Artifical sweetners with hidden sugar
KittyLeeB
Posts: 5 Member
As a T2 diabetic, giving up refined sugar was a no brainer.
But, I have recently discovered, that my favorite granulated Splenda, contains Maltodexterin as its first ingredient. My husband favors granulated Stevia, and It’s main ingredient is also maltodexterin. What???
I googled maltodexterin, and found some disturbing information. Maltodexterin’s GI is higher than table sugar, ranging from 106 to 136. This means that it can raise your blood sugar level very quickly. It’s made from starchy foods, everything from rice to potatoes, corn or wheat. Yikes!
https://www.healthline.com/health/food-nutrition/is-maltodextrin-bad-for-me#when-to-avoid-it
My daughter turned me on to liquid sucralose and liquid Stevia, with no maltodexterin, just distilled water. I’ve been buying it in the 16 ounce size on amazon, and really enjoying the taste.
What sugar substitutes do you use? Have you read the list of ingredients?
But, I have recently discovered, that my favorite granulated Splenda, contains Maltodexterin as its first ingredient. My husband favors granulated Stevia, and It’s main ingredient is also maltodexterin. What???
I googled maltodexterin, and found some disturbing information. Maltodexterin’s GI is higher than table sugar, ranging from 106 to 136. This means that it can raise your blood sugar level very quickly. It’s made from starchy foods, everything from rice to potatoes, corn or wheat. Yikes!
https://www.healthline.com/health/food-nutrition/is-maltodextrin-bad-for-me#when-to-avoid-it
My daughter turned me on to liquid sucralose and liquid Stevia, with no maltodexterin, just distilled water. I’ve been buying it in the 16 ounce size on amazon, and really enjoying the taste.
What sugar substitutes do you use? Have you read the list of ingredients?
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Just liquid stevia for me. I might use a a bit of a powdered sweetener (like Truvia, stevia or xylitol) for my holiday baking, which is fat bombs and cheesecake squares, but otherwise it is just stevia.
I use sweetleaf in an eyedropper. I find 2-4 drops to be about equivalent to a tsp of sweetener or sugar.
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I don't use any, I would prefer just to get used to the taste of foods which are less sweet. I use a small amount of maple syrup or fruit such as dates and bananas in baking. Recently bought a low-carb pumpkin pie from a baker who uses nothing but natural honey (not much honey) and agave syrup, which supposedly tastes sweeter than cane sugar so less goes farther, and it didn't spike me at all. So going forward I may use agave if I need to sweeten something.0
