Re: Splenda revisited

[Guest guest]

> Tina,

>

> Not everyone can handle Splenda. My mother is one of those

> Diabetics that can't b/c it jacks her sugar levels up.

I'm curious... was this when having products saying they have Splenda in

them or in cases where she was just adding Splenda alone to things like tea?

I'm finding a lot of the " sugar free " products that say they are " made with

Splenda " ALSO have sugar alcohols in them which can cause spikes for some

people. (I'm not one of them thankfully as evidenced by my eating two sugar

free peanut butter cups with sorbital in them and registering no increase.)

The sugar alcohols are usually MUCH higher on the ingredient list than the

Splenda on these products. So, while they can get away with the labelling

saying " made with Splenda " because it IS in the ingredients used, it can be

very misleading as to appropriateness for diabetics.

Aazari

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[Guest guest]

Kristy wrote:

>Not everyone can handle Splenda. My mother is one of those

>Diabetics that can't b/c it jacks her sugar levels up. And the

>reason it does is b/c her body registers it as sugar b/c of the

>fact that it comes from sucrose.

I've heard of others who have a similar effect (rising BG) from any

artificial sweetener. I had heard that it was the effect of the " taste " of

sweetness (raising the BG) rather than the substance (artificial sweetener)

itself.

Sandy

T1 - 1979

[Guest guest]

Thank you, Aazari.

Another one for me to watch. This is a such a great site for

suggestions!

Janie

> > Tina,

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labelling

> saying " made with Splenda " because it IS in the ingredients used,

it can be

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> Aazari

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