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Weight Loss/Maintenance

masmdu

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6. ALLULOSE for the win...

Reply to bluedeathray (Original post)

Wed Mar 16, 2022, 12:49 PM

Mar 2022

All natural, FDA approved as safe, 70% as sweet as sugar, can be used like sugar in baking or other sugar use cases, almost 0 calories, and...

https://www.webmd.com/diet/features/what-is-alluose

“What's interesting is that it's not metabolized by the body. It's absorbed by the small intestine, but then actually excreted. So none of the calories get absorbed or stored in your body,” DiMarino says. “With the limited research that's been done, it's been found that [allulose] doesn't have effects on blood sugars or an insulin response.”

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My sugar addiction... [View all] bluedeathray Mar 2022 OP

In a nutshell - imo empedocles Mar 2022 #1

Thanks for the suggestion empedocles leftieNanner Mar 2022 #2

I have the same problem leftieNanner Mar 2022 #3

By now I've read hundreds of comments of people who fierywoman Mar 2022 #4

Add me to the list. I went low-carb at the beginning of the pandemic, Ocelot II Mar 2022 #7

I kicked mine. Here is how I did it. ProudMNDemocrat Mar 2022 #5

ALLULOSE for the win... masmdu Mar 2022 #6

Try this... BWdem4life Apr 2023 #8