Maple Syrup Glucose Content
Sugar Alcohols on Nutritional Labels?
Hello,
I’ve noticed on many sugar-free food items, that “sugar alcohol” is listed and while “sugars” may read “0″ the sugar alc content can read pretty high (12g in sugar free maple syrup).
I’m on a low sugar diet. I have been instructed to avoid high blood glucose levels as my trainer tells me this contributes to fat storage in my body.
Do sugar alcohols raise my blood-glucose levels? Does the body treat sugar alcohols as sugar? Sugar alcohols are obviously of some significance otherwise they wouldn’t be included on the label. What’s the skinny on this? (no pun intended)
Thanks.
Sugar alcohols are neither sugar nor alcohol. They are incompletely digested by the body, so they do have some effect on blood glucose levels, but not to the extent of sugar. Usually, you can cut the sugar alcohol content in half and get roughly the amount that the product will effect you – so eating one serving of your syrup would be equivalent to eating 6 grams of sugar.
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