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10/19/09 10:32 PM

"Can sugarless gum (Extra) mde with sorbitol, glycerol, mannitol, aspartane, lecithin cause numbers to jump high for type 2 diabetes?"
Asked By: merylmusgrave  
Category: Food and Nutrition

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10/20/09 10:45 PM

Sugarless gum is sweetened with sugar alcohols which are the ingredients you mention above (sorbitol, mannitol, maltitol). These sugar alcohols have an effect on blood sugars, but not as much as regular sugar or glucose. Sugar alcohols contain, on average, about half the calories of sucrose or glucose. And experts generally recommend that you deduct half the number of grams of sugar alcohols from a total carb count. Test your own blood sugar after chewing sugarless gum to see how it affects you.
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10/27/09 03:57 PM

I have chronic dry mouth and my dentist suggested that I chew gum to create enough saliva to keep my gum disease undercontrol. I thought it interesting as dental health is so important for diabetics.
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10/27/09 10:35 AM

Usually sugar-free gum shouldn't affect your BG. The kind I chew has 1 gram of total carb which is from 1 gram of sugar alcohol. So if you follow the guidelines and subtract 1/2 that leaves only 1/2 gram of carb per piece of gum. I guess it would depend on how much you are going to chew, but you'd have to chew an awfull lot in a short time to get enough carbs to worry about.
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