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Inulin, the Latest on a (Functional) Food Ingredient + Dietary Supplement: From Autoimmune to Metabolic Disease & Co

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Globe artichokes have the most highly polymerized inulin fibers. They can be served cooked or oven-roasted . The journal  Molecular Nutrition & Food Research  is probably food designers' favorite bedtime reading because the articles about various functional food ingredients inspire them to dream up ever-new [(dys-)functional)] food formulas you will soon find on the shelves at your local supermarket. With inulin, a fructose-based polysaccharide fiber, which is the object of several papers in the latest issue of said scientific journal, I want to address one of these ingredients that has already made it from bench to bedside... ah, I mean from bench to protein bars and other functional foods such as dairy products, frozen desserts, table spreads, baked goods and breads, breakfast cereals, fillings, dietetic products or chocolate for today's research update ... an update that focuses on beneficial effects, but won't conceal the potential issues people w/ FODMAP into...
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Banana Starch, a Natural Resistant Starch That May Help Obese + Lean Alike Get & Stay Lean & Insulin Sensitive

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Ripe or as in this case overripe bananas have little to no starch, green ones almost only starch and only little sucrose / fructose. It is well-known that people with higher intakes of resistant starches have a reduced risk of becoming obese, developing diabetes and hyperlipidemia. Studies also indicate that starchy carb lovers have overall lower insulin concentrations and an increased insulin sensitivity compared to the average junk-food eater (McKeown. 2002; Liese. 2004), whose low dietary fiber consumption is linked to a reduced in insulin sensitivity and inflammation (Parillo. 2004). What distinguishes whole grains and co from plain sugar, cornflakes and white bread is that they contain dietary fiber in its non-digestible form that is fermented in the colon, where the production short chain fatty acids (SCFA | learn more ) triggers many of the well-established health benefits by direct and indirect effects on the gut-endocrine axis (Topping. 2001). You can learn more abou...
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Walnuts, Beans & Cacao - Anti-Cancer, Anti-Colitis, Anti-Diabetes (Super-)Foods that May Fail the Reality Check

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Walnuts, cacao and beans, 3 superfoods that are super only in super-high quantities. Today's SuppVersity Food Science Research Update is all about three so-called "superfoods". It's an article from which you cannot just learn that walnuts, beans and cacao are "superfoods" as they protect you from cancer, improve your gut health and ameliorate diabetes. It's yet also an article that puts the (rodent) science into perspective. A perspective you won't see taken very often, because it has the "superfoods" look much less "super" than they appear to be without a reality check. Read more short news at the SuppVersity Exercise Research Uptake Nov '14 1/2 Exercise Research Uptake Nov '14 2/2 Weight Loss Supplements Exposed Exercise Supplementation Quickie Squat 4 Min B4 Workout, Chains & Bands + More Read the Latest Ex. Science Update Dietary walnut suppression of colorectal cancer in mice: Media...
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Performance Enhancing Gut Microbes - First Study to Show: Having (The Right?) Gut Bugs Doubles Exercise Endurance

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Yogurt & Co are good for athletes. But is this due to the bacteria? As a regular here at the SuppVersity , you are well aware of the far-reaching effects of having the "right" or "wrong" bacteria in your tummy. The claim that having the "right" bacterial make-up in the gut could have beneficial effects on your performance in the gym or on the track is something you should not believe too credulously. If we had a study to prove these benefits, things would be different, though - a study like the one a group of researchers from the National Taiwan Sport University are about to publish in the scientific bible of resistance training, the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research (Hsu. 2014). In said study which is still available only as an accepted manuscript, Hsu et al. investigated the association of intestinal bacteria and exercise performance in specific pathogen-free (SPF), germ-free (GF), and Bacteroides fragilis (BF) gnotobiotic...
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They Dictate What You Like, They Dictate What You Crave and They May Even Determine Whether You're Lean or Fat: The Bacteria in the Gut - The Latest Evidence Reviewed

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The alien inside - billions of bacteria in your gut interact with your central nervous system and take command over your metabolism and - probably - even about what you want to put into your mouth. Wouldn't it be great if it was not your lack of willpower and your unhealthy food choices that were to blame for the potbelly you're carrying around? Wouldn't it be awesome if you could blame your misery on someone else? And wouldn't it be best if that someone was a dirty little microbe in your gut? Someone who cannot fight back, when you chose him as a scapegoat? That would be great, right? Well, in today's SuppVersity Article we're going to take a look at a bunch of studies and hypothesis that may actually allow you to find a new excuse for your inability to lose weight. But beware! While I wouldn't say that researchers who favor the "evolutionary conflict between host and microbes" theory as an alternative explanation for the ever-increasing ob...
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