Researchers conducted a short-term study on the effect that sugars and sweeteners had on the bodies of 30 healthy men who wanted to maintain their weight and manage their blood glucose levels. It was determined that no matter the product used to sweeten the beverages used in the study, it had no significant impact on the body in regards increasing or decreasing the appetite or towards maintaining proper weight and glucose levels.
Key Takeaways:
- On each test day, participants ate a standardized breakfast, and by mid-morning received one test beverage to tide them over until lunch.
- Their blood glucose and insulin concentrations were measured closely, while participants also kept a food diary of what they ate for the rest of the day.
- People sometimes worry that using non-nutritive sweeteners could increase their appetite, which may then lead them to overeat to make up for the energy they saved by not choosing sugar.
“In this short term study, thirty healthy male study participants randomly consumed one of the four sweetened drinks on each of the different days of the investigation.”
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/12/161213113240.htm