A ‘pinch’ of mineral salts helps the noncaloric sweeteners go down
Perfect noncaloric replacements for sugar and high fructose corn syrup just don’t exist yet. For example, some alternatives have a lingering sweet aftertaste and lack a sugar-like mouthfeel, leaving consumers unsatisfied. Now, researchers in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry propose adding blends of nutritionally important mineral salts to make noncaloric sweeteners seem more […]
Early Time-Restricted Eating Cut Blood Sugar Fluctuations in Prediabetes
CHICAGO – Just 1 week of early time-restricted feeding (eTRF) cut fluctuations in blood sugar levels, and reduced the time that blood sugar was elevated, in people with prediabetes and a high BMI, according to the TRIO study. The difference in the mean amplitude of glycemic excursion (MAGE) — the standard for assessing short-term within-day […]
What Caused Olympic Sprinter’s Death?
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Was Kratom Linked With Lethal Arrhythmias?
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What Was Tied to Lower Long COVID Risk?
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What Drug Did FDA Just Approve for COVID?
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Did Masks Greatly Reduce COVID Risk?
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Opinion | Are We Ready for the Long COVID Long-Haul?
“I just don’t know what is wrong with me, but something is off, and I am so forgetful. I feel like I have dementia,” a good friend said to me recently. I recalled that she had been sick with COVID-19 this past year. I remembered her illness well because I had been very concerned about […]
Do Most States Restrict Gender-Affirming Care in Youth?
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Do Orphan Drugs Really Need Development Incentives?
Drugs approved for an “orphan” indication ended up making just as much money as their non-orphan counterparts, even though they were helped by incentives during development, researchers found. There was no significant difference in median 5-year net sales between orphan and non-orphan drugs ($719 million vs $812 million, P=0.09), reported Benjamin Rome, MD, MPH, of […]