Consuming Sucralose-Sweetened Beverages With Carbohydrates May Impair Insulin Sensitivity, Research Indicates

“Consuming sucralose-sweetened beverages with carbohydrates may impair insulin sensitivity,” investigators concluded in a study that “enrolled 45 participants aged 20 – 45 who don’t typically consume” low-calorie sweeteners, then having them “consume seven 355 mL novel-flavored beverages over two weeks.” Participants consumed “the sweeteners...as fruit-flavored beverages with added sucralose, with table sugar, or with maltodextrin added to their sucralose drinks.” The study revealed that “sucralose consumption alters the metabolism of simultaneously consumed glucose to rapidly produce deleterious effects on metabolic health.” The findings were published online in the journal Cell Metabolism. https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/consuming-sucralose-with-carbohydrates-may-impair-insulin-sensitivity-study-finds/