The Claim

In overweight and obese adults aged 25–50, replacing added sugar with sucralose in beverages for 12 weeks leads to a statistically significant reduction in waist circumference, fasting blood glucose, HbA1c, total cholesterol/HDL ratio, visceral adiposity index, HOMA-IR, and triglyceride/glucose index, along with a significant increase in HDL cholesterol.

Source: 614-P: Effect of Non-nutritive Sweetener Sucralose on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors among Overweight and Obese Adults in India—A Randomized Clinical Trial

What the research says

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Cause and effect
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In plain English

If you're overweight and swap sugary drinks for diet drinks with sucralose for 12 weeks, your waist size and blood sugar levels may go down, and your good cholesterol may go up.

See the scientific wording

In overweight and obese adults aged 25–50, replacing added sugar with sucralose in beverages for 12 weeks leads to a statistically significant reduction in waist circumference, fasting blood glucose, HbA1c, total cholesterol/HDL ratio, visceral adiposity index, HOMA-IR, and triglyceride/glucose index, along with a significant increase in HDL cholesterol.

What the research says

1 study
  1. Study: 614-P: Effect of Non-nutritive Sweetener Sucralose on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors among Overweight and Obese Adults in India—A Randomized Clinical Trial

    This study gave overweight adults sugary drinks with sucralose instead of sugar for 12 weeks, and their waist size, blood sugar, and cholesterol got better — just like the claim said they would.

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