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Hi. So far I've been mostly avoiding sweeteners. Basically by just not having much sweet stuff, and if I do then just use very small amounts of sugar to sweeten it.
Anyway I've been thinking about trying one of the so called natural sugar polyol alternatives. I recently heard about Xylitol here and was keen to try it, however my local supermarket didn't have it. It has instead what appears to be a similar product called Erythritol.
From what I can gather Xylitol and Erthritol are chemically very similar, both polyls with just 5 versus 4 carbon atoms respectively. So does anyone know which is the best one for a diabetic?
Anyway I've been thinking about trying one of the so called natural sugar polyol alternatives. I recently heard about Xylitol here and was keen to try it, however my local supermarket didn't have it. It has instead what appears to be a similar product called Erythritol.
From what I can gather Xylitol and Erthritol are chemically very similar, both polyls with just 5 versus 4 carbon atoms respectively. So does anyone know which is the best one for a diabetic?