The Claim

In overweight and obese adults aged 25–50, replacing added sugar with sucralose in beverages for 12 weeks has no significant effect on body fat percentage, BMI, lipid accumulation product, or high-sensitivity CRP.

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

Supports is higher

Support is ahead, but a single strong opposing study can change this.

Supports
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Challenges
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Cause and effect
1 study reviewed
In plain English

If you're overweight and swap sugary drinks for diet drinks with sucralose for 12 weeks, your body fat, weight, and inflammation markers probably won't change.

See the scientific wording

In overweight and obese adults aged 25–50, replacing added sugar with sucralose in beverages for 12 weeks does not significantly reduce body fat percentage, BMI, lipid accumulation product, or high-sensitivity CRP.

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

    The study gave overweight adults sucralose instead of sugar in their drinks for 12 weeks and found that their body fat, BMI, and other inflammation markers didn’t get better or worse — just like the claim says.

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