Sugar free candy

(Consensus is Politics) #1

Since being diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes, I of course gave up on carbs. Even those innocent little hard pieces of candy that have practically none in them. I just said no.

Then a month or so later I began to think about “sugar free” candies. I began to look at their list of ingredients and nutrition labels. Even they have carbs. The two I looked at had 3 to 6 grams per piece. Hmm…

The label stated these were in the form of alcohol sugars. I had no knowledge on the subject, and figured best to stay away.

:roll_eyes: so the other day I broke. I looked over them again. I remember several conversations about alcohol sugars, and how they ‘shouldnt’ cause An insulin spike, but do get priority in the liver, so they could interrupt fat burning, IIRC.

So I bought 2 small bags. “Chico sticks “ and a hard caramel. Oh, my, they tasted so flipping good! They might as well been the originals. I’d describe them, but I don’t want to cause anyone else any problems with sweets porn.

I ate 3 or 4 pieces of each, over about an hour. Luckily that’s nearly half the bag :cowboy_hat_face:. So I can’t overdo it TOO BAD. After an hour I checked my BG. Two hours before, I was at 86. Before the candy, and still fasted since the previous night. So fasted time is around 12 hours. One hour after finishing the last piece, I checked my BG. It was 156!!! That caused my BP to spike , just seeing those numbers. I felt terrible.

I bring this up for a reason. Don’t get too comfortable when you think you know something should be a certain way, but you haven’t actually tried it yourself. I should have stuck to my methodology for trying something new like that, but I felt I knew it wouldn’t cause a problem, and did the BG tests to prove myself right.:face_with_monocle::speak_no_evil::scream:

(Jessica) #2

They can also give you mad diarrhea. Maltitol is the devil.

(Consensus is Politics) #3

:roll_eyes:now that you mention it… :pensive:

(Jessica) #4

:laughing: I’m so very sorry

(Allie) #5

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(A ham loving ham! - VA6KD) #6

That stuff gives me cramping and gurgling in my guts so loud that my wife can hear it from the other side of the room.

(Duncan Kerridge) #7

I can’t remember the video but on YouTube a couple tested all the sweeteners on themselves and maltitol was the worst, Something like 80% of the blood sugar response of normal sugar. Their advice was if you see Maltitol on the label, read it as sugar.

(Lonnie Hedley) #8

Ketoconnect

(Roy D) #9

I was curious with respect to ingredients in sugar free Chick-O-Sticks, and found the following;

Polyglycitol Syrup, Peanut Butter (Contains Fresh Ground Dry Roasted Peanuts, Salt, BHT to maintain freshness), Toasted Coconut (Contains Sodium Metabisulfite A Preservative), Citric Acid, Sodium Bicarbonate, Titanium Dioxide, Natural & Artifical Flavor, Artificial Colors (Yellow #5, Red #3, Red #40 and …

Googling the web on “Polyglycitol Syrup” indicated it was was a maltitol syrup, which has a Glycemic Index (GI) of 36-53.

I’ve found that items marked “sugar free” (or low carb) does not mean that it does not cause an insulin spike. Below is a link to a GI listing of low calorie sweetness. (The GI is a number associated with the carbohydrates in a particular type of food that indicates the effect of these carbohydrates on a person’s blood glucose (also called blood sugar) level. A value of 100 represents the standard, an equivalent amount of pure glucose.)

You most likely will get better results eating sugar free candies (and other foods) that have ingredients which have a low GI.

(Consensus is Politics) #10

Explains another issue.:face_with_monocle:

(Consensus is Politics) #11

Well, eating anything close to healthy is new territory for me as it is. So no big surprise I was caught off guard. :roll_eyes:

Per usual, tons of great incredibly useful feedback. Love you all.

(Bunny) #12

I wonder how long it remained at 156 before decline and rate of decline?

That would be neat to know!