The Claim
A 12-week reduction in sugar-sweetened beverage intake has no significant effect on blood glucose response to a glucose challenge in young healthy adults.
What the research says
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Reducing sugar-sweetened drink consumption for 12 weeks does not change how blood glucose levels respond to a standardized glucose test in healthy young adults.
See the scientific wording
In young healthy adults, a 12-week intervention to reduce sugar-sweetened beverage intake does not significantly alter blood glucose response to a glucose challenge, suggesting that short-term SSB reduction does not improve acute glucose metabolism in this population.
Cutting back on sugary drinks doesn't change how the liver processes sugar or how well muscles and fat cells respond to insulin, so blood sugar levels stay the same when sugar is consumed.
What the research says
1 studyStudy: Switching from Sugar- to Artificially-Sweetened Beverages: A 12-Week Trial
This study found that when healthy young adults switched from sugary drinks to diet drinks or water for 12 weeks, their bodies still reacted the same way to sugar — meaning cutting back on sugary drinks didn’t make them process sugar any better in the short term.
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