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

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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...
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Stevia - More Than Super Sweet: More Scientific Evidence, More Potential Implications for Weight Loss & -Maintenance, Anti-Diabetic & -Autoimmune and Even Pro-Anabolic Effects

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Image 1: Stevia is sweeter than sugar, healthier than sugar and could even help reverse some of the damage sugar may already have done to your pancreas. I know that a few of you were almost furious, when I had the audacity to mention the case-report on the pro-cortisol effects of stevia in the On Short Notice post on Saturday, August 18, 2012 ; and though I did emphasize that this was most likely something like an allergic reaction and/or an issue with solvents, heavy metals ( click here for data on heavy metals in stevia leaves; based on Das. 2012), or whatever else may have been in the specific stevia product the lady used; I suspect that you will like today's blogpost which is basically an update on the beneficial effects stevia could have on your overall and metabolic health, much better. So what's the latest about stevia, then? Previous studies have already hinted at the fact that the benefits of the use of stevia go well beyond a mere reduction in energy intake...
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Mercury, From Fish to Toenail; Less Testosterone Needed W/ TRT + Tongkat Ali; R,R-Monatin the Next Stevia From South Africa! Plus: Magnesium Protects Mitochondria from LPS & Caffeine Arteries from HIIT Induced Platelet Activity!

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Image 1: Looks like the Terminator was concerned about "bone" health, maybe he should consider Tonkgat ali as an addition to his TRT... or whatever regimen;-) If you want to, you can call today's news a special installment of " On Short Notice " , I have already had a couple of interesting news and before I am piling up another truckload, I thought I could make at least some of you happy and put a handful of them out before the Super Human Radio & SuppVersity Science Round-Up on Thursday (you better make time to listen live , Thursday, 12PM/EST and download the first installment if you haven't done so, already ;-) and the "official" Saturdaily installment of " On Short Notice " , here at the SuppVersity . So let's see what we have here: Contrary to the order in the headline we will check out your toenails later, after all, I don't know what they look like and don't want to kill your appetite so that you cannot f...
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