[BSousa]

I don't right now, but from my times when competing, I used to read a lot of science based research on nutrition and there was a study that said swishing a carb rich liquid was enough to trigger it.

I think I first saw it referenced on an old edition of 'The Complete Guide to Sports Nutrition' by Anita Bean

[demallien]

Artificial sweeteners are not "carb rich". That's kind of the point of them...

[BSousa]

What I meant was there is a possibility of it happening as a sweet taste (parent didn't mention sweeteners, just sweet taste) response since there is a similar response to carb rich drinks (study didn't mention the kind of carbs so no idea)

[spmurrayzzz]

Are you referring to the salivary amylase mechanism? Sounds similar but actually requires starch to be activated.

I'm aware of no RCT or even epidemiological research to suggest that NAS causally mediates insulin response.