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3. It does count but doesnt spike the BG level
Mon May 22, 2023, 05:28 PM
May 2023

I found that it is like a delay and avoids those 400 readings I get if I just eat bread and other carbs. (Rice will get me to 400 also.)

So when I count, I kind of count Dietary Fiber about a third of what is listed. Now Sugar Alcohol does something similar to me. It will raise the BG level but only a small amount, so I count that for about a third as well. If it says 6 grams of Sugar Alcohol, l then I count is as 2 grams. Erythritol seems to not raise it at all so it is a good sweetener however eating too much gives me indigestion.

This isn't scientific but it is something I have been using for about five years now.

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