Tue, Jul-16-02, 01:47
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Posts: 4,909
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Plan: Atkins,PP - wgt in %
Stats: 100/96.8/69
BF:DWTK/DDare/JEnuf
Progress: 10%
Location: Vancouver Island, BC
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Yup, that's correct.
I use all "fillered" carby sweeteners sparingly and don't actually monitor my blood sugars, but do keep a mental eye on my cravings... and prefer the low-glycemic to the high, when I DO use these types of bulk or nutritive sweeteners.
The fruit concentrate that is used in the OptiSweeet is not QUITE the same as straight fructose or 'fruit concentrate' (which you could buy in the health food store, for instance). 1 serving 1/5th tsp (1g) of the Optisweet is approximately as sweet as 1-2 teaspoons of pure 'ordinary' fructose (9g)... and both are low-glycemic in the short term... that's comparing fructose to trutina dulcem. Comparing trutina dulcem (with a carb count similar per serving) to Splenda, there the total grams are the same at 1g per serving but the glycemic load is higher with the maltodextrin in the Splenda than the trutina dulcem in the OptiSweet.
Ultimately, you get more sweetness per gram with the OptiSweet over the fructose so can use less, and you get less glycemic load with the OptiSweet over the Splenda so get fewer cravings, usually blood sugar triggered (at least for me).
Clear as mud, eh?
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