Artificial Sweeteners Glucose Levels
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Artificial sweeteners and blood glucose levels?
Do artificial sweeteners effect blood glucose levels?
My sweetner of choice is Truvia which contains erythritol and rebiana (stevia), yet sometimes I buy the 100% stevia powder from Trader Joe’s.
I also ingest aspartame and sucralose as these two sweetners are in a lot of sugar-free food products.
In addition, I’m confused over dextrose which is the primary ingredient in Splenda. I thought dextrose was sugar. And then there’s sorbitol which is sugar alcohol that reads “0 Sugars” but “12g Sugar Alc”.
I’m wondering how all these effect blood glucose.
It’s really complicated.
Stevia, Aspertame, and Sucralose, and Erythritol will not raise blood sugar.
You were right – maltodextrin and dextrose are both sugars. They are the bulking agents in most artificial sweeteners. If you buy sucralose syrup, it will truly contain no carbohydrate. A cup of granulated Splenda contains about 24 g of carbohydrate.
When reading labels, carbs are split into sugars, fibers, and sugar alcohols. Sugar alcohols are neither sugar nor alcohol. They have a decreased effect on blood sugar from normal sugar. Many websites (and my CDE) recommend counting 1/2 of the sugar alcohols – so if you have sorbital, count 6 g of carbohydrate instead of all twelve.
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