Erythritol spiked my blood glucose. hmmmmm
Hi, first post here, looking for help.
I had read many say Erythritol did not raise blood glucose levels and perfect for keto. Have been using it for a few weeks on and off, but decided to check for myself whether any blood glucose changes. 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 ?
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I do not use it for the same reason: it causes a spike. (I did the same test back when I was figuring out what I could/could not tolerate)
There’s a book, ‘The Diabetes Code’ by Dr. Jason Fung, that does a great job explaining that artificial sweeteners - any artificial sweetener - while perhaps not having calories or carbs, will almost certainly cause a spike and therefore should be avoided. Whether or not a person is diabetic makes no difference. It’s the continual spike in glucose and insulin that will eventually degrade a person’s health and increase weight. Additionally, he found artificial sweeteners increase urges for food and do not give any feelings of satiety.
As for other replacements, I’ve found it best just to avoid them and don’t miss them. But I’ve never really had a sweet tooth.
Hope this helps and good luck.
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Thanks for the reply.