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Nutrition Research Update: Stem Cell Treatment For Type II Diabetes, Probiotics and Weight Loss Reviewed (Twice) and D-Xylose Sweet Poison for Superfluous Body Fat

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With the right diet and lifestyle, stem cell treatments, probiotic supplements or xylose-laden "functional foods" wouldn't be necessary in the first place. You're probably used to it, but I am in the mood for bragging: The SuppVersity  is where you'll read about the latest nutrition, exercise and supplement related studies first. In research updates like the one today, I am trying to provide a little more information than in the SV Facebook News , though, where I usually stick only to the main results of studies that have just been published or at least accepted for publication. In today's installment of what I often call the " Short News ", I will discuss three papers that are going to be published in one of the next issues of the peer-reviewed scientific journal Nutrition News . Studies dealing with a pre-clinical, but promising stem cell therapy for diabetics, the verdict on probiotic supplements (including my evaluation of the scientists...
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Reduced Fat Gain, Improved Glucose & Lipid Metabolism on Obesogenic Diet Make D-Xylose a Good Sugar-Replacement

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If you are looking for sugar-replace-ments, D-Xylose may be the "new kid on the sugar-block" you may be interested in. It has a lower energy content than sugar, acts as a sugar blocker and has prebiotic effects. "Xylose (cf. Greek ξύλον, xylon, "wood") is a sugar first isolated from wood, and named for it. Xylose is classified as a monosaccharide of the aldopentose type, which means that it contains five carbon atoms and includes a formyl functional group. It is derived from hemicellulose, one of the main constituents of biomass and is abundant in corn cobs, coconuts, seed hulls, and straw (Horton. 1995). Like most sugars, it can adopt several structures depending on conditions. With its free carbonyl group, it is a reducing sugar". That's what Wikipedia knows about a monsaccharide that has less than 70% the sweetness of regular sugar and Xylose contains the equivalent of 2.4 calories of energy per gram. Now, in isolation, this probably doesn...
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