Whey Protein and Reduced Glycemic Response

• A randomized controlled trial in healthy participants to compare the insulinogenic effects of whey protein and pea protein co-ingested with glucose.

  • 2026-01-30
  • RCT
  • PloS one 21(1)
  • • Pariyarath Sangeetha Thondre
    • Elysia Young
    • Sam Pledger
    • Sarah Kefyalew
    • Isabel Hatami
    • Caroline Perreau
    • Laetitia Guérin Deremaux
    • Catherine Lefranc-Millot
    • Jonathan Tammam

  • PubMed: 41615946
  • DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0340386

  3 Insights on

  • Reduced Glycemic Response

  • High evidence

  Glucose incremental area under the curve (mmol/l*min) at 180 minutes was significantly reduced (p < 0.001) for glucose with 20 g pea protein (89.8 ± 51.6) ... compared to glucose (143.2 ± 74.0).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  20 g