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True or False Butter Ghee Lard Tallow Are Saturated Animals Fats the Kings and Queens of the Frying Pan

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Even if animal fats were the best frying fats, this wouldnt turn  doughnuts into "health food" and french fries into raw carrot sticks. If you "liked" the SuppVersity on Facebook (www.facebook.com/SuppVersity) you will probably already have seen the controversies and questions my post "Scientists on the Quest for the Perfect Frying Oil" (read more) has triggered. Eventually, it all revolves about yet another of those nutritional wisdoms thats circulating on the Internet: "Ghee, tallow, lard, ... saturated animal fats and the coconut micacle, of course, are the best and only frying oils you should use ." (next best Internet source) How on earth could F. Aladedunye, and R. Przybylski, the authors of the previously cited study even dare stating that high-oleic low-linolenic rapeseed , high-oleic sunflower oils are good frying oils? But enough of the sarcasm : In todays installment of "True or False" (read previous installments) we will...

If Insulin Sensitivity is Key Whats the Key to Insulin Sensi tivity Artemisia Dracunculus Lixisenatide Calcium Bi carbonated Water True Promoters of Insulin Sensitivity

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Insulin sensitivity is a necessary pre- requisite for much more than a profane set of sixpack abs. You will probably have realized that the number of short-news like articles on the SuppVersity has been increasing as of late. The reasons for that are twofold: For one, its the fact that it pisses me off (sorry, but thats how it is) that all the interesting stuff I post on the SuppVersity Facebook Page disappears into an oblivion of which I can only hope that it is not Mark Zuckerbergs *** Secondly, I am currently working my regular job, doing some additional University stuff and working on another nutrition and exercise science related project and dont have the time to do the extensive research thats necessary to produce articles like part II of the "perfect frying oil" article, you may (rightly) already be waiting for. In other words: If you dont want me to switch to a twice or thrice (max) a week schedule, you will have to live with less in-depth articles like this - sorry!...

Protein Power Study Suggests 40 is Where True Magic Happens Plus If Protein is King Whey is the Emperor

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Its not just about more protein its about significantly more protein and - possibly - also about whey! Just to make sure: Yes, I know the study I am about to discuss in todays SuppVersity article is a rodent study - a rodent study by researchers from the University College Cork and the University College Dublin (Mc Allan. 2014).  And yes, I know that you aint no fury little mouse or rat... ... but I do also know that the beneficial metabolic effects of high protein intakes appear to be even more, not less pronounced in human beings and will thus not mention 500x that the assumption that wed see similar benefits in men and women would obviously require experimental confirmation... alright? Now that we are clear, dear non-dams and non-bucks... ... you are probably already drooling at the sought of reading yet another "high protein is good for you" study. Dont worry I am not going keep you on the tenderhooks longer than absolutely necessary. What is necessary, though is a ver...