Food

Fructose and rare sugars (allulose, tagatose)

Dietary factor.

In practice

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Effect by goal · level of evidence

Glucose rise after a meal

reduces Moderate meta-analysis (AAA)

Meta-analysis: small doses (≤30 g) of fructose or its epimers (allulose, tagatose, sorbose) added to a meal with carbohydrates reduce the subsequent glucose rise ('catalytic effect'). Interesting for smoothing out sugar spikes.

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Diet · Highest evidence: Moderate · 1 finding

Findings

Post-meal glucose rise — reduces (Moderate, meta-analysis). Meta-analysis: small doses (≤30 g) of fructose or its epimers (allulose, tagatose, sorbose) added to a carbohydrate-containing meal reduce the subsequent glucose rise ('catalytic effect'). Interesting for smoothing out sugar spikes. 32220498

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