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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Smith, Michael
• Lecheminant, James
• Hancock, Chad
• Larson, Michael
• Fullmer, Susan
• Jacobson, Maci
• Gardner, Alexis
• Pond, Savannah
• Allen, Jack

Titel

Blood Glucose Response to a Sugar or an Artificially Sweetened Beverage and Visceral Adipose Tissue

Ist Teil von

• Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.), 2022-11, Vol.30, p.64-65

Ort / Verlag

Silver Spring: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Quelle

Wiley-Blackwell Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Background: Research of the metabolic effects of sugar and artificially sweetened beverage consumption continues to develop. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between acute blood sugar response to a sugar or artificially sweetened beverage and visceral adipose tissue (VAT). Participants were part of a larger experiment; therefore, these data may be considered exploratory. Methods: A sample of 97 participants (55% female; 23.27±4.78 y; 25.22±5.87 kg/m2; glucose 96±0.06 mg/dl; VAT mass= 395.59± 617.84 g) completed two laboratory visits determined randomly. On one laboratory visit, baseline blood glucose and VAT measurements (via glucometer and dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, respectively) were obtained. On the second laboratory visit, fasting blood glucose measurements were obtained prior to, and 20- and 40-minutes post consumption of one of the following beverages: water (control), sugar-sweetened (11% sucrose), or artificially sweetened (0.05% aspartame). Beverage type was matched for color, volume (500 ml), and container to blind participants. Results: At 20-and 40-min post beverage consumption, respectively, blood glucose changed by 4.14±7.30 and 5.44±8.36 mg/dl in the control condition, changed by 6.32±28.97 and =2.30±11.66 mg/dl in the artificially sweetened condition, and changed by 45.51±22.58 and 1.69±17.35 in the sugar sweetened condition. Beverage condition was a significant predictor of change in blood glucose at 20-min (p<0.001) and 40-min (p=0.0391). With control of beverage type, age, and sex, 40-min change in blood glucose predicted higher VAT volume (p=0.0266) and mass (p=0.025). For the sugar-sweetened beverage condition, change in 40-min glucose was correlated with VAT mass (r=0.388; p=0.213) and VAT volume (r=0.4128; p=0.0153). Conclusions: An artificially sweetened beverage did little to influence blood glucose. However, 40-min change in blood glucose, induced from a sugar-sweetened beverage, may predict VAT.