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Posted by Hannah Gruen on July 8, 2007, 1:25 pm
Is aspartame really safer in reducing the risk of hypoglycemia during
exercise in patients with type 2 diabetes?
Well, you sure could not tell from this study. The cephalic response is what
is in question here. This response is well known, but the question is
whether and to what extent it occurs when food sweetened with artificial
sweeteners is eaten. The quoted study suggests that yes, it may occur with
foods sweetened with aspartame. The result is that the body secretes more
insulin than necessary based on the artifically sweet taste, resulting in
some degree of lowered blood glucose.
The problem is, I believe studies demonstrating a cephalic insulin response
have not been consistent. Even using the same artificial sweetener. They
also have been very short term, so far as I'm aware, so whether or not the
body learns over time to adjust insulin response following intake of
artificial sweeteners has not been researched adequately.
Personally, I suspect that there is some adjustment. When I first started
lc'ing, years back, I could bring on a nice hypo episode by drinking a
single Diet Coke, especially between meals. That stopped happening after a
few weeks. I don't know the reason for the change. Maybe my blood sugar
levels just became more stable and a little ding one way or the other didn't
impact how I felt. Or possibly my body learned to adjust insulin output more
appropriately when I'd ingested a non-caloric sweetener. Definitely room for
more research here (needs to be longer term, however.)
HG
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