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  • TigersWord - There is a metabolic process called gluconeogenesis. The main purpose of this is to generate glucose from non-carbohydrate substrates; such as pyruvate, lactate, glycerol, fatty acids, and GLUCOGENIC AMINO ACIDS. Alanine is one of these amino acids broken down from protein via catabolism of GNG. Alanine is…
    in Sugar Comment by MattKachel January 2014
  • JWPeddle - the sources provided in that article are outdated, with some the majority being published before the year 2000. We are constantly and continually learning about nutrition, and how our body reacts to the things we put into it. Yes, each person's body has a different response. However, the studies posted were all…
    in Sugar Comment by MattKachel January 2014
  • There are cons to artificial sweetners; and they outweigh the pros significantly. Here is a pubmed governmentally published article on these sweetners. It states: "evidence suggests that frequent consumers of these sugar substitutes may also be at increased risk of excessive weight gain, metabolic syndrome, type 2…
    in Sugar Comment by MattKachel January 2014
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