Fitness Factoids: Volume 17
Dietary Fructose Causes Liver Damage in Animal Model
A study published in the online edition of The Journal of American Clinical Nutrition has found that dietary fructose has the ability to damage the liver, even in the absence of weight gain. Researchers from the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center conducted a six-week long study that tested the effects of a high fructose diet on liver function. In the study the researchers divided monkeys into two groups, each receiving the same caloric value of protein, fat, and carbohydrate in the diet.
Fitness Factoids-Volume 16
Scientists Link Processed Foods to Autoimmune Disease
A study conducted by scientists at Yale University and Erlangen-Nuremberg University in Germany have found that consumption of processed foods leads to autoimmune disease. The study concluded that excessive consumption of processed and refined salt has become one of the primary environmental factors responsible for the increased incidence of autoimmune disease.
Fitness Factoids: Volume 15
No Link Between HRT and Cancer
According to new information released by the American Urological Association there is no increased for cancer by men who use testosterone therapy as opposed to those who don’t. Some who oppose HRT point to the fact that certain cancers are androgen dependent, and believe that supplemental testosterone could potentially increase the risk of acquiring certain cancers.
Fitness Factoids: Volume 14
Sucralose Can Increase Insulin Production
Calorie free artificial sweeteners are used in all sorts of food and beverage products as a “healthier” alternative to sugar. Products such as Splenda (Sucralose) can be up to 300 times sweeter than table sugar but claim not to have the same damaging effects as sugar because they don’t cause the body to secrete insulin.
Fitness Factoids: Volume 13
Low Vitamin D Levels Linked to Worsening Asthma
Researchers at Kings College in London have linked low serum levels of vitamin D to a worsening of asthma symptoms. The study, which was recently released in Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, found a link between low serum levels of vitamin D and an inflammatory marker known as interleukin-17 (IL-17).
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