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Artificial sweetener sucralose increases blood sugar levels?

A recent Diabetes Care publication indicates that the use of the artificial sweetener sucralose (i.e., Spenda) affects the glycemic response to carbohydrate intake by increases glucose levels: Nonnutritive sweeteners (NNS), such as sucralose, have been reported to have metabolic effects in animal models. However, the relevance of these findings to human subjects is not clear. [...]