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Sucralose: Study Seems to Confirm Pro-Diabetic Effects (-18% Reduced Insulin Sensitivity in 2 Weeks) of Realistic Amounts of Sucralose in Humans - What's the Verdict?

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What's the verdict on sucralose? You will have read it in the SuppVersity news on Facebook ( Sunday, September 16, 2018 ): Scientists from the  Unidad de Investigación en Enfermedades Metabólicas, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán  in Mexico City are the first to present  somewhat convincing evidence that the insulin sensitivity of healthy individuals can deteriorate (at least transiently) within only 14 days of consuming a high but realistic amount of sucralose (2.25mg/kg total) with every of your three main meals. Today, sucralose, which has been pulled from the diet drinks of the biggest players in the beverage industry, i.e. Pepsi and Coke (allegedly because people didn't like it - conspiracy theorists listen up ;-), is still used in selected diet drinks, diet sodas, flavored iced teas, fruit-flavored waters, hot chocolate, as well as various sweetened condiments, dairy products, chewing gums, candy and your supplements ...
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Protein & Veggies First, Carbs Later: New Study Highlights Significance of Nutrient Order for Glycemia & Insulinemia

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If you have problems with postprandial glucose and insulin excursions, you should consider picking your burgers apart to be able to eat the carbs 10 minutes after you devoured the proteins and veggies... and yes, it's likely you'll skip the bun and reduce your overall energy intake, as well. If you're following my friend Alex Leaf  on Facebook, you will have heard about the role of "nutrient order" (that's not " nutrient timing ") as an important determinant of your postprandial glucose response. If you haven't heard about this, yet, let me briefly bring you up to speed: In a previous crossover study ( Shukla 2017 ) involving metformin-treated subjects with T2DM, the authors of the study that's at the center of today's SuppVersity article have already demonstrated that the ingestion of the protein and vegetable components (e.g. tomato, onion, and salad leaf + burger patty) of a given meal  10 minutes before  the carbohydrate component...
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Dairy and (Pre-)Diabetes - Re-Evaluated: It's Complicated -- Generally Protective Effects, Though (Risk Reduction ~40%)

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If you lump all forms of dairy together into the "total dairy" category, US citizens have a ~40% reduced risk of prediabetes when they consume more than 14 servings of dairy per week. And that's by no means the only novel insight from a recent study by USDA researchers... When women tell you "it's complicated" that's usually a sign you're in trouble. When scientists tell you "it's complicated", it's usually a smart version of telling you: "We don't know nothing, bro..." With that being said, I didn't find the line "it's complicated" in the latest paper by scientists from the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University  (Hruby 2017) and still I cannot shake the feeling that... you guessed it: "It's complicated" ;-) Yet even though it is obviously "complicated", the US dietary guidelines have consistently recommended 2–3 servings dairy/d for...
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