I drink 4-5 cups of coffee with two packets of Truvia each every day. I noticed that each packet is recorded as 3 grams of carbs in CRON-O Meter. Four cups of coffee results in 24 grams of carbs! Clearly, something is off.
Should I ignore the Truvia carbs in CHRON-O-Meter? Should I include a percentage of it?
I am losing weight slowly but the trend is to lower weight.
Truvia is a combination of Stevia extract and Erythritol.
This really depends on the person. Erythritol is often viewed as near-zero carbs. So, many people would reduce the 3g to 0g. However, some people have an insulin/glucose response to Erythritol. Those people would not score it at 0g. Stevia has no carbs, but it may or may not trigger an insulin response.
If I score it, I am above my daily 20 grams carbs. But I am slowly losing weight so maybe I should count 20% or so just in case my metabolism uses it to stimulate insulin.
Where did you hear about the erythritol stimulating insulin/glucose? Every single study I have read on it demonstrates it cannot be absorbed, period, and does not stimulate insulin/glucose.
Genuinly curious.
Are you talking about people who experience cravings from it?
Siobhan,
I don’t claim that I heard it anywhere.
I don’t know why CRON-O Meter says it has 2 grams of carbs in one packet. I like to use it and will continue as long as I am not hurting my efforts to lose weight. My understanding is that 90% or so is immediately absorbed by the small intestine and excreted in the urine. Most of the rest goes out the bowels. I have checked further since I posted and can find no reason why the 2 carbs per packet exists. It should be zero.
Some count sugar alcohols even though they cant be absorbed in erythritols case.
Interesting, Cronometer even includes Truvia as being Net Carbs. Shrug. I guess it’s because they don’t have a sugar alcohol category. I would just ignore that for daily totals.