Pepino, Yanina (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Pepino, Yanina

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New research led by professor of food science and human nutrition M. Yanina Pepino, left, suggests that just tasting something sweet, such as the artificial sweetener sucralose, may affect insulin levels and insulin sensitivity. Graduate student Clara Salame was a co-author of the study.

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