{"id":66088,"date":"2019-04-22T00:00:24","date_gmt":"2019-04-21T14:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fatforweightloss.com.au\/?p=66088"},"modified":"2019-05-31T14:46:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T04:46:00","slug":"sugar-replacements-keto-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatforweightloss.com.au\/sugar-replacements-keto-friendly\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Sugar Replacements Are Keto Friendly?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The main goal of the ketogenic diet is to reduce the amount of insulin the body produces by reducing carb intake. The main source of energy would then come from stored body fat and consumed body fat.<\/span><\/p>\n

When a person consumes carbohydrates of any kind, a blood glucose response is triggered, and insulin levels increase in response to rising blood sugar. Insulin is the signal to the body to stop burning fat, and instead, start storing body fat.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is a great way of measuring these responses in the body. The Glycaemic Index is a measure of what impact a certain food has on a person’s blood glucose. Foods with a higher glycaemic index are digested quickly by the body and release higher amounts of glucose into the bloodstream.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is another metric called the glycaemic load, which is basically a measure of the total amount of carbohydrates contained within a certain food, and the amount of insulin required to regulate blood sugar levels as a result.<\/span><\/p>\n

If your main goal is to burn body fat, avoiding carbohydrates is going to enable your body to actually burn fat for fuel. But what about sweeteners? Aren\u2019t they carbohydrates as well? Well, not all sweeteners are created equal. Let me explain why and determine which sugar replacements are keto friendly.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sugars To Avoid On Keto<\/b><\/h2>\n

High GI Sweeteners<\/b><\/h3>\n

As mentioned before, you want to avoid all high glycaemic sweeteners from your diet. This includes the following list:<\/span><\/p>\n

Sugar, Honey, Fructose, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Agave Nectar, Maltodextrin, Sucrose, Beet Sugar, Blackstrap Molasses, Brown Sugar, Buttered Syrup, Cane Juice Crystals, Cane Sugar, Caramel, Carob Syrup, Castor Sugar, Coconut Sugar, Confectioner’s Sugar, Date Sugar, Demerara, Evaporated Cane Juice, Florida Crystals, Fruit Juice, Fruit Juice Concentrate, Golden Sugar, Golden Syrup, Grape Sugar, Icing Sugar, Invert Sugar, Maple Syrup, Molasses, Muscovado, Panela, Raw Sugar, Refiner’s Syrup, Sorghum Syrup, Secant, Treacle, Turbinado, Yellow Sugar, Barley Malt, Brown Rice Syrup, Corn Syrup, Corn Syrup Solids, Dextrin, Dextrose, Diastatic Malt, Ethyl Maltol, Glucose, Glucose Solids, Lactose, Malt Syrup, Maltodextrin, Maltose, Rice Syrup<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Artificial Sweeteners<\/b><\/h3>\n

Since sugar has been getting such a bad name over the years, companies tried fooling everyone by creating artificial sweeteners. <\/span><\/p>\n

These sweeteners are usually found in diet soft drinks and are generally regarded as a poor diet choice if health is paramount to you. <\/span><\/p>\n

There has not been enough scientific evidence to prove these substances are not causing longterm health damage, so it is better to avoid them if you can.<\/span><\/p>\n