Re: Sugar Alcohols-Sandy: was- Re: Artificial sweeteners

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At 02:39 PM 1/1/06, whimsy2 wrote:

>What's wrong with Splenda?

I have to say I was wondering the same thing, especially since Sandy said

she used very little sweetener.

All these chili recipes. I'll have to find my favorite one.

sky

[Guest guest]

What's wrong with Splenda?

Vicki

Sugar Alcohols-Sandy: was- Re: Artificial

sweeteners

>

> Sandy,

> All those " sugar-alcohols " may or may not cause bg to rise in " your

> body " .

> This is another of those very YMMV things.]

> Personally, I can eat things with sugar-alcohols and they don't effect

> my

> bg's (so far!).

> But others have reported that they seem to have the same effect as

> sugar.

>

> I'd suggest that you give the " erythritol " a try in a controlled

> experiment

> with that as the only variable. Your meter will tell you how " your

> body "

> responds to that particular food product.

>

> Don't beat yourself up over this. It's an honest mistake that may not

> turn

> out to be a mistake after all.

> Testing will tell.

>

>

> *****************************************

> , T2, dx'ed 4/98 with Fasting bg 350mg/dl & HbA1c 15.5%

> Controlling until last month with LC-D & very little E

> Average Fasting bg 105mg/dl, Last HbA1c 6.0%

> 7+ Year Historical HbA1c 5.6%-6.0%

> Now Experimenting with Metformin, Glyburide & " Merlot Therapy " for

> HbA1c

> nearer 5.0%

>

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>

>

>>>> Hi all,

> I recently purchased some erythritol as I wanted to get something I

> felt

> better about than splenda. At first I was going to get xylitol but

> someone

> on one of the groups said erythritol was better (I think less GI

> maybe?)

> But I just got the erythritol in and it has 15 carbs (sugar alcohols

> 15) -

> yikes. That isn't what I wanted and won't use it due to that. I

> hate

> throwing stuff out. Guess I should have looked at the label better

> before

> ordering from netrition.com. I did go back to the site I should have

> ordered from as I see they have the artificial sweeteners with only 4

> carbs - but they list Laxation threshhold - what does this mean?

> http://www.globalsweet.com/Xylitol-Nutr.html

>

> I hardly use any sweetener but just a bit on my hot cereal every

> morning and

> the books I read say use xylitol or stevia (not splenda etc) so I was

> trying

> to use the best.

>

> I'm mad at myself for not checking the carbs on this brand of

> erythritol

> now.

> Sandy <<<