Sep 18, 2014

First This Thing Was OK Then NOT OK, Then Good, Then Bad, Then Wonderful, Then ... Maybe Not ...(Science ??)

Common Sense Commentary: A strange phenomenon is, as science has progressed over the last century, things first thought OK for your health, were then discovered bad for your health, and later found to be OK for your health, then later were absolutely terrible for your health, but new scientific studies revealed those things were NOT bad but good for your health, but new studies proved those same things were absolutely horrible for your health .... So, at this moment, artificial sweeteners, which were good for diabetics and fat people on Sept.16 are looking to be, possibly, maybe bad today for those they were good for day before yesterday. Friends ... we humans are hopelessly confused, misled, fickle, and alternately fearful, happy, horrified and rejoicing. Its so good to be a Christian ... and that pendulum is not going to swing to bad.... ever. RB

Anytime "science" has to change what it had "proven", with certainty, to be true previously, proves with certainty just one thing.... It was not true "Science" to begin with. The Apostle Paul told young Timothy to "avoid profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called." 1 Tim.6:20. RB


Sep 17, 1:47 PM EDT

STUDY: ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS MAY PROMOTE DIABETES 

BY MALCOLM RITTER AP SCIENCE WRITER



NEW YORK (AP) -- Using artificial sweeteners may set the stage for diabetes in some people by hampering the way their bodies handle sugar, suggests a preliminary study done mostly in mice.

The authors said they are not recommending any changes in how people use artificial sweeteners based on their study, which included some human experiments. The researchers and outside experts said more study is needed, while industry groups called the research limited and said other evidence shows sweeteners are safe and useful for weight control.

The study from researchers in Israel was released Wednesday by the journal Nature.

The work suggests the sweeteners change the composition of normal, beneficial bacteria in the gut. That appears to hamper how well the body handles sugar in the diet, which in turn can result in higher blood sugar levels. This impairment, called glucose intolerance, can eventually lead to diabetes.

Some experts who didn't participate in the work urged caution in interpreting the results.

James Hill, an obesity expert at the University of Colorado, called the work good science. Still, overall, "I do not think there is enough data yet to lead to a definitive conclusion about artificial sweeteners and the body's handling of sugar," he wrote in an email.

"I certainly do not think there is sufficient evidence to conclude that they are harmful."

But Yanina Pepino of Washington University in St. Louis said the results make a convincing case that sweeteners hamper the body's handling of sugar by altering gut bacteria. And it adds to her belief that sweeteners and sugar should be used in moderation, especially by children, she said.

"It's really providing strong data suggesting we need to do more research," she said.

Researchers began by testing three widely used sweeteners: saccharin, sold for example as Sweet `N Low; sucralose, sold as Splenda, and aspartame, sold for example as NutraSweet, in 20 mice. Some animals got one of those substances in their water, and others got sugar water or just water. After 11 weeks, researchers gave all the mice a dose of sugar and monitored the response in their blood sugar levels.

The mice that initially got sugar showed about the same response as those that got plain water. But mice that got any of the sweeteners showed markedly higher blood sugar levels, indicating impairment in handling of the sugar dose. Further mouse experiments linked that outcome to an effect on gut bacteria.

To gain some preliminary information on people, the researchers turned to 381 non-diabetic volunteers who filled out a questionnaire that estimated their consumption of artificial sweeteners. Forty participants who had the most showed evidence of higher blood sugar than 236 non-users.

In another preliminary test, researchers gave saccharin for a week to seven healthy volunteers who normally don't consume sweeteners. Four showed a decline in their ability to handle sugar over the course of the week. The makeup of their gut bacteria changed markedly over the week, while that of other three changed little.
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My  Comment: It has always been my opinion that the more pure and natural and consistent with what God created for us to eat, originally, is always best for your health. The more our food is tampered with by men ... and women, the more likely it is that it is NOT an improvement upon what God originally created. You cannot do better than eating food directly out of the ground, if possible, or if cooked, as little added as possible ... except for natural seasoning. Just my opinion. RB


The scripture alluded to in my title of this post is,  Isaiah 5:20   Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! 
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