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Do sweetners raise blood sugar levels or not so much? i am doing SW and i make a lot of recipes using sweetners (mainly Truvia or Xylitol) and just wondered. thanks
 
It varies from person to person.

Officially, all artificial sweeteners aren't supposed to raise your blood sugar.

However, many people find this isn't the case. For instance, any sugar alcohols (anything that ends in -ol) raises my blood sugar as much as the real thing.

However, it's very important to think beyond just 'sugar'. You can make a cake with Truvia or Xylitol or whatever and it will still raise your blood sugar a lot because you're still using flour, which is essentially just sugar in a slightly different form.
 
Hi. Sweeteners shouldn't raise your blood sugars but I would be wary of making a cake with sweeteners instead of sugar because it can have a laxative effect. I made myself very ill by doing this! I think it is best to make a low fat cake with a little sugar and eat after a low GI meal which is digested slowly by the body. Whisked sponge cakes don't use butter and you can find recipes for tea loafs which also don't use fat (other than the eggs)
 
Why worry about fat providing it's not trans fat? Latest studies show that dietary fat has no ill effects on CVD or cholesterol. It also slows absorption of food, which is helpful for T2s. As Deus says, worry about the flour because it's carbohydrate and fast carbs at that and it will raise BGs a lot.

I make cakes from ground almonds and some sweetner + butter and yoghurt.

Do sweetners raise blood sugar levels or not so much? i am doing SW and i make a lot of recipes using sweetners (mainly Truvia or Xylitol) and just wondered. thanks
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Your meter will tell you the answer to that question. Do your BGs rise after eating your recipe? If they do then it's not for you, if they don't then fine, carry on. Yes, sweetners can have a laxative effect, especially anything ending in "ol" such as Xiylitol. I haven't had a problem with Splenda, but some peeps don't like the taste.
 
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Truvia contains 99g of carbs per 100g but they are not digested because we lack the necessary enzymes. It contains the sugar alcohol Erythritol, which does not cause as much bloating, wind, diarrhea as other sugar alcohols because it is more resistant to being broken down by bacteria in the intestine.

Some sugar alcohols do raise blood sugar levels and these tend to be derived from simpler monosaccharides or disaccharides. I think Truvia is derived from an oligosaccharide.

It is blended with some extracts from the Stevia plant which contain beta carbohydrates again for which we do not produce the necessary digestive enzymes.

Sugar Substitutes and Artificial Sweeteners
 
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