Please Scroll Down to See Forums Below I am still not certain how splenda works through the body? It says that it is made from Dext.&Malto., so wouldn't it spike your insulin which leads to fat storage? I recently bought a small package of 50 packets due to all the people who talk about it on this board. I need some info on it, thanks.
Someone please explain how splenda works
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Babyfaced Assassin
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you get about 80 grams of splenda per jar, a tea spoon is about 5gs so think about how much actual malto/dextro you're getting
also it's not the only ingredient in splenda.
also it's not the only ingredient in splenda.
Biochem is not my strong point....however, I do know that chemists can do amazing things to chemical structures just by rearranging one or two bonds. My point being....splenda is the brand name for "sucralose." It is an altered form of "sucrose." Sucrose is standard table sugar....they altered a couple bonds to give it the negligible caloric value. The dextrose and malto is added I believe to give it some mouth feel/consistency. Hope this helps a little.
Another sweetner, apartame (equal, nutrasweet) is just two amino acids paired up (aspartic acid and phenylalanine). Thats all it takes....
Ryan
Another sweetner, apartame (equal, nutrasweet) is just two amino acids paired up (aspartic acid and phenylalanine). Thats all it takes....
Ryan
kidvilla
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additives are fun
i discussed this in this post :
http://boards.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?postid=2718678#post2718678
basically, dextrose and maltodextrin are low-density sweeteners.... a tablespoon of dextrose has about half the calories of a tablespoon of sucrose, and about 3/4 tablespoon of maltodextrin has the calories of sucrose....
this is useful when you need fillers (a common additive in food, food additiive science is fun)...
if you didn't add the filler, you'd have a pinch of sweetener so small, that accurate dosing would be nearly impossible.... if you ever saw the sweetening pills they also sell, even those have dextrose because the actual sweetener is much too minute to be useful in its pure form.....
also, most sweeteners have an aftertaste because of the fact they don't react exactly as the "fermentable/naturally occuring" sugars... adding natural sweeteners blunts this effect dramatically
also, although sweeteners with calories (dextrose. maltodextrin) are used, the amount is only of consequence if you use 10 or more packets... this is roughly what it would take to make a teaspoon of dextrose, and then, you would get about 8-10 calories....... so in essence, each packet provides about 0.8 calories of caloric value..... and 0.8 kilocalories (same word, but i like it) of carbohydrate value.....
and the FDA is ok with rounding down....
i discussed this in this post :
http://boards.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?postid=2718678#post2718678
basically, dextrose and maltodextrin are low-density sweeteners.... a tablespoon of dextrose has about half the calories of a tablespoon of sucrose, and about 3/4 tablespoon of maltodextrin has the calories of sucrose....
this is useful when you need fillers (a common additive in food, food additiive science is fun)...
if you didn't add the filler, you'd have a pinch of sweetener so small, that accurate dosing would be nearly impossible.... if you ever saw the sweetening pills they also sell, even those have dextrose because the actual sweetener is much too minute to be useful in its pure form.....
also, most sweeteners have an aftertaste because of the fact they don't react exactly as the "fermentable/naturally occuring" sugars... adding natural sweeteners blunts this effect dramatically
also, although sweeteners with calories (dextrose. maltodextrin) are used, the amount is only of consequence if you use 10 or more packets... this is roughly what it would take to make a teaspoon of dextrose, and then, you would get about 8-10 calories....... so in essence, each packet provides about 0.8 calories of caloric value..... and 0.8 kilocalories (same word, but i like it) of carbohydrate value.....
and the FDA is ok with rounding down....
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kidvilla
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additives make food useful, presentable, and smell and taste consistent..... most candies have dextrose in order to make sweet tarts that you can actually hold on to and not tiny as an alphabetic period. dextrose is also useful in making aspirin and other pills because it again adds bulk to an otherwise tiny pill... dextrose also binds well when mixed with cellulose (for making pills) and other waxy and food-grade binders.........also, dextrose is a nutritive sweetener, which means you would eat some anyways(from other foods), its considered the least allergenic substance to use as a filler (as opposed to using gelatin, cellulose, or other fibers for fillers) ... thus one of the reasons the "sugar pill" (made with dextrose) is the standard ....
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kidvilla
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no, there IS an effect, but the effect is negligible.... i tend to split hairs on stuff such as this, so i would NOT say there is NO effect....
negligible in this case means it does elicit an insulin response, but the response is rather small, usually having no negative consequences on your LONG-TERM ketogenic dieting...
negligible in this case means it does elicit an insulin response, but the response is rather small, usually having no negative consequences on your LONG-TERM ketogenic dieting...
