date:Mar 19, 2014
on laboratory mice. One group of mice were fed a standard diet; others were given a standard diet plus water supplemented with either glucose, fructose, sucrose, agave syrup, agavins or aspartame.
The mice were weighed daily and had their glucose levels checked each week. At the end of the study, the mice that consumed agavins showed a reduction in blood glucose, appetite and weight, compared to the other sweetener groups.
Addressing the 247th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society