Aspartame consumption for 12 weeks does not affect glycemia, appetite, or body weight of healthy, lean adults in a randomized controlled trial

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 650-657

  Higgins, Kelly A ^a   Considine, Robert V ^b   Mattes, Richard D ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appetite; Aspartame; Body weight; Glycemia; Low calorie sweetener

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBENZOIC ACID; ASPARTAME; CREATININE; GASTRIC INHIBITORY POLYPEPTIDE; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; LEPTIN; NONNUTRITIVE SWEETENER;

ADULT; APPETITE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCAPSULE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; SENSATION; URINE SAMPLING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HYPERGLYCEMIA; METABOLISM; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; APPETITE; ASPARTAME; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GASTRIC INHIBITORY POLYPEPTIDE; GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDE 1; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MALE; NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENERS; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85045677540     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/nxy021     Document Type: Article

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