain dietary nutrients - primarily choline, phosphatidylcholine, and its precursor l-carnitine can serve as a precursor for the ultimate generation of an atherogenic metabolite, trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO). TMAO, in turn, has been linked to all sorts of diseases, most prominently cardiovascular disease and the formation of atherosclerotic plaque. Unlike "fish odor disease", the choline/CVD link is unrelated to  your genes : DNA-Fit: Train Acc. to 'ur Genes Is Laziness Built Into 'ur Genes? Keep Muscle While Dieting...

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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