Insulin response to stevia

(Omar) #1

what do you think about this article.

I was under the impression that bg goes down when
consuming sugar alternatives due to insulin spikes.

but this article claims that both bg and insulin go down
after consuming stevia. If true that insulin goes down then
what cause the blood glucose to drop.

I am not clear.

Postprandial Insulin Levels

AUC analyses also indicated that there was a significant main effect for type of sweetener consumed on postprandial blood insulin levels, F(2, 60) = 6.48, p = .003. Post-hoc comparisons revealed that postprandial insulin levels were significantly lower in the stevia condition compared to both the aspartame (p = .04) and sucrose conditions (p = .003; see Figure 3). Specifically, postprandial insulin levels were significantly reduced at 30 and 60 minutes after the test lunch meal in the stevia condition compared to the aspartame condition (all ps < .05). Postprandial insulin levels were also significantly lower at 20 minutes following consumption of the preload, as well as 30 and 60 minutes after the test lunch meal, in the stevia condition compared to the sucrose condition (all ps < .05). Postprandial insulin levels at 20 minutes after consumption of the preload were significantly lower in the aspartame condition compared to the sucrose condition (p < .01).

(Ethan) #2

but this article claims that both bg and insulin go down
after consuming stevia. If true that insulin goes down then
what cause the blood glucose to drop.

No. I believe you read the article wrong. The article says that stevia’s postprandial insulin levels are lower compared with those of aspartame and sucrose and that stevia’s postprandial glucose levels are lower compared with those of sucrose.

(Omar) #3

it looks like you are correct.

I wish that the study isolate the insulin response to stevia.

I need to know if stevia by itself raise insulin.

it seems no such research exists.

thanks

(Ethan) #4

That is in the study indirectly. It shows the postprandial insulin effects of all–that is how they were compared.

(Omar) #5

yes I saw figure 4

the only issue is that the study is usefull only if I want to
compare one sweetner to the other.

Otherwise how can we explain all of the curves started
at zero at preload. They normalized the zero by curve up/down
because it is relative .

they could have included one curve without any sweetners
it could have been usefull.

If anything sucrose seems to be the best from insulin
response stability.(not other health related issue )

thanks