Pea protein preload improves postprandial glucose response in healthy adults: a randomized, double-blind, controlled pilot study
Arig Elbira, Priscilla Grace Gnanasekaran Punithalayal, Alan Javier Hernández-Álvarez, Christine Boesch · 2026
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Arig Elbira leads a 2026 randomized pilot study testing pea protein drinks for blood sugar control in healthy adults. Ten adults took part in a cross-over trial, meaning each person tried every condition in turn. They drank pea protein either before a carbohydrate-rich meal or with it, and also ate a control meal with no protein drink. Glucose was tracked continuously for 180 minutes, alongside fullness, hunger, and blood pressure.
Both protein timings cut the rise in blood sugar after the meal, to 0.46 and 1.125 units against 1.89 for the control meal. Taking the protein first worked best, delaying and blunting the glucose peak past sixty minutes. Systolic blood pressure did not change, but diastolic pressure fell significantly with protein. Fullness rose and hunger fell at several time points.
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| CREATOR | Arig Elbira, Priscilla Grace Gnanasekaran Punithalayal, Alan Javier Hernández-Álvarez, Christine Boesch |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34123 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |