On the Tayyibat system, eating white sugar does not raise insulin at all.
Original statement
انا استحاله على نظام الطيبات لو بلبت السكر انسولينك يعلى سنتي
verbatim according to source. Translation by the project; the Arabic wording is authoritative.
Translation
On the Tayyibat system, eating white sugar does not raise insulin at all.
Origin
- Source status
- Video transcript (own words)
- Attribution
- Elawady (machine transcript)
- Video
- Dr Diaa Al Awady د ضياء العوضي is live! مقاومة أنسولين (Open source)
- Published
- 29 June 2025
- Timestamp
- 0:03:35 (location in the original video’s automatic YouTube caption track; confirms where the words occur, not who speaks)
- Attribution uncertainty
- Machine/CC transcript; wording may contain transcription errors.
- Claimed mechanism
Insulin is raised by flour 'blockage', not by sugar.
- Claimed health effect
No insulin response to sugar.
- Population concerned
Followers of the system
- Geographic restriction by Elawady
none found
Scientific assessment
False – The statement contradicts the robust evidence.
Certainty of evidence: high – Further research is very unlikely to change the assessment.
1. What was claimed?
Sugar does not raise insulin on this diet.
2. What is demonstrably correct?
An insulin rise after sugar is a normal response and not harmful in itself in healthy people.
3. What is wrong or exaggerated?
Sugar ingestion raises blood glucose and insulin regardless of the rest of the diet (I-SUG-07). No mechanism exists by which avoiding flour would abolish this response.
4. What remains unclear?
None material.
5. Which studies support it?
None.
6. Which studies contradict it?
7. What applies to Germany and Europe?
Not region-specific.
8. What is known about Egypt?
Not region-specific.
9. What practical conclusion is appropriate?
People monitoring glucose should expect sugar to raise it.
Assessment details
- Rationale for certainty of evidence
Basic physiology: ingested glucose/sucrose stimulates insulin secretion in people with functioning beta cells; a randomized crossover trial in healthy adults found that a sucrose-sweetened cola produced the highest insulin response compared with carbonated water and sweetener drinks.
- Source quality
Own words (machine transcript).
- Regional transferability
Universal.
- Individual exceptions
People with type 1 diabetes produce little or no insulin, so their blood glucose rises sharply without an insulin response.
- Regional scope of the claim
- general (biological/medical)
- Last reviewed
- 25 October 2026 provisional
In plain language
Dr. Diaa said that on his system, sugar does not raise insulin. In reality, eating sugar raises blood sugar, and the pancreas releases insulin in response; a study with a sugar-sweetened cola showed exactly this in healthy adults. This is normal physiology and does not depend on avoiding flour.
Studies on this claim
Studies supporting the claim (0)
No studies in this group.
Studies contradicting or limiting the claim (1)
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Sugar cola vs diet cola vs sparkling water: blood sugar and insulin
Galicia-Ayala C et al.. Nutrition 2026 · PMID 41016269 · DOI 10.1016/j.nut.2025.112938Randomised controlled trialindependent cross-checkabstract only checkedSugar-sweetened cola raised blood sugar and insulin most; diet cola and sparkling water did not.
Does the study support the specific claim? No · Methodological quality: moderate · Certainty of evidence: see overall assessment of the claim
Original publication · Scientific details
Study explained simply
- What did the researchers want to find out?
Acute glucose and hormone responses to sucrose vs NNS colas.
- How was the study done?
Randomized crossover trial, 4 beverages, 7-day washout.
- How many people, animals or samples were studied?
20; Healthy adults
- What was actually found?
Sucrose beverage elicited the highest glucose and insulin responses with significant increases at 30 min (P<0.001); aspartame/acesulfame-K and carbonated water showed no significant differences in glucose or hormones.
- How large was the observed effect?
Significant rise at 30 min
- What do the results mean in everyday life?
Sugar raises insulin in healthy people.
- What are the study's limitations?
Small; Acute only
- What does it say about Elawady's specific claim?
Contradicts C-SUG-04 and C-SUG-07; context for C-SOD-13 (carbonated water had no hormonal effect).
- Do the results apply to Germany and Europe?
High (physiology).
- What can explicitly not be concluded from this study?
Long-term effects.
No study in this group is marked as key.
Studies with mixed or unclear results (0)
No studies in this group.
Regional context
Germany / EU
Not region-specific.
Egypt
Not region-specific.
What applies in my country?
General scientific assessment
False False: sugar raises insulin in everyone with functioning insulin production.
The following areas of food safety are relevant to this statement:
- Additives and processing
Honey, sugar, sweets
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References
- Enteroendocrine hormonal response after the ingestion of cola beverages with sucrose and non-nutritive sweeteners in healthy adults: A randomized crossover trial.. Galicia-Ayala C et al.. Nutrition 2026 · PMID 41016269 · DOI 10.1016/j.nut.2025.112938