An article “Gut Microbial Adaptation to Dietary Consumption of Fructose Artificial Sweeteners and Sugar Alcohols: Implications for host-microbe interactions contributing to obesity,” fails to show that fructose and low-calorie sweeteners contribute to obesity. The authors hypothesized that consuming fructose or low-calorie sweeteners could disrupt the environment where food is digested...
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ATLANTA (August 1, 2012) — An article “Gut Microbial Adaptation to Dietary Consumption of Fructose Artificial Sweeteners and Sugar Alcohols: Implications for host-microbe interactions contributing to obesity,” fails to show that fructose and low-calorie sweeteners contribute to obesity. The authors hypothesized that consuming fructose or low-calorie sweeteners could disrupt the...
Read More Dietary fructose, carbohydrates, glycemic indices and pancreatic cancer risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies. Aune D, Chan DS, Vieira AR et al. Dietary fructose, carbohydrates, glycemic indices and pancreatic cancer risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies. Ann Oncol Apr. 26 2012. The review and...
Read More A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Controlled Feeding Trials Vanessa Ha, John L. Sievenpiper, Russell J. de Souza, Laura Chiavaroli, D. David Wang, Adrian I. Cozma, Arash Mirrahimi, Matthew E. Yu, Amanda J. Carleton, Marco Dibuono, Alexandra L. Jenkins, Lawrence A. Leiter, Thomas M.S. Wolever, Joseph Beyene, Cyril W.C. Kendall,...
Read More March 2012 Findings presented in a review study titled “A systematic review on the effect of sweeteners on glycemic response and clinically relevant outcomes” examining the efficacy of sweeteners in relation to clinical outcomes is restrained with regards to positive findings and full of speculation, not supported by scientific evidence....
Read More Underpowered and unphysiologic design weakens fructose Abdelmalek MF, Lazo M, Horska A, Bonekamp S, Lipkin EW, Balasubramanyam A, Bantle JP, et al. Underpowered and unphysiologic design weakens fructose—ATP/NAFLD associations. Hepatology. 2012 In “Underpowered and unphysiologic design weakens fructose—ATP/NAFLD associations,” Abdelmalek et al.1 assessed fructose as a risk factor for NAFLD...
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