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Artificial sweeteners have toxic effects on gut microbes

October 10, 2018 by Captain Organic Planet Leave a Comment

Artificial sweeteners have toxic effects on gut microbes

FDA-approved artificial sweeteners and sport supplements were found to be toxic to digestive gut microbes, according to a new paper published in Molecules by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. The collaborative study indicated relative toxicity of six artificial sweeteners (aspartame, sucralose, saccharine, neotame, advantame, and acesulfame […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: acesulfame potassium-k, advantame, artificial sweetener, aspartame, neotame, soft drinks, sucralose, sugar

Diabetes App Forecasts Blood Sugar Levels

January 5, 2018 by Captain Organic Planet Leave a Comment

Diabetes App Forecasts Blood Sugar Levels

Columbia University researchers have developed a personalized algorithm that predicts the impact of particular foods on an individual’s blood sugar levels. The algorithm has been integrated into an app, Glucoracle, that will allow individuals with type 2 diabetes to keep a tighter rein on their glucose levels — the key to preventing or controlling the […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: blood, blood sugar, diabetes, diet, Food, Glucoracle, sugar, type 2 diabetes

Serious Health Risks Associated With Energy Drinks

November 20, 2017 by Captain Organic Planet Leave a Comment

Serious Health Risks Associated With Energy Drinks

A new review of current scientific knowledge on energy drinks finds their advertised short-term benefits can be outweighed by serious health risks — which include risk-seeking behavior, mental health problems, increased blood pressure, obesity and kidney damage. The study, published in Frontiers in Public Health, also highlights the worrying trend of mixing energy drinks with alcohol. […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: alcohol, blood pressure, caffeine, drink, drinks, energy drinks, obesity, sugar

Professor And Her Students May Have Found A Cure For Lyme Disease

July 18, 2017 by Captain Organic Planet Leave a Comment

Professor And Her Students May Have Found A Cure For Lyme Disease

Could a common sweetener that’s already in the kitchen cupboards in many American homes — stevia — prove to be an effective treatment for a disease as debilitating and persistent as Lyme disease? It’s too early to say that for sure, but research by Eva Sapi, a University of New Haven professor of cellular and molecular […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Borrelia, disease, Lyme disease, Stevia, study, sugar

Is Soda Bad For Your Brain? (And Is Diet Soda Worse?)

July 18, 2017 by Captain Organic Planet Leave a Comment

Is Soda Bad For Your Brain? (And Is Diet Soda Worse?)

Americans love sugar. Together we consumed nearly 11 million metric tons of it in 2016, according to the US Department of Agriculture, much of it in the form of sugar-sweetened beverages like sports drinks and soda. Now, new research suggests that excess sugar—especially the fructose in sugary drinks—might damage your brain. Researchers using data from the Framingham Heart […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Alzheimers, beverage, brain, diabetes, diet soda, high fructose corn syrup, soda, stroke, study, sucralose, sugar

The New Health Rules: Simple Changes to Achieve Whole-Body Wellness

September 25, 2016 by Captain Organic Planet Leave a Comment

The New Health Rules: Simple Changes to Achieve Whole-Body Wellness

The New Health Rules: Simple Changes to Achieve Whole-body Wellness. It’s a personal compendium of integrative health’s wisest mantras. Inspired by the needs of time-pressed patients and their fast-paced lives, co-author Danielle Claro and Frank Lipman, M.D., have assembled 100+ of my most memorable integrative health tips and paired them with more than 80 lush photographs. And […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: book, fat, health, nutrients, sugar

Biological Effects Of Popular Artificial Sweetener Sucralose

April 10, 2016 by Captain Organic Planet Leave a Comment

Biological Effects Of Popular Artificial Sweetener Sucralose

The artificial sweetener sucralose is a biologically active compound according to an extensive review published by Taylor & Francis in the recent issue of Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part B: Critical Reviews. “Sucralose, A Synthetic Organochlorine Sweetener: Overview Of Biological Issues” authored by Susan S. Schiffman, PhD, an internationally known sweetener researcher and Kristina […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Splenda, sucralose, sugar, sweetener

DIEt Soda Raises Risk Of Diabetes

February 12, 2013 by Captain Organic Planet Leave a Comment

DIEt Soda Raises Risk Of Diabetes

Diet soda has been linked to a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes than regular soda sweetened with an average of 8 teaspoons of sugar per can. Whether the risk is related to the artificial sweetener aspartame or some other factor, has yet to be determined. A study of French women, published in the current issue of the American Journal of Clinical […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: aspartame, diabetes, diet, disease, drink, drinks, soda, soft drink, study, sugar, sweetener

Hard Sell To Drop Soft Drinks

November 24, 2012 by Captain Organic Planet Leave a Comment

Hard Sell To Drop Soft Drinks

Soda/pop/soft drinks, whatever you choose to call them, are bad for you! Food colorings, preservatives, empty calories, obesity, yellow teeth, decreased bone density, spikes in blood sugar and increased cancer risk are some negative effects of drinking soda. Why continue to drink this toxic substance on a daily basis? How does drinking soft drinks affect […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: aspartame, caffeine, cancer, diabetes, diet, diet soda, drink, drinks, Food, HFCS, soda, sugar

Sugar Helps Cancer Grow More Quickly, Study Finds

January 22, 2012 by Captain Organic Planet Leave a Comment

Sugar Helps Cancer Grow More Quickly, Study Finds

Pancreatic cancers use the sugar fructose, very common in the Western diet, to activate a key cellular pathway that drives cell division, helping the cancer grow more quickly, a study by researchers at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has found. Although it is widely known that cancers use glucose, a simple sugar, to fuel their […]

Filed Under: Cancer Tagged With: cancer, diet, HFCS, high fructose corn syrup, sugar

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