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Is baking with fructose safe ?

TriciaWs said:
Many years ago fructose was recommended for T2s, but not now. It is just sugar derived from fruit, ordinary sugar is from sugar cane (stems) or sugar beets, bred to have a higher sugar content than naturally occurring.
A slight difference in the way they are metabolised but both are sugar.
Have you tried truvia?
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No I havent yet, but thanks for your recommendation
I will give it a look :)
 
Oldvatr said:
Beware the Mango and peaches. Tropical fruit especially canned in syrup are a no-no for most of us. Frozen berries such as summer fruits are possibly a better bet and keep well in the freezer. Yogurt may be an idea instead of milk, but avoid those ones with cartoon characters in their advertising.

Oats as has been discussed are problematic for most T2D. The LC diet section has recipes for low-carb porridges based on seeds rather than grains. If you must have oats go for the old-fashioned milled oats rather than the modern 4 minute processed pap. Cuppa porridge might be more convenient but has very little nutrition in the way of fibre and vitamins. PS as a follow on thought, smoothies are not very good for us either due to the overprocessing involved.

Testing at 2hr and 4 hr should be adequate to catch the protein/ pizza effect for most meals. The spike at 1 hr is not really of interest unless it is still there at 2hrs.
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Thank you so much for all of these alternatives ideas !! :) I will definitely give it a try
I usually enjoy berries with plain greek yoghurt as a dessert or snack but wanted to eat something different today

Anyway my BS was down to 5 mmol/l 2 hours after the porridge, I will still be cautious
 
I tried a pizza test yesterday while wearing a libre constant bg monitor.
Before eating 5.6
1 hour 7.4
2 hours 9.2
3 hours 8.6
4 hours 6.9
5 hours 4.9
So yes, I am a classic example of slow rise which stayed high and only went down slowly .
In future I will have the toppings but not the base, or use a fathead type dough
 
I'm now struggling to see the downside of Fructose in moderation.

Plus - does not go directly into the bloodstream as glucose but goes via the bloodstream to the liver where it is converted into fat.

Minus - loading too much fat into the liver can be a BAD THING but how much is too much? If you already have a fatty liver then this is likely to make things worse, but if you don't then what is the downside?
 
LittleGreyCat said:
I'm now struggling to see the downside of Fructose in moderation.

Plus - does not go directly into the bloodstream as glucose but goes via the bloodstream to the liver where it is converted into fat.

Minus - loading too much fat into the liver can be a BAD THING but how much is too much? If you already have a fatty liver then this is likely to make things worse, but if you don't then what is the downside?
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Have you heard of Dr Gary Fettke (known on Twitter as @FructoseNo ) ?
Claims remission from inoperable brain tumour by cutting down on Fructose.

Also:
MedChemExpress

@MedChemExpress
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The ability of fructose to promote cell survival through an allosteric metabolite thus provides additional insights into the excess #adiposity generated by a Western diet and a compelling explanation for the promotion of tumor growth by high-fructose corn syrup. #Nature.

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But the study was done in mice. Appears to be mainly pancreatic and colon cancers.
 
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