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Weight Loss Forum / Low Carb / January 2004No Cal Sugars Spike Blood Sugar Level?
Gee, I saw something about this a couple of days ago and then lost it. I am not a diabetic. I am curious to know if the sugar replacements like Equal, Splenda, and others actually do anything to insulin or blood sugar or does the body just ignore them. If they do, are there any that are especially recommended to diabetics? TIA, Jois ---------------------------------- "Once you know, you know" The Unified Field of Know Theory > Gee, I saw something about this a couple of days ago and then lost it. I > am not a diabetic. I am curious to know if the sugar replacements like [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > TIA, > Jois Splenda definitately gives me higher blood readings. I wondered if it being so close to sugar chemically could be causing the meter to register incorrectly, but my Dr. had no useful information on this, nor could I discover anything through the net, so as a Diabetic I stopped using Splenda. Garth >> Gee, I saw something about this a couple of days ago and then lost it. I >> am not a diabetic. I am curious to know if the sugar replacements like [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >Garth Well, on the Atkins web site, It NOW says that during induction, you can have NO more than 3 packets of splenda per day. I really think that the last word on Spenda and GI hasn't been written yet. PJ > Well, on the Atkins web site, It NOW says that during induction, you > can have NO more than 3 packets of splenda per day. Nothing new there. Any type of artificial sweetener that comes in a packet uses sugar for filler, so they are all about 1 gram per packet no matter which AS is in it. I remember that leading to a limit as far back as 1999 when I started. The limit of 3 was formalized years ago. > I really think that the last word on Spenda and GI hasn't been > written yet. Definitely. There's the 17 year patent process. For 17 years only the patent holder can make a product, so they only release positive news and they sue over any negative news. But they also hoard negative news for when their patent runs out. Then in year 17 the generic knock-offs start coming out *and* the original producer starts releasing the negative news. Since they have the best established brand name, negative news hurts them less than it hurts the generics. The cycle has happened with each AS in sequence over the years, so it is only a matter of time before it happens with splenda. But I know people who have issues with aspartame and I don't know people who have issues with other AS. That makes it likely that other AS cause less problems than aspartame. Pure Splenda shouldn't raise your blood sugar. HOWEVER, the stuff you buy in boxes in the store is cut with maltodextrin which is a regular sugar and there is half a gram of maltodextrin in every teaspoon. (I used to get it from Canada where they make them put that .5 gram on the label. The US lets them round down.) That can work out to quite a lot of fast acting sugar in a larger serving. That is why using the powdered Splenda can raise the blood sugar of a person with diabetes. To avoid this problem, I use DaVinci sugar free syrups which are sweetened with liquid splenda and contain no maltodextrin. They can be used for cooking and baking (1 tsp liquid = 1 tsp powder, but don't use in recipes where too much liquid is a problem.) I have never detected any blood sugar rise after using them. -- Jenny - Low Carbing for 4 years. At goal for weight. Type 2 diabetes, hba1c 5.2. Cut the carbs to respond to my email address! Low carb facts and figures, my weight-loss photos, tips, recipes, strategies for dealing with diabetes and more at http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/ Looking for help controlling your blood sugar? Visit http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/Newly%20Diagnosed.htm > Gee, I saw something about this a couple of days ago and then lost it. I > am not a diabetic. I am curious to know if the sugar replacements like [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > "Once you know, you know" > The Unified Field of Know Theory > Pure Splenda shouldn't raise your blood sugar. HOWEVER, the stuff you buy in > boxes in the store is cut with maltodextrin which is a regular sugar and [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > -- Jenny - Low Carbing for 4 years. At goal for weight. Type 2 diabetes, > hba1c 5.2. Thanks for the info, that makes everything make sense now. -- ..???)) -:?:- ?..? ..???)) ((??..? ...? GARTH -:?:- -:?:- ((??..?* | Pure Splenda shouldn't raise your blood sugar. HOWEVER, the stuff you buy | in boxes in the store is cut with maltodextrin which is a regular sugar [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] | where too much liquid is a problem.) I have never detected any blood | sugar rise after using them. Hmmm, I guess this reasonably explains why I can't eat Splenda; it gives me mild sugar cravings. It makes sense now that it's not the sucralose but the maltodextrin "filler." I have some DaVinci's SF vanilla syrup that I got a WalMart and haven't opened yet -- next time I whip some cream will try adding some to it instead of powdered AS. ( I use saccharine usually, but in whipped cream it just doesn't work. Not sweet enough or bitter or something). Pete I use lots of Liquid Spenda with no rises on my Blood Glucose Meter. I bought the Liquid Splenda at: http://www.locarber.com/store/index.php?&prodID=zcs-001 (I don't work for them.) Cubit (type 2) 308/283/165 : I use lots of Liquid Spenda with no rises on my Blood Glucose Meter. : [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] : Cubit (type 2) : 308/283/165 Thanks, all, that was helpful and I even realized (duh) that I could look at the box (dextrose, maltodextrin, sucralose) and then check the web site www.splenda.com and see what they had to say about themselves - They said that their patented multistep process alters the sugars into something that is sweet and which is not recognized by the body as either a carbohydrate or a sugar. Even so something is left that is under the US guidelines. . . and so on. Guess if you were diabetic you'd have to test it out for yourself? Thanks! Jois >I use lots of Liquid Spenda with no rises on my Blood Glucose Meter. > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >Cubit (type 2) >308/283/165 Thanks. I may try a few things from there. | Gee, I saw something about this a couple of days ago and then lost it. I | am not a diabetic. I am curious to know if the sugar replacements like [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] | "Once you know, you know" | The Unified Field of Know Theory Splenda, Aspartame and Sugar Alcohols all do bad things to me, one way or another (either BG spikes or sugar cravings). I use saccharine (Sweet n' Low) as my AS of choice with no problems at all. Please be aware that, from everything I've read -- including a lot of posts here on ASDLC -- the effects of AS vary greatly from person to person. Bottom line, IMO, is that you'll have to just experiment and see what does/doesn't work for you.  SignaturePeter website: http://users.thelink.net/marengo |
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