/oss/taxonomy/term/1942/all en /oss/article/health-and-nutrition/yet-another-worry-time-it-erytritol <p>You can find it in grocery stores, you can buy it online, and you may already be consuming it in “keto friendly” ice cream, or in some non-caloric stevia and monk fruit sweeteners where it is used as a filler. And now you can find it popping up in headlines. We are talking about “erythritol,” a compound that like lactitol, maltitol, sorbitol and xylitol, is naturally produced in small amounts from sugars in plants, as well as in our bodies. These compounds are not readily metabolized and are excreted in the urine.</p> Fri, 03 Mar 2023 21:55:29 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 9424 at /oss /oss/article/health/heres-how-some-diabetics-can-save-their-money <p> </p> <hr /> <p><em>This article was first published in</em><span> </span><a href="https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/christopher-labos-heres-how-some-diabetics-can-save-their-money">The Montreal Gazette<span>.</span></a></p> Tue, 05 Feb 2019 15:48:42 +0000 Christopher Labos MD, MSc 7572 at /oss /oss/article/health-quackery/can-bitter-melon-treat-type-2-diabetes <p><span><span>What on Earth is bitter melon?</span></span></p> <p><span>Good question. I certainly didn’t know before researching this article. Let’s start with some basics.</span></p> Thu, 21 Jun 2018 17:00:30 +0000 Ada McVean B.Sc. 7147 at /oss /oss/article/food-health-quackery/dr-ozs-two-day-holiday-detox-should-be-flushed <p>One would think that producers of the Dr. Oz show would pay at least a little attention to the widely publicized study that appeared in the British Medical Journal examining the health recommendations made on medical talk shows. The researchers looked at eighty recommendations made on the Oz Show and found that evidence supported 46%, contradicted 15%, and no evidence was found for 39%. Not exactly a stellar performance. Yet on the heels of the stinging paper, what does the Dr. Oz Show come up with? A segment that has no supportive evidence whatsoever.</p> Thu, 08 Jan 2015 00:52:08 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 2228 at /oss