Tablets vs. Powdered Artificial Sweeteners

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GREETINGS --

The following information is excerpted from " Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes

Solution " .

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PS However, personal tastes will often rule.

As of this writing, several artificial sweeteners are available.

Here, to simplify your shopping are ACCEPTABLE products currently and

soon to be available:

saccharin tablets or liquid (Sweet'n Low)

aspartame tablets (Equal, Nutrasweet)*

acesulfame-K (Sunette, The Sweet One)

stevia powder or liquid (stevia has not been approved by European

Union)

sucralose tablets (Splenda)

neotame (newly approved by FDA)

cyclamate tablets and liquid (not yet available in the US)

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* Many website falsely perpetuate the myth tat aspartame is toxic

because its metabolism produces the poison methanol. In reality, one

12-ounce can of an aspartame-sweetened softdrink generates only 1/25

methanol as a glass of milk.

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But when sold in powdered form, under such brand names as Sweet'n

Low, Equal, The Sweet One, Sunette, Sugar Twin, Splenda, and others,

these products usually contain a sugar to increase bulk, and will

rapidly raise blood sugar. So when you buy them in powdered form or

in packets, with the stevia, they usually contain about 96% glucose

or maltodextrin and about 4% artificial sweetener. If you read

the " Nutrition Facts " label on Splenda, for example, it lists, as

such labels must, ingredients in order from most to least: dextrose

(glucose), maltodextrin (a mixture of sugars), and finally sucralose.