Sweetener wholsome

(Ruhi) #1

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Is this sweetener keto friendly. Does it spike insulin. I know agave is not allowed but this has agave inulin. I bought it by accident and wanted to know if I can use it. The brand is wholesome organic stevia

(Omar Newsome) #2

From the consensus I’ve heard, it’s a very personal thing. It may for you and not for others and vise versa. There is a thread some where that outlines a protocol for testing affects of sweeteners.

(Eve) #3

I read up on Agave Inulin. Seems to be the fiber extracted from Agave. It says there’s little impact on blood sugar, but it doesn’t say none. Your best bet would be to test it with a glucometer if possible. And let us know the results!

#4

Although the ingredients list “organic agave inulin” and @EvieE identifies it as a fiber, which is normally not a problem, “agave” is normally a code-word for “fructose” because it is very high in fructose and fructose itself has very little impact on blood sugar and processed in the liver, so this sweetener could have a significant amount of fructose and that would be a major warning sign for me and something I would avoid.

(eat more) #5

wait…what?

#6

Fructose is processed by the liver and doesn’t follow the same metabolic pathways as glucose and the delay in processing normally means that any contributions it makes to blood sugar are so slow that the effect is negligible, so it can be claimed that it doesn’t impact blood sugar.

That being said, fructose does contribute to Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and is not considered a safe sweetener.

#7

Rather than edit the previous post, I’ll add that the fructose molecule in sucrose (table sugar) which is 1 glucose and 1 fructose combined to form 1 sucrose is why there are foods that rate higher on the Glycemic Index than sucrose.

Glycemic Index of glucose is 100, but it is only 65 for sucrose and 25 for fructose.

#8

Yeah it’s worse in my book. Sneaky bastard! At least with glucose you can catch it in the act!

Funnily enough this just came up on FB too and I did a quick scout about for info. It would seem that the fructose and glucose is removed and that the compound responsible for the sweetness is something else entirely. I would say it merits further investigation as a good option much like stevia.