05/20/2026
Excited to share our new paper published yesterday in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition examining how infant formula carbohydrate source influences early glucose regulation.
Using continuous glucose monitoring in infants, we found that breastfed babies and babies fed lactose-based formula maintained a very stable blood glucose level throughout the day.
However, babies fed formulas containing corn syrup solids had much greater glycemic variability, including a subgroup of infants with particularly unstable glucose patterns with multiple daily spikes and crashes.
Importantly, these findings build on our prior work linking corn syrup–based formulas with increased obesity risk in early childhood and contribute to ongoing national discussions around infant formula composition and FDA modernization efforts through Operation Stork Speed.
This work highlights the importance of understanding not just how much infants eat — but how different nutrients may shape early metabolic development.
Grateful to the brave babies for wearing the monitors and the mums and dads who agreed to participate, and also to our incredible research team who collected and analyzed this data.
Link to Full Article in Bio
InfantFormula AJCN Research
