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low carb sweets

greener

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Type of diabetes
Prediabetes
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Diet only
hello!

are there any low carb sweets? preferably less than 10% carbs

for those times I need something sweet

no fruits though

thanks!
 
None that I've found very worthwhile. Most 'low carb' hard candy and chocolate contains polyols which can cause gastric distress and can also spike people - maltitol is the worst culprit, with a very high GI.

I make my own sweets eg cocoa bark:

Green and blacks cocoa powder
Cream
Liquid sweetener (I use hermestas)
Coconut oil

Mix and spread along the bottom of a Tupperware. Freeze, then break into chunks - p much low carb chocolate.

Or you could have a couple of squares of real 70% + dark chocolate (not v sweet though)

Or chocolate pudding - cocoa powder, sweetener, unsweetened soya milk mixed with glucomannan powder to make a pudding.

Sugarfree jelly is normally ok.

There are recipes for peanut cookies etc on the forum...
 
I was thinking about those atkins treats, they have only 1g carbs! but soo expensive
 
Except theyre full of polyols so the GI count is actually higher - the ones with maltitol I tend to count as half the amount so if it says 'sugars 41g' of which polyols 40g I would count 20g for the bar.

Many people are spiked by polyols and they're terrible for weight loss so do take care

Quest bars are the only low carb polyols free bars I know but they're also v expensive and I don't think they're worth it.
 
I eat 70% cocoa chocolate, but I've always loved dark chocolate. It's my only indulgence for now.
 


I've read several posts on here abour polyols, saying they don't affect BG and are the best sweeteners?
 
I regularly buy sugar free jelly sweets. I get them on ebay. You do have to limit the quantity eaten due to laxative effect.
 
rowan said:
I've read several posts on here abour polyols, saying they don't affect BG and are the best sweeteners?
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They might have been talking about erithiol (not sure of spelling) which is the best of them, but barely anything is made with it. Most products are made with maltitol which is a byproduct of high fructose corn syrup and has a very high GI - have a google of polyols and GI - they all have different counts, some better and some worse. Sadly the ones used in most low carb sweets are the worst ones.

Here's one link: http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/nutrition/a/maltitol.htm

Splenda, stevia, xylitol and erithiol are the only sweeteners that don't spike me, maltitol gives many many people problems with BG and can also mess up low carb weight loss attpts.
 

The posts were about erythritol and xylitol and when I asked for more info was told that because they are polyols they don't spike or affect weight, which is the opposite of what you said above:
Many people are spiked by polyols and they're terrible for weight loss so do take care
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Yes, many people are spiked by polyols. Maltitol is a polyol and the one most commonly used in low carb sweets, so it's advisable to take care.

Xylitol and Erythritol are the best of what I'd personally consider a bad bunch. Neither of those two spike me but both cause a laxative effect or gastric distress (to me and others - check the warnings on the packets) at certain doses. In some cases that's a rather small dose. I really only use splenda and stevia in my own cooking and avoid polyols altogether. People will have differing tolerances but it's best to take care, in general, when it comes to polyols.

As far as I'm aware Erythritol and Xylitol can also slow down losses in the same way as maltitol, simply because your body has to burn off the sugar alcohol (which is a fuel) before it will go back to burning fat/ketones.
 
I get sugar free jelly sweets like ***** bears etc obviously don't eat them excessively n they never seem to effect my bg, Aldi do sugar free boiled sweets too n they are fine for me, obviously everyone's different though Abbie x
 
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