tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032021663606908819.post1740267296240547513..comments2024-01-20T21:17:03.430-05:00Comments on "Sweetness, and Light": "I Feel like Crap",...againAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12914769586760504627noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032021663606908819.post-30909139064222217232014-09-19T21:59:44.136-04:002014-09-19T21:59:44.136-04:00Yes you're very correct about the danger fruit...Yes you're very correct about the danger fruit juices ice teas, and such pose to us with diabetes. However you're also on the money about straight out fruit consumption.<br /><br />I'm chowing down on peaches, and melons as I post!<br /><br />Good to hear from you again Kyo...miss you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12914769586760504627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032021663606908819.post-9611936253567100702014-09-19T21:05:52.726-04:002014-09-19T21:05:52.726-04:00this study points out that intestine microbes are ...this study points out that intestine microbes are killed when using artificial sweeteners. see url with my name, Kyo.<br /><br /><br />this is the juicy part.....<br /><br /><br />"Elinav then completed a controlled experiment to compliment the<br />observational data: He recruited seven healthy volunteers, ages 28-36, who<br />normally avoid artificial sweeteners, and told them to consume the maximum<br />amount of the FDA's acceptable daily intake of saccharine for a week (At 5<br />milligrams per kilogram of weight, that's like a 150-lb. person eating nine<br />packets of Sweet 'n Low, according to Greatist). Throughout the week,<br />researchers monitored their gut bacteria by examining their feces.<br /><br />After seven days, four out of seven participants had begun to develop<br />glucose intolerance. The evolution of their gut bacteria over the course of<br />the week might explain why. The people who became glucose intolerant had<br />"pronounced compositional changes" in their microbiota. Those changes could<br />have been in response to the artificial sweeteners, suggest the study<br />authors.<br /><br />We have an estimated 100 trillion bacteria in our intestines, and they<br />help us digest our food. But they don't just help break down our food;<br />emerging research like Elinav's links imbalances in gut bacteria to<br />conditions like obesity, Type 1 diabetes, celiac disease and Crohn's<br />disease, just to name a few.<br /><br />It could be that the key to managing or even preventing such illnesses is<br />catering to that bacteria, and in the case of obesity and diabetes, that<br />could mean avoiding artificial sweeteners.<br /><br />"Artificial sweeteners were extensively introduced into our diets with<br />the intention of reducing caloric intake and normalizing blood glucose<br />levels without compromising the human 'sweet tooth,'" write the study<br />authors. "Our findings suggest that [artificial sweeteners] may have<br />directly contributed to enhancing the exact epidemic that they themselves<br />were intended to fight."<br /><br />Of course, this study doesn't mean that plunging headfirst into drinks<br />with real sugar in them are any healthier -- the American Diabetes<br />Association recommends avoiding sugary drinks like sweet tea, juice, soda<br />and sports drinks altogether in order to prevent diabetes.<br /><br />May we suggest a piece of fruit to satisfy that sweet tooth?<br /><br />end<br /><br /><br />Kyohttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/18/artificial-sweeteners-gut-bacteria_n_5837646.htmlnoreply@blogger.com