“Glucose?”Here!blood sugar, dextrose
Hasn’t appeared in a scanned product yet.
In personal care
A naturally occurring simple sugar, the same molecule found in fruit, honey, and blood sugar. In cosmetics it is produced from plant starches like corn.
Why it’s used
It draws and holds water in the skin's outer layer, functioning as a humectant, and can also help thicken or stabilize a formula.
What the evidence says
We haven’t found a source for this one that you can open and check, so we’re not summarizing the evidence.
Look it up yourself
We would rather point you at the shelf than summarize something you can’t check. These are the same places we search:
- PubChem — what the substance is, chemically — names, synonyms and structure
- PubMed — every paper indexed by the US National Library of Medicine that names it
These are starting points, not our findings — we haven’t run them for you. A substance whose name is also an ordinary word (“Heart”, “Alanine”, “Water”) will return papers that are not about the ingredient at all.
No claims graded here yet.
As a supplement
Talk to your doctor or pharmacist.
Roll Call does not check drug interactions or assess personal safety.
A simple sugar and the body's primary energy molecule, used in supplements as a sweetener, carrier, or quick energy source, and sometimes as part of a binder system in tablets.
Why it’s used
Included to provide a readily available carbohydrate energy source, sweeten a product, or serve a manufacturing role such as bulking or dissolving aid in some formulations.
What the evidence says
Glucose's role in providing energy is basic physiology rather than a supplement claim requiring clinical trial evidence; there is no efficacy question in the sense used for other actives, since it is not taken to produce a specific health effect beyond providing calories.
Where we looked
There was no paper to cite here, so this is the search instead — run it yourself and see what we saw.
- PubMed: 93475 records · searched September 2026
"Glucose"[Title/Abstract] AND (review[pt] OR "safety assessment"[Title/Abstract] OR "risk assessment"[Title/Abstract] OR toxicology[Title/Abstract] OR toxicity[Title/Abstract] OR characterization[Title/Abstract] OR characterisation[Title/Abstract]) - PubMed: 3863 records · searched September 2026
"Glucose"[Title/Abstract] AND ("dietary supplements"[MeSH] OR supplementation[Title/Abstract] OR supplement[Title/Abstract] OR supplements[Title/Abstract] OR "oral administration"[Title/Abstract]) AND (randomized controlled trial[pt] OR clinical trial[pt] OR meta-analysis[pt] OR systematic review[pt]) AND humans[MeSH] - PubMed: 657555 records · searched September 2026
"Glucose"[Title/Abstract]
This says what this database holds under these terms. It is not a finding that no research exists.
Context
No studied supplement dosing range applies, since glucose functions here as an energy source or excipient rather than a therapeutic ingredient.
Rumors
Glucose tablets delay fatigue and give quick energy during endurance exercise.
Supports — suggestivehealth and safety evidence
Studied in: trained male cyclists performing endurance cycling trials.
Measured as an outcome.
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of carbohydrate benefits associated with randomized controlled competition-based performance trials (Peer-reviewed) · Funded by Open Access Publication Fund of the University of Vienna · Authors declare a conflict of interest
Who’s saying this
- Lift — a brand: sells glucose tablets and shots
How we know who this is
- “Lift is all about helping people with low blood sugar live active and worry-free lives.” (their page)
- “Our range of glucose tablets and shots are here to boost your mood, energy, and confidence exactly when you need it.” (their page)
Dextrose in supplements causes belly fat and insulin resistance.
Sources cited — check not cleared.
Studied in: overweight/obese older adults (ages 40-72) consuming glucose-sweetened beverages at 25% of energy requirements for 10 weeks.
Measured as a biomarker.
- Consuming fructose-sweetened, not glucose-sweetened, beverages increases visceral adiposity and lipids and decreases insulin sensitivity in overweight/obese humans (Peer-reviewed) · Funded by NIH (grant R01 HL-075675; NCRR UL1 RR024146); USDA-ARS (government) · Authors declare a conflict of interest
Who’s saying this
- Allwomenstalk — a publisher
How we know who this is
- “© 2026 Allwomenstalk.” (their page)
Dextrose causes an insulin spike that drives creatine, protein and other supplement nutrients into muscle cells faster.
Unresolvedhealth and safety evidence
Measured as a biomarker.
- Carbohydrate ingestion augments skeletal muscle creatine accumulation during creatine supplementation in humans (Peer-reviewed) · Funding not checked
- Coingestion of carbohydrate with protein does not further augment postexercise muscle protein synthesis (Peer-reviewed) · Funding not checked
- Is carbohydrate needed to further stimulate muscle protein synthesis/hypertrophy following resistance exercise? (Peer-reviewed) · Funding not checked · No conflicts declared
Who’s saying this
- muscleandstrength.com — we couldn’t open the site to see who runs it
Dextrose supplements cause gastrointestinal discomfort and blood sugar spikes and crashes.
We haven’t found evidence strong enough to support this or rule it out.
What was measured is not yet noted.
Who’s saying this
- Myprotein — a brand: sells sports nutrition and activewear
How we know who this is
- “In 2011, Myprotein found its home within the THG family, marking the start of an exciting new chapter.” (their page)
- “We make sports nutrition and activewear accessible to everyone.” (their page)
- Myprotein — a brand: sells sports nutrition and activewear
Taking dextrose after a workout replenishes muscle glycogen and speeds recovery.
We haven’t found evidence strong enough to support this or rule it out.
What was measured is not yet noted.
Who’s saying this
- Myprotein — a brand: sells sports nutrition and activewear
How we know who this is
- “In 2011, Myprotein found its home within the THG family, marking the start of an exciting new chapter.” (their page)
- “We make sports nutrition and activewear accessible to everyone.” (their page)
- Myprotein — a brand: sells sports nutrition and activewear