Sweeteners and Diabetes

Key PointsType 2 diabetes is rapidly emerging as the chief global public health concern of the twenty-first century, with tremendous and widespread consequences for personal health, health-care systems, and society as a whole.Current predictions suggest that the prevalence of diabetes will nearly double by 2035.Ecological studies have linked the rise in fructose availability (from both sucrose and high fructose corn syrup) to the rise of obesity in the United States.High-quality evidence from longer-term randomized controlled trials, prospective cohorts, and systematic reviews and meta-analyses of these studies generally does not support the link between fructose alone and fructose-containing sugars and the development or aggravation of type 2 diabetes.