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Drinking diet soda raises blood sugar levels.

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CONTESTED PARTIAL
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Is it true that drinking diet soda raises blood sugar levels?

Partly. Evidence is mixed and only partial: a rat study and a review of small trials in diabetics found no significant rise in blood sugar from diet soda or non-nutritive sweeteners, while other sources report associations between diet soda or artificial sweeteners and glucose intolerance, metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes. None directly establishes that drinking diet soda raises blood sugar levels in people.

Verdict: CONTESTED PARTIAL · 2 sources for, 2 against · Last checked

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Evidence for · 2
Are diet sodas as healthy as drinking water?
2011
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Are diet sodas as healthy as drinking water?. (2011). skeptics.stackexchange.com. https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/2523/are-diet-sodas-as-healthy-as-drinking-water

Evidence against · 2
Aspartame and diet soda impact on blood sugar and insulin in Wistar rat
2024
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Eiya, B. & Osunbor, J. (2024). Aspartame and diet soda impact on blood sugar and insulin in Wistar rat. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.4314/sa.v22i3.1

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Does drinking any type of soda increase the risk of Type 2 Diabetes?
2012
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Does drinking any type of soda increase the risk of Type 2 Diabetes?. (2012). skeptics.stackexchange.com. https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/8626/does-drinking-any-type-of-soda-increase-the-risk-of-type-2-diabetes

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Question: In patients with type 2 diabetes, does diet soda consumption contribute to decline in blood sugar control? -
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Question: In patients with type 2 diabetes, does diet soda consumption contribute to decline in blood sugar control? - PMC Lock. (n.d.). pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5484596/

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