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Time to stop discriminating against low-calorie (#LCS) or artificial sweeteners as a category, time to start considering the molecule and subject-dependence of these substances and to get the research back on track. Not sure if this article will achieve the latter but if you  realize that generalizations are misplaced when it comes to alleged sugar-alternatives are unwarranted that would be an educational success worth celebrating for the SuppVersity , as well. Still on schedule! As promised last week, I will continue to do my very best to supply you with at least one in-depth exercise, nutrition, and supplementation article per week again. Worked out last week, worked out this week, will work out next week - promise ;-) -- With that being said, you may look forward to a 2020 research update on the use(fulness) of artificial sweeteners that will hopefully add some color to your perspective on 'artificial sweeteners' as a category and the vast, in many cases dubitable re-sea...

It's about time for some nutrition science news. For today's installment of the # ShortNews , I've picked two hitherto unpublished studies the main results of which have been presented recently as part of the  Proceedings of the Nutrition Society  Summer Meeting . The studies by Carr et al. and Maher et al. deal with the metabolic effects of two dietary nutrients you'll all be familiar with: protein and medium-chain triglycerides aka MCTs. Learn more about building muscle and strength while losing fat with www.suppversity.com Acutely Increased Hormones Don't Grow Muscle? Protein vs. Carbs 4 Glycogen, BFR & Recovery ... Pre-Exhaustion Exhausts Your Growth Potential Exercise not Intensity Variation for Max. Gains Battle the Rope to Get Both, Ripped and Strong Study Indicates Cut the Volume Make the Gains! With both of them being conducted in healthy, normal-weight individuals and the use of sophisticated measuring equipment (eg. meta...

ADF -esque diet strategy w/ dieting vs. fasting works for "athletes", too. Intermittent fasting in its various incarnation (aka "lean gains" = 6/18, "every-other-day", "2-3 weekly fasting days, etc.) are getting more and more popular and science shows: # Fasting is probably not just a fad. In fact, the number of RCTs to confirm beneficial effects on body composition, inflammation, heart and brain health, etc. increases by the day. The latest addition to the accumulating research has just been published in the Journal of the ISSN ; although, technically speaking it is rather an alternate days dieting regimen with a comparatively mild deficit of 33%. In their paper, Victoria Pons et al. ( 2018 ) aimed to "evaluate the effects of every-other-day feeding CR interventions on the body composition and physical performance parameters (during maximal exercise tests) of well-trained athletes" (Pons 2018). Learn more about fasting at the Sup...

In contrast to the often-asked krill vs. fish oil question, the issue of PUFA vs. SFA seems to be resolved. At least if we focus on replacing SFA with N-6-PUFA well-controlled RCTs don't show a benefit. If studies are interesting, but there's not enough to dissect for a full SuppVersity  article, they make it to the short news . Today's installment is a nutrition research update and it deals with (1) the often-asked question whether there's a health- or performance-relevant difference between fish and krill oil , (2) the often-heard advice to replace saturated fats in your diet with omega-6 fats to improve your heart health, an advice of which a new meta-analysis shows quite cleverly that it's an artefact due to the inclusion of insufficiently controlled studies, and (3) using the low-FODMAP diet in athletes to reduce gastrointestinal problems that range from burping to diarrhea. Learn more about various topics at the SuppVersity Apples a day + Lot's...

Can you pump them up w/ silicon and to negate their atherosclerotic effects!?  In today's installment of the Nutrition Research Update in the Short News , I am going to tackle three studies that deal with the surprisingly pronounced, yet practically potentially irrelevant benefits of eating a high protein breakfast, silicon... not in breasts, but sausages as a means to protect you from heart disease and the fact that calories count  so much that even on a "healthy diet" only those who eat in moderation will age healthily. That sounds interesting? Fine! I am not going to waste any more time and will fast forward to the first study... Read more short news  on various topics here at the SuppVersity Exercise Research Uptake Nov '14 1/2 Exercise Research Uptake Nov '14 2/2 Nutrition and (Anti-)Aging News Special Exercise Supplementation Quickie Exercise Research Uptake Jan 12, 2015 Read the Latest Ex. Science Update Breakfasts Higher in P...