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--- sweetener experience and question
Mortgage.Author wrote: > I have been caring for my dad for a while and his blood sugar was over 400 > for some time. Due to his age and health, he cannot take any more > glucophage or glipizide so his doctor told him to stop all foods, beverages > and candies with sweeteners. He did and now his blood sugar is under 200. > Amazing to me. Does that mean the sweeteners DO affect glucose levels and > we diabetics should not be ingesting them? > > Hello. Certain foods that are sweetened can have an affect on blood glucose. Here is some info to reference: DEFINITIONS OF SUGARS IN FOODS: http://www.diabetesliving.com/manage/swtnrs.htm What About Artificial Sweeteners By Albert Grazia, M.S.,N.D. http://nutritioninfo.tripod.com/Nutritioninfo/id13.html Diabetes Information Library: http://www.diabetessymptom.net/news/news_search.cfm?searchem=glucose Or, you can easily do a search on sweetners and glucose levels by typing in keywords like "Sweetners and blood glucose levels" which I did with http://www.websearch.com/. Good luck. -- ~LadySycamore~ Co-Administrator dialyze.org: For renal patients by renal patients http://dialyze.org/forums/index.php El Ciberbosque: "Sycamore's next step in the quest for world domination" http://www.ciberbosque.org/index.php These are uncertain times. Thank goodness you're such a rock. Now don't be mad if everyone else isn't. You can only expect so much from mere mortals.
Mortgage.Author wrote: > I have been caring for my dad for a while and his blood sugar was > over 400 for some time. Due to his age and health, he cannot take > any more glucophage or glipizide so his doctor told him to stop all > foods, beverages and candies with sweeteners. He did and now his > blood sugar is under 200. Amazing to me. Does that mean the > sweeteners DO affect glucose levels and we diabetics should not be > ingesting them? "It depends". Sorbitol, for example, has similar calories to sugar but is processed much more slowly and in the gut, so it doesn't rot your teeth like sucrose does or give the harsh blood sugar kick. Also, many of us unaware of the problem tend to cheat and eat things that have sweetener and are marked "diabetic" or "dietetic" and not realize how much sugar and simple carbohydrate remains in them. Why isn't your dad on insulin now?
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