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Sucralose, Hazardous or Innocent? A Review of the Review - Part I: Glucose, Insulin & GLP1 | Sucralose & Diabetes?

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Sweet, low and unhealthy? Is sucralose as bad as a recent review would suggest? I guess I could say "I've written more than enough about artificial sweeteners!" and simply ignore the sensational press release about the "bioactivity" of this increasingly common artificial sweetener you've read on the SuppVersity Facebook News, yesterday ( check it out ). In view of the fact that most of my previous artificial sweetener articles revolved around a possible impact on body weight / insulin sensitivity, ca. 90% of the claims in the press release are actually "news" - even for SuppVersity readers. Ample reason to take another, closer look at the study outcome and analyze both the "real" results, what the press release made of it and whether or not the panic that's already spreading on the Internet is warranted. First things first: What are we talking about? As the press release informs us, an "extensive review published by Taylo...
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Phospholipid or Triglyceride? What's in Your Fish Oil Caps? Only Phospholipid Based DHA+EPA Reduces Fat Cell Growth & Elevated Insulin Levels Despite Obesogenic Diet

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Image 1 (Liliyu. 2007): Look no further, DHA+EPA in phospholipid form can be found right around the corner in the salmon-sashimi at your favorite sushi restaurant, for example. I guess you will already have heard about the "huge quality differences" of different fish oil products, the manufacturers of the more expensive products usually use to justify the price difference to the average no-name fish oil cap from your favorite bulk supplier. You may also remember a previous SuppVersity post on the obviously over-blown problem with oxidized (=rancid) fish oil (see " Some Things Fishy: Oxidized Fish Oil Totally Benign!? "), which - much to the researchers' own surprise, worked just as well as regular, fresh fish oil (Ottestad. 2011). What you will probably not have thought about before, however, is the triglyceride to phospholipid ratio of your fish oil caps (Note: While there are intact phospholipids in raw or barely cooked fish, it is almost certain that mos...
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