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Post by orchid22 on Aug 27, 2016 23:05:00 GMT -5
How many of you have issues of hypoglycemia even when following a pretty strict fructose-free diet. I recently bought some Sweet Tarts for the first time and using them throughout my day (just a few at a time and probably no more than one serving per day) is like medicine for me. The minute i feel low blood sugar I take a few and feel like a million dollars. And I'm not talking about when I break my diet of fructose free foods by mistake which gives me brain fog and all sorts of other unpleasant things. I know that on these threads some people are opposed to ingesting glucose, but if I feel better all day, it may be the answer to constantly feeling low blood sugar?
The ingredients for the Classic Sweet Tarts (Not the Chewy kind) are:
DEXTROSE, MALTODEXTRIN, MALIC ACID, AND LESS THAN 2% OF CALCIUM STEARATE, NATURAL FLAVORS, BLUE 1 LAKE, BLUE 2 LAKE, RED 40 LAKE, YELLOW 5 LAKE, YELLOW 6 LAKE.
Seems safe?
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Post by fred on Aug 28, 2016 15:32:52 GMT -5
Hi Orchid
I would say it was the maltodextrin that gave you the problem. Most things that are malted, contain sucrose and fructose.
Fred
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Post by orchid22 on Aug 28, 2016 22:05:30 GMT -5
Thanks Fred. I was looking at the BU table of sugars and it says Maltodextrin is tolerated and doesn't mention any contamination issues like with other sugars. I actually feel great eating these but appreciate any thoughts.
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Post by colormist on Aug 29, 2016 7:48:02 GMT -5
Hi Orchid,
I haven't been able to eat Sweettarts in many, many years. They've changed their ingredients over time. Sometime in the 90's, when everyone was adding "real fruit juice!" to their products instead of artificial flavors, they got a lot sweeter and would actually cause me to have hypoglycemia after eating them. My theory is the "natural flavors" listed in Sweettarts is some form of fruit flavorings.
I switched to Smarties (the pressed glucose candy like Sweettarts--not the chocolates) and have a better experience with that than I've had with Sweettarts. And yes, I use them when my blood sugar drops to stave off hypoglycemia until I can get real food in my system. I try not to do this too often though. I'd much rather eat real food that rely on Smarties.
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Post by orchid22 on Aug 29, 2016 20:28:49 GMT -5
Thanks Colorformist! I'll look for the smarties. I too prefer real food but it's not always convenient when I'm running around. Good to know I can rely on something as a pick me up.
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Post by colormist on Aug 30, 2016 7:37:29 GMT -5
You also might be able to track down (medical grade) glucose tablets without flavorings--which would probably be the safest option of them all.  |
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Post by orchid22 on Sept 7, 2016 7:37:52 GMT -5
I've been trying to find those glucose tablets but they seem to have natural flavors. If anyone knows of medical grade ones without any additives, please let me know! Thanks Colormist!
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Post by sugarless on Sept 30, 2016 8:38:23 GMT -5
I also have not been able to eat Sweetarts in years, so miss the original formula! I have found that Mega Smarties taste very similar to the old Sweetarts and a few of those do the trick. You can find them on Amazon. Pixie sticks do the trick also.
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Post by ukbill on Oct 12, 2016 1:42:20 GMT -5
Solid Glucose is usually made via the Acid process which results in a product which while its able to be sold as 100% pure glucose is in fact up to 40% "other sugars"
I would argue and do that its not safe at all for HFI people.
Dextrose seems to be safer however and so far as I can find and I have looked hard for many years has far far less fructose than any commercially available Glucose.
So if yo must.. then Dextrose not Glucose
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