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Artificial Sweetener Saccharin Increases Weight Gain in Rodent Study Without Increasing Food Intake | Plus: Meta-Analysis of Human Studies Says: "No Reason to Worry!"

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Should you freak out about a small increase in body weight in a small-scale rodent study that is attributed to the consumption of saccharin in yogurt? While epidemiological studies show that the consumption of products containing non-nutritive sweeteners (NNS) is associated with increased adiposity (Colditz. 1990; Fowler. 2008), type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease (Dhingra. 2007; Lutsey, Steffen. 2008). A mechanistic link between aspartame, sucralose, stevia & co and weight gain as well as its ill metabolic and cardiovascular consequences in humans is non-existent  ( learn more ). Rather than weight increases controlled human studies show that the consumption of artificially sweetened foods promote, not hinder the loss of body fat  (Sørensen. 2014). You can learn more about sweeteners at the SuppVersity Aspartame & Your Microbiome - Not a Problem? Will Artificial Sweeteners Spike Insulin? Sweeteners & ...
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Is »BAIBA« the Next Big Thing in Fat Loss Supplements? 24% Reduction in Fat Gain is an Impressive Number, But...

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Could BIBA be the active ingredient in a pill that solves your weight problems once and for all? Or is that too good be true? Beta-aminoisobutyric acid, aka BAIBA, is a natural catabolite of thymine. As with many other purported "next big things in fat loss supplements", early rodent studies suggest that it can significantly reduce body fatness through a mechanism that appears to involve increases in fatty acid oxidation (FAO) and reductions in de novo lipogenesis - in particular in the liver (Maisonneuve. 2003 & 2004; Begriche. 2008). As Karima Begrich et al. point out in a more recent review of the literature, "experimental evidence [... also] suggested that BAIBA could reduce body adiposity through increased leptin expression and secretion" (Begriche. 2010). Some people say that caffeine is the last real " fat burner " left on the market Remember: With Coffee More Won't Help More Coffee - The Good, Bad & Interesting Three C...
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Cardio After Weights! Doing Resistance Before Endurance Training Has More Beneficial Effects on Leptin, Cortisol, Testosterone and Body Composition in Young Men

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I can almost guarantee that the results of this study are not sex-specific. Ladies, pick up the weights fater you hit the treadmill, stairmaster, elliptical or other torture instrument you like to use! It has been a while since the last study on exercise order (cardio or weights first) has been published. Now, scientists from the University of Kurdistan  have conducted another study to investigate the effects of intrasession sequencing of concurrent resistance and endurance training on the serum leptin, testosterone, cortisol responses and body composition in obese men. And don't worry, we are not talking about useless acute-phase data that shows no correlation with either strength or muscle gains, or fat loss (West. 2012). Sheikholeslami-Vatani and colleagues conducted an eight-week study on thirty obese young male students without continuous exercise history (age: 23.2±1.4 year, BMI: 31.8±1.6 kg/m²). You can learn more about the optimal exercise order at the SuppVersity...
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The Overfeeding Overview: High Fat, Carb, Protein, MCTs, Leptin, Testosterone, T3 & Reverse T3 - Get an Overview of the Consequences of Short- & Long-Term Overfeeding

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High fat + high carbohydrate foods like mini doughnuts are exactly what you should not eat on a refeed day, let alone during weeks of bulking. Do you want to know what happens during days and weeks of gluttony? How the effects "bulking" will have on your body weight and composition, depending on where those extra calories come from? Have you wondered what the optimal nutrient composition on refeed days may look like? And are you concerned about the potential the health consequences of bulking? Yes? In this case, I would suggest you take a closer look at the following overview of the research. An overview that is probably not complete, but it should suffice to provide preliminary answers to the aforementioned questions. Learn more about the effects of your diet on your health at the SuppVersity Only Whey, Not Soy Works for Wheytloss Taste Matters - Role of the Taste Receptors Protein Satiety Shoot-Out: Casein vs. Whey How many Carbs Before Fat is Unhea...
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