What Sweeteners Can I Use on a Ketogenic Diet? #KetonianKing #DocMuscles #OMA2017

What Sweeteners Can I Use on a Ketogenic Diet? #KetonianKing #DocMuscles #OMA2017

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  56. Branka Knez says:

    So…i am on keto for a bit longer than a month and my bp went crazy up, especially,through the night.
    What am I doing wrong?Even my bad cholesterol went up and my good went down,never had any problem with cholesterol . My uric acid almost 3x higher? Thx

  72. Joan Day says:

    xylitol , just small pieces of sugar free gum, with xyloitol will kill your dog in just 20 minutes..it messes with their insulin levels, shuts down kidneys, etc. How can it be any good for humans. people have been know to feed yogurt sweetened with it and killed it., gums, candies, food etc. google search the deadly results to pets..no way would I ever use it.

    • Dr. Adam Nally says:

      Joan, your gut makes xylitol when it ferments and breaks down plumbs, raspberries and cauliflower. It is found naturally in these foods in around 0.4-0.9 mg/ 100g dry weight in these foods. That’s why large amounts of plumbs and cauliflower will will give you the same gastrointestinal gymnastics that large amounts of xylitol in cooking will do. It is also a byproduct of other fruit metabolism. Our guts don’t have xylitol absorption receptors so, excessive amounts pass through the system giving more fermentation and gas. Yes, you could probably brush your teeth with cauliflower and improve your dental health (I know you were thinking this). This is why dogs don’t eat cauliflower and plumbs.

    • Joan Day says:

      funny part is i had my dna sequenced and have some issues with cauliflower, cuniverous vegetables.. cant explain it easily but has to do with sulfur, amonia build up, and how my does not handle it well. my niece is married to a dr and she gets red flushed face and headache if she eats broccoli..i found 23andme data very helpful. We are not there yet, but soon I think we will have more insight as to why what works for some does not work for others. I get keto rash, and am a mess on ketogenic diet, but the weight sure comes off..i was full of inflammation, could hardly walk, added cold wild rice, banana and big improvement. I learned to work with what i learned from dna..it helps, just an other tool.google search xylitol and dogs..spikes insulin i beive but it messes it up to the point it kills the dog..who knew. watch pets if you chew sugar free gum with it in..

  83. Anonymous says:

    So your revised article states you recommend avoiding aspartame but you also say diet dr. pepper with aspartame is okay. I’m confused on that point. Maybe the article is newer and you now recommend avoiding the diet dr. pepper?

    • Anonymous says:

      Jaime Lynn I now recommend limiting or avoiding the aspartame if you can. I still use it to “bridge” people onto a more natural ketogenic diet (It’s hard for people to give up everything cold turkey if they have been long time soda addicts) as it has “appetite suppressive qualities” however, it still causes some insulin resistance in the gut bacterial long term. So, you are better off not using it if you can avoid it.

  92. Anonymous says:

    I’ll be seeing you in a few weeks! I’ve always avoided any sweetener. But I find I’m cheating too often on real sugar stuff which ruins my ketosis. So I’m going to try adding some sweetened options and see if I can stay in ketosis when I have a treat every so often. In researching products I’m coming across the following ingredients that I’m not sure about. Could you comment on which of these suspicious ingredients we should avoid?
    I’m seeing chocolate liquor a lot. Also Lecithin ,sunflower seed flower, prebiotic fiber, leavening, guar gum, soluble corn fiber.

  93. Anonymous says:

    Last night I just used truvia for the first time yesterday. No affect on my b.s. and ketones last night.

    But a striking affect on my early morning numbers! Big drop to first am b.s. and big increase in 1st am ketones. I wonder if you have a theory as to why?

    My morning ketones are always low and they rapidly rise from there. Even when I’m in the middle of a multi-day fast my first am ketone reading always falls between 0 and 0.4. After using truvia for the first time last night:

    My morning blood sugar was lower than ever 90 (never below 99 the morning after an eating day).

    And my ketones were 1.2!!! Historically 0.4… on a good day!

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