Source: TH
Context: A recent Indian study highlights the benefits of replacing sucrose with sucralose, a non-nutritive sweetener, in beverages for adults with Type 2 diabetes.
- A randomized controlled trial showed no adverse effects on glucose or HbA1c levels and indicated slight improvements in body weight, waist circumference, and BMI.
About Sucralose:
Sucralose, a substituted disaccharide, is a non-nutritive sweetener that is synthesized by selective chlorination of sucrose at three of the primary hydroxyl groups, involving inversion of configuration at carbon-4, from the gluco- to the galactoanalogue.
