Erythritol spiked my blood glucose

[PJW70]

Hi, first post here, looking for help.
I had read on the web that Erythritol did not raise blood glucose levels. I decided to check for myself and heres what I did:
12 hour fast.
On waking my blood glucose was 4.8mmol/L
No food or water, test again 30 minutes later and it was 4.6mmol/L
I ate 2 level tablespoons of granulated erythritol followed by a glass of water. Ate and drank nothing else.
After 15 minutes my blood glucose had spiked to 5.5mmol/L
15 mins later (30 mins after ingestion) still 5.5mmol/L
15 mins later (45 mins after ingestion) down to 4.8mmol/L
15 mins later (60 mins after ingestion) back up a bit to 5.1mmol/L
15 mins later (75 mins after ingestion) down to 4.6mmol/L
Anybody else found this?
Any advice or alternative sweeteners which genuinely do not raise blood sugar?
Cheers

 

[NotWorriedAtAll]

Hi, first post here, looking for help.
I had read on the web that Erythritol did not raise blood glucose levels. I decided to check for myself and heres what I did:
12 hour fast.
On waking my blood glucose was 4.8mmol/L
No food or water, test again 30 minutes later and it was 4.6mmol/L
I ate 2 level tablespoons of granulated erythritol followed by a glass of water. Ate and drank nothing else.
After 15 minutes my blood glucose had spiked to 5.5mmol/L
15 mins later (30 mins after ingestion) still 5.5mmol/L
15 mins later (45 mins after ingestion) down to 4.8mmol/L
15 mins later (60 mins after ingestion) back up a bit to 5.1mmol/L
15 mins later (75 mins after ingestion) down to 4.6mmol/L
Anybody else found this?
Any advice or alternative sweeteners which genuinely do not raise blood sugar?
Cheers

First of all - readings from blood sugar monitors are not pin point accurate. They have +/- variations from one reading to another on the same machine and the difference between your readings are within that +/- variations so it is possible that your blood sugars didn't change all that much if at all.

Secondly I don't think that could be called a spike really. A spike is when blood sugars get much much higher. A spike is like having a reading of 5-ish and then eating something and then it reading 9 or higher.

Thirdly - I think the aim is to keep blood sugars within a gentle sensible range and not to keep them totally utterly stuck on one reading permanently. It is normal for everyone to have their blood sugars alter as the day continues. Even if you didn't eat anything at all and tested over hours there would be changes because that is how the body works.

 

[grovesy]

I don't use sweeteners but as with everything else food wise, people have differnt reactions and tolerances!

 

[Robin]

Have you ever done a twelve hour fast and then checked your blood sugars without eating anything at all? Because quite often when we get out of bed, the liver releases glucose to gear us up for the day, and our blood sugar goes up naturally. I also wouldn’t call going up to 5.5 a 'spike', it’s still well within normal range, and probably part of the body’s constant fluctuations.

 

[PJW70]

Have you ever done a twelve hour fast and then checked your blood sugars without eating anything at all? Because quite often when we get out of bed, the liver releases glucose to gear us up for the day, and our blood sugar goes up naturally. I also wouldn’t call going up to 5.5 a 'spike', it’s still well within normal range, and probably part of the body’s constant fluctuations.

Good point. No actually I havent checked sugars at the same frequency and timing after waking and fasting. I'll do that. Thanks

 

[PJW70]

First of all - readings from blood sugar monitors are not pin point accurate. They have +/- variations from one reading to another on the same machine and the difference between your readings are within that +/- variations so it is possible that your blood sugars didn't change all that much if at all.

Secondly I don't think that could be called a spike really. A spike is when blood sugars get much much higher. A spike is like having a reading of 5-ish and then eating something and then it reading 9 or higher.

Thirdly - I think the aim is to keep blood sugars within a gentle sensible range and not to keep them totally utterly stuck on one reading permanently. It is normal for everyone to have their blood sugars alter as the day continues. Even if you didn't eat anything at all and tested over hours there would be changes because that is how the body works.

Many thanks. makes sense. im new to the idea of testing so had assumed they would be more stable. Cheers

 

[rebrascora]

Non diabetics can spike as high as 10 and drop below 4 on occasion and rarely get a flat line graph of BG readings... it is a constant state of flux. There was a post recently where someone linked a Libre sensor graph of an ultra marathon runner who was non diabetic to illustrate this point and show that it is perfectly natural for there to be be a large variability in BG levels throughout the day and night....

 

[helli]

The other thing to remember is that there re far more things than just food which can affect our blood sugars.
The "spike" maybe due to a bit of stress or maybe you did a bit of exercise - even walking to the bathroom about sitting still for a few hours can change your blood sugars.

 

[PJW70]

Non diabetics can spike as high as 10 and drop below 4 on occasion and rarely get a flat line graph of BG readings... it is a constant state of flux. There was a post recently where someone linked a Libre sensor graph of an ultra marathon runner who was non diabetic to illustrate this point and show that it is perfectly natural for there to be be a large variability in BG levels throughout the day and night....

many thanks for the reply

 

[PJW70]

The other thing to remember is that there re far more things than just food which can affect our blood sugars.
The "spike" maybe due to a bit of stress or maybe you did a bit of exercise - even walking to the bathroom about sitting still for a few hours can change your blood sugars.

thanks for the reply. appreciated