John D. Fernstrom, PhD, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine This seminar is part of a seminar series supported by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Nutrition Obesity Research Center and Department of Nutrition Sciences. John Fernstrom, from the University...
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ATLANTA (October 30, 2014) —A recent study has concluded that low-calorie sweeteners, including sucralose, are not associated with increased cravings. In the study, researchers set out to determine if low-calorie sweeteners would cause increased sweet cravings when compared to sugar. They conducted four separate experiments, each with around 400 participants....
Read More ATLANTA (October 24, 2012) — Over 200 studies have demonstrated the safety of aspartame, and nutrition experts and regulatory bodies world-wide continue to reaffirm that the low-calorie sweeteners such as aspartame are safe for all populations. Aspartame is one of the most thoroughly studied food ingredients in the food supply. In fact,...
Read More A new study which claims that fructose may play a unique role in the development of obesity and diabetes is limited by several study flaws, including contradicting research, exaggerated consumption levels, small sample size and reliance on animal research. In the 21-person study “Fructose ingestion acutely stimulates circulating FGF21 levels...
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ATLANTA (October 16, 2014) — A new study which claims that fructose may play a unique role in the development of obesity and diabetes is limited by several study flaws, including contradicting research, exaggerated consumption levels, small sample size and reliance on animal research. In the 21-person study “Fructose ingestion acutely stimulates...
Read More A new study of more than 1,600 people has concluded that fructose is not associated with the development of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).* Participants in this study were from the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study (HBCS) which included 8,760 people born in one hospital between 1934 and 1944 and were...
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