Key Takeaways from the Video 1. Diet Soda Preferences: • The speaker prefers diet sodas without sucrose due to its sweetness and potential metabolic effects. • Diet Dr. Pepper is favored over zero-calorie options that contain sucrose. 2. Artificial Sweeteners and Insulin Response: • Though artificial sweeteners are non-nutritive, they may still influence insulin levels due to the body’s anticipatory response to sweetness. • The “caloric phase insulin response” occurs when sweet tastes trigger the brain to signal insulin release, even in the absence of glucose. 3. Allulose Benefits: • Allulose is highlighted as a unique sweetener that may promote satiety and has potential benefits for blood sugar control. • It appears to be metabolically advantageous, especially in reducing blood sugar spikes when consumed with carbohydrates. 4. Individual Variation in Responses: • The response to sweeteners varies between individuals; some may experience increased cravings after intake, while others do not. • Sweeteners like allulose may help curb cravings for some individuals while not impacting others negatively. 5. Mitochondrial Function and Fat Oxidation: • Research suggests that allulose may enhance mitochondrial uncoupling, promoting fat oxidation, which could aid weight loss. • It might stimulate lipolysis and fat breakdown, potentially leading to better body composition. 6. Ranking of Sweeteners: • The speaker ranks sweeteners based on their metabolic impact: • Best: Allulose • Good: Stevia and monk fruit extract • Moderate: Sugar alcohols (like erythritol, with xylitol being better than others) • Caution: Aspartame (considered safe in moderation) • Worst: Sucrose due to its potential effects on brain signaling. 7. Fiber and GLP-1: • Soluble fibers are generally beneficial and can stimulate GLP-1 secretion, which is crucial for appetite regulation and weight loss. 8. Personal Experiences: • The speakers share their personal experiences and preferences regarding sweeteners and diet sodas, emphasizing their understanding of how these choices impact their eating behaviors and health. 9. Conclusion: • The conversation highlights the complex interactions between sweeteners, insulin responses, and individual metabolic differences, stressing the importance of personal awareness and experimentation in dietary choices.
Hey Thomas, I see you never interrupt him; you generally let your experts finish speaking first before you speak! Kudos to you to have such a huge discipline! Thank you very much for all you do! Keep it up!
I've been using artificial sweeteners for 30 yrs. As far as I can tell, no problems. Cravings? None! Regular sugar and corn syrups though- all I want is more sugar/carb laden foods. It really triggers my unhealthy eating.
My experience with allulose lowering blood sugar: I am a type 1 diabetic with a continuous glucose monitor. My blood sugar is under good control, but I suddenly started getting lower blood sugar during the day and dangerously low blood sugar in the middle of the night, as low as 30, which could have put me into a diabetic coma. I was very concerned and couldn't figure out why. I talked to my doctor who told me to cut back on my long-term insulin, but no affect, those same dangerous lows. I finally figured out it was the Allulose I had started putting in my tea and coffee. Once I cut the Allulose, I stopped getting the dangerous lows. I didn't know Allulose affects GLP-1 much like Ozempic does (I don't take Ozempic, but have read it affects GLP-1). I may be a special case, I doubt Allulose affects most people as severely as it does me, but it definitely lowers blood sugar. Also, I can attest to the fact that other than Allulose, NO artificial sweeteners or sugar substitutes affect my blood sugar in ANY way, not Aspartame/Sucralose, saccharine, neotame or acesulfame potassium; they all have ZERO affect even if I were to sit and eat them all day (I am on a continuous glucose monitor so I always know if my blood sugar is rising or falling, and alarms go off if it starts to rise, so I know.) Stevia and monk fruit also do not affect it. Some of the sugar alcohols (erythritol, xylitol, sorbitol, maltitol, etc), DO raise my blood sugar but it usually doesn't stay elevated and comes down fairly quickly as long as I don't use a lot of it. Honey, agave nectar, maltodextrin, etc will shoot my blood sugar up into the stratosphere and leave it elevated for a very long time. (BTW, shame on LMNT for putting maltodextrin in their drink mixes and promoting them as healthy!! They may as well have poured pure glucose in them!)
I think the biggest question we need to ask, outside of the questions of safety with these sweeteners, is what do they do to the gut microbiome? From a personal experience, when I started my ketogenic journey years ago, I consumed a lot of xylitol, erythritol, Stevia, etc. and my gut health sucked, Even though my blood sugars and fasting insulin improved, I felt like I traded one bad thing for another. Even if the sweeteners discussed in this video are “safe“ continue asking further questions and evaluate your personal experience. Your body is always telling you something.
Yes, good thoughts! In my experience, any of the "--tols" hurt my gut almost immediately, whereas stevia does nothing adverse, that I can tell? The "--tols" aren't even in the same category, Imho.
Aspartame will never again be allowed in our house. Years ago my t1d had been consuming it for a long time. It really seemed to build up or something and he had major brain fog, memory issues, effected his personality, and many other things. The only thing he changed was cutting it out of his life and detoxed from it. He said it was like coming out of a fog, memory issues gone, personality better. We weren't keto yet and that was the only thing he changed, he can feel it in his head if he has aspartame by accident. That and sucralose are not in our home. It has to be an N=1
Sounds like a genetic problem. I've been drinking this stuff on the regular for 20+ years now, and I would even go as far to say it enhances my performance in everything I do. I personally can't have/handle allulose, even though it's constantly pushed on this channel, and that's probably a genetic thing with me. We're all different.
@@picsl8ed867 yep, we are all different. I don't think it is genetic though as I know several people that experienced the same issues or worse than my husband. His eye sight also got better after he stopped aspartame. For allulose some folks have to use only small amounts to start, similar to eyrithritol.
Aspartame in particular can break down into phenylalanine. Most of use are capable of processing it further, but someone with phenylketonuria can't handle it. It may be that he has a particular sensitivity to it - maybe one good gene and one bad gene or something like that. That might be enough to give trouble breaking it down fully. Your son should have been screened for PKU as a kid, but they only check for the full double recessive. You may want to check with the doctor to see if there's one bad gene in there that is impacting the ability to process it.
@@katarh it's my husband and it isn't worth getting tested for anything when the easy solution is to just cut it out. I know so many people who have issues with aspartame. I highly doubt it is genes.
Not so easy. I don’t have any vices in my life…..except soda (Coke Zero). Somehow it always ends up in my cart. I’ll take that over smoking, porn, gambling, etc (I’m not judging, I just understand how hard it can be to stop).
@@jahmd8377 My only vice is dark chocolate, but I’m also the only person in my family without high blood pressure. Ticks off my “do everything the doctor says” brother 😂😂😂
We tend to buy Zevia - no dyes or artificial sweeteners. Dropping erythritol out due to research indicating it may clump platelets in the blood. Allulose is our go-to sweetener now, good for homemade ice cream.
The only sugar substitute I use is for my morning cup of coffee. I have been using stevia and/or monk fruit extracts for years. I have been reducing their usage as well. Thinking of switching to allulose.
Aspartame and sucralose make me ravenously hungry! Monkfruit raises my bg about 20 points. Stevia glycerite and erythritol 1-2 points, allulose decreases my bg about 5-10 points but I can’t have more than 1/2 teaspoon; or I’m in the bathroom for awhile 😂
I LOVE Allulose but I have to use a lot of it to get the flavor I want and my stomach can't handle even a quarter teaspoon :(. But it definitely lowers insulin. My blood glucose goes down and my ketones go up with it.
People commenting on this channel are so smart and have a great sense of humor. Is that common among people who are health conscious? If so, I’m going to find some of them to hang out with.
I started drinking a cup of chicory root before bed for the inulin with allouse . Really an informative discussion today gentleman thank you . Have a beautiful day 😊😊
I’m with the doc.. Gee you’re dealing with technical semantics when compared to the destruction of actually having real sugars.. these sweeteners keep me on keto… so well ahead. Love this guy.
@grailsgg Dr. Ben is one of if not the leading physician guru on insulin- you should check out all tubes relating to him as well as his own InsulinIQ channel! He rocks❤❤❤❤
Thank you so much Thomas. I love your channel and appreciate the well balanced views and health tips from you and your guests. My diet is usually very healthy low carb and I often fast. My husband enjoys the healthy food I cook him but he can not seem to give up his daily coke and chips. I've convinced him to drink diet coke but but I didn't know if that was any better. Your podcast helped me to understand sweeteners so I can help him be the healthiest version of himself.
Can anyone tell me what type of plant RxSugar is made from? I have tried to find out from the manufacturer with not response. I have a strong intolerance to corn so need to know before I purchase the product. Thanks!
@@dough5186 Thank you for your reply. However, my understanding it can also be made from corn. Is RxSugar made from corn? Also, if made from wheat would someone with celiac or a severe gluten sensitivity be able to consume this product? Thank you for clarifying.
@@Janice0913 They may use corn to manufacture allulose, but the end product is chemically identical to the allulose found in nature. The problem with allulose is that it's a rare sugar, meaning it only occurs in nature in very small quantities. It is therefore not practical to extract it from a natural source. Consequently, all allulose manufacturers manufacture it in a laboratory, and it is chemically perfect in that it has the exact same chemical structure as the allulose found in natural sources. I'm not sure the origin of the source is relevant. It contains no gluten or corn residue, just pure allulose.
@@dough5186 This is the best answer here. Also, from one manufacture I pulled this quote "For mass production, it's commonly made by treating natural sugars found in plants, such as corn or wheat, using specific enzymes. This enzymatic conversion process transforms these sugars into allulose, resulting in a concentrated and pure form of the sweetener. Oct 16, 2023"
I use pure stevia and not that junk mixed with Marisol you find in box stores. It takes a very tiny amount on the very tip of a spoon to sweeten my coffee, tea or anything else.
I like bars, spreads, and other desserts sweetened with stevia, erythrol, or maltitol. The funny thing is that I fell in love the first time I tried a new dessert. But after I eat the same dessert 3 or 4 times, I start to hate it and have to look for a new one. It's very odd. It's like my body starts to associate the particular dessert with low calories with time, while at first, it tasted like something loaded with calories.
I tasted allulose first time n i had the worse stomach pain n horrible taste in the mouth that it lasted till the next day. Is this normal? I have no problem with stevia.
Sadly, Allulose is not available in the U.K. 🙄 and Monkfruit is really expensive 😳 so stevia and erythritol have to be my go to if I need the sweet treat
Not released in Canada either, I used to be able to get on amazon, but the regulators shut that down.I can still find other US providers that can get through customs. The Japanese have been using allulose as their primary sweetner for decades, They lead us on many dietary advances, Consider vitamin K2 as another example.
@@nwobob agree with the Japanese concept - my son has just returned from a year out at Tokyo Metropolitan and he says you really notice the difference in foods in comparison to the U.K.
@@dontfit6380 watch videos where people test splenda. No blood sugar spikes at all. And you can also buy pure sucralose drops with no maltodextrin but anyway 1 or 2 gms malto is not gonna kill you. I only drink one sweet drink a day.
@@willowraine5514 Makes sense since it acts on glut 1 receptors, and so acts similarly to slow down gut motility. I gave some to a friend and told her to tread lightly till she could see how it makes her feel as she drinks a lot of coffee. I didn't want her using like 4 packs and then feeling ill or something.
A recently published study showed an increased risk of stroke with xylitol, let's hope we won't find that kind of problem with allulose later. Allulose can't be sold in European Union btw.
Thanks for mentioning. I hadn't seen those. It always makes me wonder with these studies that find associations between things and all cause mortality. Usually it's with some association that is not taking into account that a sick person who is trying to lose weight is going to be both consuming more sugar alternatives and already have health problems. It seems, however, that in both the studies involving erythritol and xylitol, they gave the sugars to healthy people and then took blood samples that showed more platelet stickiness. My question is ... Why don't they also give them Sucrose (and placebo) and measure how sticky the platelets and blood became in order to compare how much erythritol and xylitol increase platelet stickiness over regular sugar consumption. Studies have shown that high glucose levels increases platelet activation and potential thrombosis ( i.e. clogging) Because, at the end of the day, that is the comparison people are concerned with since they are direct substitutes for sugar, for reasons. If sugar caused NO damage to blood particles but Ery and Xyl did, that would be something to talk about. But it is seems like everyone is on the bandwagon to throw these sugar alcohols under the bus for doing pretty much the same thing that sugar does already. But one also leads to insulin resistance and the other two do not. If I had a balance scale , it might seem like the sugar alcohols are still coming out lighter in judgement.
@@DBLBx Could you please quote some of them 'cause I didn't find "plenty". Maybe you confused the study on xylitol of June 2024 and a previous one on erythritol. Could you please elaborate a little bit on why this study should be considered as garbage ? Are there obvious flaws or statistic analysis errors for example ?
@@Metqa I guess I understand your point of view which is, sugar and sugar alcohols could both damage platelets causing adverse effects but sugar alcohols don't rise blood glucose and insulin like sugar does. So better use xylitol than sugar in particular for people insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome. It makes sense. But the Xylitol study's authors also stated: "Our studies suggest that xylitol will likely confer heightened thrombosis potential in the same vulnerable patients that it is marketed towards and intended to protect (e.g. subjects with diabetes, obesity, and CVD)." Say otherwise the more xylitol could be useful to you, the more it could kill you.
I do drink Zevia soda's occasionally. I mix the contents of each can with an equal amount of plain carbonated water, then I add ice. It is still very sweet.
Allulose is banned in the UK and EU. ALL sugars including fructose is considered to be a possible carcinogen. People with diabetes and other risk factors for pancreatic and liver cancer should avoid all sweeteners.
@@szymonbaranowski8184 it is banned in the eu to the best of my knowledge. But I was told by more than one oncologist that there is no safe sugar alternative yet. Simply google pancreas fructose and several academic researches will pop up.
I would switch to transparent labs. They are by far the best. Ingredient wise and taste wise. I'm sure you will be fine but I would switch just to be sure
Worried about what ? Do you know the dose of sucralose per one scoop ? It's so small. Do you know that whey powder will spike your insulin level? It's pointless to worry if you ask me.
Personal observation. I know you always caveot your recommendations by saying you don't want to insert a recommendation or sponsor, but there are far more people that are waiting for your recommendations than the simple minded people that negatively react to you recommending sponsors. The whole vocal minority and all. Keep up the great work. I am always educated by your videos.
Love allulose! Agree with moderation. Combine with plant based proteins like thaumatin and you'll never want sugar again. Thank you Tommy D and Bikman!!! You boys rock 💪❤️👊
Maybe I missed it, but I think there was a conflict of interest ommission in this video. "In addition to his academic pursuits, Dr. Bikman is the Chief Health Officer for RxSugar and the author of Why We Get Sick."
Stevia sweetened drinks keep me eating very low, or no carb, for the last 20 months. The way I feel about it is, if it keeps me from going back to crazy amounts of carbs, it's working for me. And, along with my dietary changes has come a huge health benefit that I don't want to lose.
I bit the bullet and bought 20lbs of it bulk. It made the cost per use so much cheaper. I just stashed most of it away in half gallon jars vacuum sealed. Took forever to go through one jar. I think I bought it like Jan 2023 and I just opened the second half-gallon jar about a couple of months ago. I gave a lot of it away also, to people interested in trying it but not ready to make an "investment". Got it on Amazon
All these sweeteners are still under the umbrella of processed foods, so limit them. It's the desserts you want to fence tightly. In my household, I try to only get diet coke & such once a week or every 2 weeks. My max is 4 xs every 2 weeks. & sweetners for coffees & teas daily. I make one keto dessert per month or every 2 months.
I might have missed this, but can't you just drink a bunch of sucralose and then measure your insulin? That's how they test glucose levels to see if artificial sweetners effect them.
I suppose if you made an appointment with Quest Diagnostic or some other local lab to have your insulin levels measured then yea. It would be marketed as a fasting insulin test, but maybe you could pay for two tests and make the appointments back to back. Fasting blood draw, then an entire can of Coke Zero, and then get the second blood draw.
I wasn't really buying the cephalic response. However, I had just checked my BG then proceeded to load 7 Easter baskets. The chocolate smelled very tempting. I didn't have any or eat anything. I was getting mild leg cramps. I get leg cramps that are homonally induced by insulin. I again checked my BG and had a substantial spike. (Yes, I cleaned my finger carefully).
The only main problem with glp1 drugs is that you can really only hold down 500-1000 calories a day, similar to a gastric bypass patient. So if you keep eating a standard diet and not make 80% of that protein you will get that muscle loss, but if you focus on protein and strength training you will preserve muscle mass similar to fasting and eventually allow yourself to taper off. However, most people are overweight due to behavior and other trauma so they may need a appetite suppressant at a lower level forever if they can’t keep a moderate medium to low carb diet after
When you have a good understanding, of how many calories you are allowed to eat everyday, and you plan your meals, with those calorie limits in mind. Then you shouldn't have uncontrolled cravings, and if you do crave something, having a diet soda tends to solve the problem. I know many people can't stand the taste of diet drinks. I was the same, and described the taste as if it was acid, but after going without sugar for a few months, I tried a diet soda, and it tasted very close to the real thing, to the point, that it really didn't matter that much, and from that point on, I drank diet, and I don't see any reason to drink regular soda again. It's just a waste of calories. Diet Coke is the only diet soda that I have issue with. After a few cans, it starts to make my neck feel funny. I've experience this issue multiple times, and realized it was because of the Diet Coke. No other diet drink has yet to cause any issue. Aspartame is fine for most people. 2% of the Population can't process it, and others might have issue with it, while most don't have a issue with it at all. If you get a headache after drinking a soda with Aspartame, either that drink is the issue, or your one of the unlucky people that can't handle it, and should avoid it in the future.
I like that this expert said exactly what I often say about diet sodas. Now if you'll excuse me, I'll go back to drinking my 6 pepsi zeros a day and remaining happy and lean.
Dr. Bikman, There is another rare sugar that I've learned about that seems very similar to Allulose called D-Tagatose. It has very low calories, is natural, has a GI of 3, and of it's calories only 20% of them are digested. It is 90% as sweet as sugar and tastes better than Allulose. Can you comment. Also the company, Hershey's just gave the company that produces Tagatose (Bonamose) $27 million to mass produce more of it. Hinting that they will start using it in their chocolate.
Sweeteners make fasting much easier, helps you reduce your calorie intake, helps you stay away from actual sugary foods. Upside is much higher than potential downside
I tried allulose and it would NOT sweet my tea. It did not taste sweet no matter how much I added. Maybe mine was fake? What disappointment! Monk fruit is a little better but still weird. Stevia is way too sweet! I still cant find a real sweetner that can replace real sugar 😢 and I am not even someone who loves sweet things. I need it in my hot drinks only.
add a pinch of a different sweetener and it may help you taste it. it's 70% as sweet, so you either need more, or need a partner. That's why so many drinks use two types of sweetener.
@@rickrollrizalI don’t get chest pain but it did not make me feel good. Just a small teaspoon made me feel like I had a sugar overdose. I was interested in the monk fruit but noticed the same, so many had erythritol added.
Sucralose messes me up. I always thought it was caffeine, but when i consumed Sucralose, i would break out in dry skin like eczema and wouldn't be able to focus at all.
Being tempted, or craving something sweet, isn't a guarantor of eating junk food. It hasn't been hard for me to just not eat junk... regardless of what soda I drink, which I do very infrequently now amyway.
I think more needs to be looked at than just insulin spikes with these sweeteners. How do the affect the gut microbiome? That can affect so many things
Key Takeaways from the Video
1. Diet Soda Preferences:
• The speaker prefers diet sodas without sucrose due to its sweetness and potential metabolic effects.
• Diet Dr. Pepper is favored over zero-calorie options that contain sucrose.
2. Artificial Sweeteners and Insulin Response:
• Though artificial sweeteners are non-nutritive, they may still influence insulin levels due to the body’s anticipatory response to sweetness.
• The “caloric phase insulin response” occurs when sweet tastes trigger the brain to signal insulin release, even in the absence of glucose.
3. Allulose Benefits:
• Allulose is highlighted as a unique sweetener that may promote satiety and has potential benefits for blood sugar control.
• It appears to be metabolically advantageous, especially in reducing blood sugar spikes when consumed with carbohydrates.
4. Individual Variation in Responses:
• The response to sweeteners varies between individuals; some may experience increased cravings after intake, while others do not.
• Sweeteners like allulose may help curb cravings for some individuals while not impacting others negatively.
5. Mitochondrial Function and Fat Oxidation:
• Research suggests that allulose may enhance mitochondrial uncoupling, promoting fat oxidation, which could aid weight loss.
• It might stimulate lipolysis and fat breakdown, potentially leading to better body composition.
6. Ranking of Sweeteners:
• The speaker ranks sweeteners based on their metabolic impact:
• Best: Allulose
• Good: Stevia and monk fruit extract
• Moderate: Sugar alcohols (like erythritol, with xylitol being better than others)
• Caution: Aspartame (considered safe in moderation)
• Worst: Sucrose due to its potential effects on brain signaling.
7. Fiber and GLP-1:
• Soluble fibers are generally beneficial and can stimulate GLP-1 secretion, which is crucial for appetite regulation and weight loss.
8. Personal Experiences:
• The speakers share their personal experiences and preferences regarding sweeteners and diet sodas, emphasizing their understanding of how these choices impact their eating behaviors and health.
9. Conclusion:
• The conversation highlights the complex interactions between sweeteners, insulin responses, and individual metabolic differences, stressing the importance of personal awareness and experimentation in dietary choices.
You rock 🎉
Sucralose though, not sucrose.
♤ dude your my hero thank u...no lets figure out if these guys are on a payroll by allulose my guess yes
thank you!
@@AnnieTymewas going to say the same
Hey Thomas,
I see you never interrupt him; you generally let your experts finish speaking first before you speak! Kudos to you to have such a huge discipline! Thank you very much for all you do! Keep it up!
Yes, that’s exactly what a good interviewer does.
Thomas you are a great interviewer because you do not interrupt your guest. Thank you for this.
I've been using artificial sweeteners for 30 yrs. As far as I can tell, no problems. Cravings? None! Regular sugar and corn syrups though- all I want is more sugar/carb laden foods. It really triggers my unhealthy eating.
which one?
What's your body fat %
My Mother lived to 92 using Saccharin all her life.
Same here👊
All of this info is generalized. We all have different genes, live and eat, stress, etc that affects everything. Just look at the Rolling Stones🎉
One of your better guests imo. Ben is a great source of information.
My experience with allulose lowering blood sugar: I am a type 1 diabetic with a continuous glucose monitor. My blood sugar is under good control, but I suddenly started getting lower blood sugar during the day and dangerously low blood sugar in the middle of the night, as low as 30, which could have put me into a diabetic coma. I was very concerned and couldn't figure out why. I talked to my doctor who told me to cut back on my long-term insulin, but no affect, those same dangerous lows. I finally figured out it was the Allulose I had started putting in my tea and coffee. Once I cut the Allulose, I stopped getting the dangerous lows. I didn't know Allulose affects GLP-1 much like Ozempic does (I don't take Ozempic, but have read it affects GLP-1). I may be a special case, I doubt Allulose affects most people as severely as it does me, but it definitely lowers blood sugar. Also, I can attest to the fact that other than Allulose, NO artificial sweeteners or sugar substitutes affect my blood sugar in ANY way, not Aspartame/Sucralose, saccharine, neotame or acesulfame potassium; they all have ZERO affect even if I were to sit and eat them all day (I am on a continuous glucose monitor so I always know if my blood sugar is rising or falling, and alarms go off if it starts to rise, so I know.) Stevia and monk fruit also do not affect it. Some of the sugar alcohols (erythritol, xylitol, sorbitol, maltitol, etc), DO raise my blood sugar but it usually doesn't stay elevated and comes down fairly quickly as long as I don't use a lot of it. Honey, agave nectar, maltodextrin, etc will shoot my blood sugar up into the stratosphere and leave it elevated for a very long time. (BTW, shame on LMNT for putting maltodextrin in their drink mixes and promoting them as healthy!! They may as well have poured pure glucose in them!)
I think the biggest question we need to ask, outside of the questions of safety with these sweeteners, is what do they do to the gut microbiome?
From a personal experience, when I started my ketogenic journey years ago, I consumed a lot of xylitol, erythritol, Stevia, etc. and my gut health sucked,
Even though my blood sugars and fasting insulin improved, I felt like I traded one bad thing for another. Even if the sweeteners discussed in this video are “safe“ continue asking further questions and evaluate your personal experience. Your body is always telling you something.
Good question. Good observation 👍
Yes, good thoughts! In my experience, any of the "--tols" hurt my gut almost immediately, whereas stevia does nothing adverse, that I can tell? The "--tols" aren't even in the same category, Imho.
One note on this. Allulose is also has prebiotic properties.
@@swdw973 that’s great if the biome that you’re feeding is solid. But can be further damaging if the biome is faulty.
That's why i use monkfruit sweetner
Aspartame will never again be allowed in our house. Years ago my t1d had been consuming it for a long time. It really seemed to build up or something and he had major brain fog, memory issues, effected his personality, and many other things. The only thing he changed was cutting it out of his life and detoxed from it. He said it was like coming out of a fog, memory issues gone, personality better. We weren't keto yet and that was the only thing he changed, he can feel it in his head if he has aspartame by accident. That and sucralose are not in our home. It has to be an N=1
Sounds like a genetic problem. I've been drinking this stuff on the regular for 20+ years now, and I would even go as far to say it enhances my performance in everything I do. I personally can't have/handle allulose, even though it's constantly pushed on this channel, and that's probably a genetic thing with me. We're all different.
@@picsl8ed867 yep, we are all different. I don't think it is genetic though as I know several people that experienced the same issues or worse than my husband. His eye sight also got better after he stopped aspartame. For allulose some folks have to use only small amounts to start, similar to eyrithritol.
Aspartame gave me major headaches
Aspartame in particular can break down into phenylalanine. Most of use are capable of processing it further, but someone with phenylketonuria can't handle it. It may be that he has a particular sensitivity to it - maybe one good gene and one bad gene or something like that. That might be enough to give trouble breaking it down fully. Your son should have been screened for PKU as a kid, but they only check for the full double recessive. You may want to check with the doctor to see if there's one bad gene in there that is impacting the ability to process it.
@@katarh it's my husband and it isn't worth getting tested for anything when the easy solution is to just cut it out. I know so many people who have issues with aspartame. I highly doubt it is genes.
Don't drink soda,easy solution
Smart man
Right? Stopped decades ago.
Not so easy. I don’t have any vices in my life…..except soda (Coke Zero). Somehow it always ends up in my cart. I’ll take that over smoking, porn, gambling, etc (I’m not judging, I just understand how hard it can be to stop).
@@jahmd8377 My only vice is dark chocolate, but I’m also the only person in my family without high blood pressure. Ticks off my “do everything the doctor says” brother 😂😂😂
No
We tend to buy Zevia - no dyes or artificial sweeteners. Dropping erythritol out due to research indicating it may clump platelets in the blood. Allulose is our go-to sweetener now, good for homemade ice cream.
That erythritol study already proven to be pure garbage.
Does Zevia contains allulose??
@@pallavikarve1247 stevia
The only sugar substitute I use is for my morning cup of coffee. I have been using stevia and/or monk fruit extracts for years. I have been reducing their usage as well. Thinking of switching to allulose.
I am addicted to Splenda. I use over 500 packets a week.. 😬
@@HH-gv8mx Splenda is sucralose. A man made sweetener.
@@Aviator168 yup and I use it instead of sugar which they claim is worse for you 🤷♀
Even my 95 yr old grandmother uses Splenda
Same here.
For everyone reading this, finding the banned book called “the hidden herbs” by anette ray should be your top priority
For everyone still reading this, it is of course spam. I've seen this same comment spammed in various places.
@@trail.blazer There is a book with that name, but it’s written by Alyssa Bancroft. Maybe she make it a made a mistake on the author’s name.
Dr Bikman is amazing!❤
He’s one of my faves
So what packets of sweetness are the LEAST damaging ?? The yellow packets (Splenda, sucralose) or those green packets (stevia) ??
I tried Rx's Allulose, just tasting it plain it tastes sweet, problem is it takes a ton to sweeten coffee or tea.
Try the RxSugar Organic liquid version. It sweetens great in hot or cold beverages.
Can use stevia to help sweeten a bit more
add a few drops of monk fruit.
No, the problem is that you are used to that sickening amount of sweetness so your sweet receptors are desensitized
Allulose is approximately 70% as sweet as table sugar, so it takes more to get the same sweetness.
Aspartame and sucralose make me ravenously hungry! Monkfruit raises my bg about 20 points. Stevia glycerite and erythritol 1-2 points, allulose decreases my bg about 5-10 points but I can’t have more than 1/2 teaspoon; or I’m in the bathroom for awhile 😂
I was wondering if I was the only one with major "bathroom problems" when ingesting Allulose....
I made some allulose ice cream and holy hell I was on the toilet forever
@@nnoo6227 I take 2-3 tsp a day of Allulose with no side effect. I feel blessed.....
Allulose doesn’t bother me at all. I usually add a teaspoon to my coffee.
I LOVE Allulose but I have to use a lot of it to get the flavor I want and my stomach can't handle even a quarter teaspoon :(.
But it definitely lowers insulin. My blood glucose goes down and my ketones go up with it.
San Pellegrino and club soda taste so much better than diet soda.
💯agree! 😊
This guy got my respect as soon as he said "Ehh I don't know enough about that...." rather than just trying to fill in an answer.
Monkfruit with no additives - seems to work really well for me. Expensive but really strong, so it lasts quite a while.
From what I've seen with diet sodas is they all have aspartame in them, not suraclose.
Or a mix of sucralose, aspartame and acesulfame-k
All the energy drinks I see typically run sucralose
There are "Diet" sodas and "Zero calorie" sodas. They can have different sweeteners including aspartame (in diet) and sucralose (in zero).
@@bakrantz
So no more zeros for me?
Bai uses erythritol.
People commenting on this channel are so smart and have a great sense of humor. Is that common among people who are health conscious? If so, I’m going to find some of them to hang out with.
Well it’s common that healthy active people have bigger brains. The neurons are firing. Not dead foggy diabetes couch potato brain.
The 98 Subaru is gone?? Nooo!! That's been a legend through Bikman's talks!
Dr. Ben Bikman is amazing!
I started drinking a cup of chicory root before bed for the inulin with allouse . Really an informative discussion today gentleman thank you . Have a beautiful day 😊😊
I’m with the doc.. Gee you’re dealing with technical semantics when compared to the destruction of actually having real sugars.. these sweeteners keep me on keto… so well ahead. Love this guy.
Never seen Dr. Bikman before, but I really like him - chill dude who clearly knows his stuff. Great pod!
@grailsgg Dr. Ben is one of if not the leading physician guru on insulin- you should check out all tubes relating to him as well as his own InsulinIQ channel! He rocks❤❤❤❤
I recommend you look up Ben Bikman's channel Insulin IQ. He is a genius on metabolic health issues.
Oh, you're gonna love this guy. Check out Insulin IQ and you can see all of his "classroom" pod casts.
The best thing to add to your diet to remove belly fat is no thing. Remove your sweet tooth.
Thank you so much Thomas. I love your channel and appreciate the well balanced views and health tips from you and your guests.
My diet is usually very healthy low carb and I often fast. My husband enjoys the healthy food I cook him but he can not seem to give up his daily coke and chips. I've convinced him to drink diet coke but but I didn't know if that was any better.
Your podcast helped me to understand sweeteners so I can help him be the healthiest version of himself.
Can anyone tell me what type of plant RxSugar is made from? I have tried to find out from the manufacturer with not response. I have a strong intolerance to corn so need to know before I purchase the product. Thanks!
Allulose -- a "rare sugar" that occurs naturally in foods like wheat, dates, figs, raisins, molasses and maple syrup.
@@dough5186 Thank you for your reply. However, my understanding it can also be made from corn. Is RxSugar made from corn? Also, if made from wheat would someone with celiac or a severe gluten sensitivity be able to consume this product? Thank you for clarifying.
@@Janice0913 They may use corn to manufacture allulose, but the end product is chemically identical to the allulose found in nature. The problem with allulose is that it's a rare sugar, meaning it only occurs in nature in very small quantities. It is therefore not practical to extract it from a natural source. Consequently, all allulose manufacturers manufacture it in a laboratory, and it is chemically perfect in that it has the exact same chemical structure as the allulose found in natural sources. I'm not sure the origin of the source is relevant. It contains no gluten or corn residue, just pure allulose.
@@dough5186 Thank you for a complete explanation.
@@dough5186 This is the best answer here. Also, from one manufacture I pulled this quote "For mass production, it's commonly made by treating natural sugars found in plants, such as corn or wheat, using specific enzymes. This enzymatic conversion process transforms these sugars into allulose, resulting in a concentrated and pure form of the sweetener. Oct 16, 2023"
I don't do sweetener, but I'm here for the info regardless. Thanks For this interview Thomas
I Started Allulose today, I’m not nauseous yet, Dr Gundry Put it at the TOP
So how much allulose should you consume in a day?
I use pure stevia and not that junk mixed with Marisol you find in box stores. It takes a very tiny amount on the very tip of a spoon to sweeten my coffee, tea or anything else.
0:49 that explain many things.
How does saccharine rate? It seems it's always left out of lists of sweeteners, but it's the one I prefer (in very small amounts) in coffee.
Same here! And it's been around for a long time
It is still sold in the U.S.?
@@Metqa usually under the brand "Sweet n' Low" in pink packets.
I like bars, spreads, and other desserts sweetened with stevia, erythrol, or maltitol. The funny thing is that I fell in love the first time I tried a new dessert. But after I eat the same dessert 3 or 4 times, I start to hate it and have to look for a new one. It's very odd. It's like my body starts to associate the particular dessert with low calories with time, while at first, it tasted like something loaded with calories.
I tasted allulose first time n i had the worse stomach pain n horrible taste in the mouth that it lasted till the next day. Is this normal? I have no problem with stevia.
Sadly, Allulose is not available in the U.K. 🙄 and Monkfruit is really expensive 😳 so stevia and erythritol have to be my go to if I need the sweet treat
you can just buy allulose from the States. I do and live in Denmark
@@mettejensen8653 no way, the shipping costs alone outweigh the product cost. Tried once.
No, it is, from iHerb, several kinds
Not released in Canada either, I used to be able to get on amazon, but the regulators shut that down.I can still find other US providers that can get through customs. The Japanese have been using allulose as their primary sweetner for decades, They lead us on many dietary advances, Consider vitamin K2 as another example.
@@nwobob agree with the Japanese concept - my son has just returned from a year out at Tokyo Metropolitan and he says you really notice the difference in foods in comparison to the U.K.
How healthy is Zevia or bubbly sparking water?
I stopped splenda for a yr straight and was using allulose and my stomach was a wreck. Recently I went back to splenda and no issues whatsoever.
Thats probably because you developed a tolerance to splenda.
Splenda is dextrose and maltodextrin. Massive blood sugar spikes. You may as well use sugar.
@@dontfit6380 watch videos where people test splenda. No blood sugar spikes at all. And you can also buy pure sucralose drops with no maltodextrin but anyway 1 or 2 gms malto is not gonna kill you. I only drink one sweet drink a day.
Allulose constipates me. Go figure.
@@willowraine5514 Makes sense since it acts on glut 1 receptors, and so acts similarly to slow down gut motility. I gave some to a friend and told her to tread lightly till she could see how it makes her feel as she drinks a lot of coffee. I didn't want her using like 4 packs and then feeling ill or something.
Love Dr Bikman and thank you Thomas for being a good interviewer! Also side note be careful with Xylitol! Don’t leave home after consuming. 😂
haha overconsumption like living dangerously
I started using allulose in my tea at dinner and my glucose levels have drastically reduced!
A recently published study showed an increased risk of stroke with xylitol, let's hope we won't find that kind of problem with allulose later. Allulose can't be sold in European Union btw.
Thanks for mentioning. I hadn't seen those.
It always makes me wonder with these studies that find associations between things and all cause mortality. Usually it's with some association that is not taking into account that a sick person who is trying to lose weight is going to be both consuming more sugar alternatives and already have health problems.
It seems, however, that in both the studies involving erythritol and xylitol, they gave the sugars to healthy people and then took blood samples that showed more platelet stickiness.
My question is ... Why don't they also give them Sucrose (and placebo) and measure how sticky the platelets and blood became in order to compare how much erythritol and xylitol increase platelet stickiness over regular sugar consumption. Studies have shown that high glucose levels increases platelet activation and potential thrombosis ( i.e. clogging) Because, at the end of the day, that is the comparison people are concerned with since they are direct substitutes for sugar, for reasons.
If sugar caused NO damage to blood particles but Ery and Xyl did, that would be something to talk about. But it is seems like everyone is on the bandwagon to throw these sugar alcohols under the bus for doing pretty much the same thing that sugar does already. But one also leads to insulin resistance and the other two do not. If I had a balance scale , it might seem like the sugar alcohols are still coming out lighter in judgement.
That study was garbage. Plenty of rebuttals online.
@@DBLBx Could you please quote some of them 'cause I didn't find "plenty". Maybe you confused the study on xylitol of June 2024 and a previous one on erythritol. Could you please elaborate a little bit on why this study should be considered as garbage ? Are there obvious flaws or statistic analysis errors for example ?
@@Metqa I guess I understand your point of view which is, sugar and sugar alcohols could both damage platelets causing adverse effects but sugar alcohols don't rise blood glucose and insulin like sugar does. So better use xylitol than sugar in particular for people insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome. It makes sense. But the Xylitol study's authors also stated: "Our studies suggest that xylitol will likely confer heightened thrombosis potential in the same vulnerable patients that it is marketed towards and intended to protect (e.g. subjects with diabetes, obesity, and CVD)."
Say otherwise the more xylitol could be useful to you, the more it could kill you.
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I avoid all sweeteners
Wait, the DIET soda is the indulgence??
Jeez, my cheat meals would make them blush, lol
I do drink Zevia soda's occasionally. I mix the contents of each can with an equal amount of plain carbonated water, then I add ice. It is still very sweet.
This series is on fire.
So what packets of sweetness are the LEAST damaging ?? The yellow packets (Splenda, sucralose) or those green packets (stevia) ??
Allulose is banned in the UK and EU. ALL sugars including fructose is considered to be a possible carcinogen. People with diabetes and other risk factors for pancreatic and liver cancer should avoid all sweeteners.
lot's of food in eu with these, howcome...
@@szymonbaranowski8184 it is banned in the eu to the best of my knowledge. But I was told by more than one oncologist that there is no safe sugar alternative yet. Simply google pancreas fructose and several academic researches will pop up.
According to many comments it is not banned but not approved yet. Not quite the sane....
I think that when people have something sweet and it unleashes the Beast that is probably related to dopamine and food addiction
I have dealt with this myself
Love this guy! Thanks for bringing him on
I have a whey protein powder that contains sucralose. Not taking more than 30g of this powder per day. Should I be worried?
I would switch to transparent labs. They are by far the best. Ingredient wise and taste wise. I'm sure you will be fine but I would switch just to be sure
@@fallguy6196 thanks, will check it out
Worried about what ? Do you know the dose of sucralose per one scoop ? It's so small. Do you know that whey powder will spike your insulin level? It's pointless to worry if you ask me.
Transparent labs is the best I have found for someone who does not want to get used to any that taste sweet.
This is FANTASTIC Information!!!
Thank You!
Personal observation. I know you always caveot your recommendations by saying you don't want to insert a recommendation or sponsor, but there are far more people that are waiting for your recommendations than the simple minded people that negatively react to you recommending sponsors. The whole vocal minority and all. Keep up the great work. I am always educated by your videos.
This was a helpful conversation
You said you like Diet Dr Pepper. What about Dr Zevia?
It's Fine if you like Stevia. IMO, zevia leaves an unpleasant aftertaste. I notice it in most all stevia extracts except Kal Brand which is purified.
Love allulose! Agree with moderation. Combine with plant based proteins like thaumatin and you'll never want sugar again. Thank you Tommy D and Bikman!!! You boys rock 💪❤️👊
Great podcast Thomas, thanks a lot
Maybe I missed it, but I think there was a conflict of interest ommission in this video. "In addition to his academic pursuits, Dr. Bikman is the Chief Health Officer for RxSugar and the author of Why We Get Sick."
Stevia sweetened drinks keep me eating very low, or no carb, for the last 20 months. The way I feel about it is, if it keeps me from going back to crazy amounts of carbs, it's working for me. And, along with my dietary changes has come a huge health benefit that I don't want to lose.
I’ve tried the Rx sticks. Really good! But expensive
I bit the bullet and bought 20lbs of it bulk. It made the cost per use so much cheaper. I just stashed most of it away in half gallon jars vacuum sealed. Took forever to go through one jar. I think I bought it like Jan 2023 and I just opened the second half-gallon jar about a couple of months ago. I gave a lot of it away also, to people interested in trying it but not ready to make an "investment". Got it on Amazon
Thank you Dr and both
All these sweeteners are still under the umbrella of processed foods, so limit them. It's the desserts you want to fence tightly.
In my household, I try to only get diet coke & such once a week or every 2 weeks. My max is 4 xs every 2 weeks. & sweetners for coffees & teas daily.
I make one keto dessert per month or every 2 months.
Coke Zero is less sweet to me than Diet Coke…
I might have missed this, but can't you just drink a bunch of sucralose and then measure your insulin? That's how they test glucose levels to see if artificial sweetners effect them.
If you're in a lab to draw blood. Not your home monitor, though.
I suppose if you made an appointment with Quest Diagnostic or some other local lab to have your insulin levels measured then yea. It would be marketed as a fasting insulin test, but maybe you could pay for two tests and make the appointments back to back. Fasting blood draw, then an entire can of Coke Zero, and then get the second blood draw.
I drink coffee with sucralose and do not pursue other sweets afterward. Am I hearing that that is okay / healthy behavior?
I wasn't really buying the cephalic response. However, I had just checked my BG then proceeded to load 7 Easter baskets. The chocolate smelled very tempting. I didn't have any or eat anything. I was getting mild leg cramps. I get leg cramps that are homonally induced by insulin. I again checked my BG and had a substantial spike. (Yes, I cleaned my finger carefully).
The only main problem with glp1 drugs is that you can really only hold down 500-1000 calories a day, similar to a gastric bypass patient. So if you keep eating a standard diet and not make 80% of that protein you will get that muscle loss, but if you focus on protein and strength training you will preserve muscle mass similar to fasting and eventually allow yourself to taper off. However, most people are overweight due to behavior and other trauma so they may need a appetite suppressant at a lower level forever if they can’t keep a moderate medium to low carb diet after
My experience with Aspartame is severe migraines. Took a few years to figure out.
When you have a good understanding, of how many calories you are allowed to eat everyday, and you plan your meals, with those calorie limits in mind. Then you shouldn't have uncontrolled cravings, and if you do crave something, having a diet soda tends to solve the problem.
I know many people can't stand the taste of diet drinks. I was the same, and described the taste as if it was acid, but after going without sugar for a few months, I tried a diet soda, and it tasted very close to the real thing, to the point, that it really didn't matter that much, and from that point on, I drank diet, and I don't see any reason to drink regular soda again. It's just a waste of calories.
Diet Coke is the only diet soda that I have issue with. After a few cans, it starts to make my neck feel funny. I've experience this issue multiple times, and realized it was because of the Diet Coke. No other diet drink has yet to cause any issue.
Aspartame is fine for most people. 2% of the Population can't process it, and others might have issue with it, while most don't have a issue with it at all. If you get a headache after drinking a soda with Aspartame, either that drink is the issue, or your one of the unlucky people that can't handle it, and should avoid it in the future.
Are the Rx products gluten free
Yes they are gluten free
What did you do to tim ferris?
I like that this expert said exactly what I often say about diet sodas. Now if you'll excuse me, I'll go back to drinking my 6 pepsi zeros a day and remaining happy and lean.
Dr. Bikman,
There is another rare sugar that I've learned about that seems very similar to Allulose called D-Tagatose. It has very low calories, is natural, has a GI of 3, and of it's calories only 20% of them are digested. It is 90% as sweet as sugar and tastes better than Allulose. Can you comment. Also the company, Hershey's just gave the company that produces Tagatose (Bonamose) $27 million to mass produce more of it. Hinting that they will start using it in their chocolate.
Sweeteners make fasting much easier, helps you reduce your calorie intake, helps you stay away from actual sugary foods. Upside is much higher than potential downside
Please talk about xylatol's good effect of remineralizing teeth and bones.
Great guy .. I learned a ton from his knowledge 👍👍👍👍
26:05 that's not "Pompeo" but Vesuv / Vesuvio. Pompei was the destroyed city and "Pompeo" was an idiot in Trump administration. I hope it helps.
I tried allulose and it would NOT sweet my tea. It did not taste sweet no matter how much I added. Maybe mine was fake? What disappointment!
Monk fruit is a little better but still weird. Stevia is way too sweet!
I still cant find a real sweetner that can replace real sugar 😢 and I am not even someone who loves sweet things. I need it in my hot drinks only.
You have to use a lot more allulose to equal the sweetness of sugar. It gets expensive and throws off my coffee-cream ratio lol
Some people do not taste allulose as sweet. Neither my wife nor I can taste any sweetness from allulose. And we have tried different sources.
add a pinch of a different sweetener and it may help you taste it. it's 70% as sweet, so you either need more, or need a partner. That's why so many drinks use two types of sweetener.
Isn't aspartame a neurotoxin?
Diet Dr. Pepper. It's my go-to, as well.
What about the new research showing that Stevia is an endocrine disruptor - especially for women?
What about it? What research are you referring to? Article title? Author?
@ I tried posting the link, but it got deleted. You can Google it - it’s a pub med study.
AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME Thomas
👍👍👍👍👍
I use sweet n' low. Does it cross the blood brain barrier? I do have metabolic syndrome.
Stands at the podium: Hi everybody ... My name is James and I am a CARB ADDICT.
Rest of the world : Hello James.
From what I've seen with diet sodas is they all have aspartame in them, not suraclose.
Not All. Coke Zero uses Ace-K and Sucralose.
The newish 'zero sugar' things I've bought have all had aspartame :/
dead pool giving health tips when he´s inmortal omg
My issue with aspartame is it gives me restless legs at night. I've tested it over and over because I like gum, but I can hardly handle it.
I use monk fruit without erythritol
It's annoying companies add erythritol to monk fruit. I get chest pains with erythritol
@@rickrollrizal yeah, you have to get the organic stuff
tastes BAD, tried it, had to give it away
@@mettejensen8653 Give it to me next time!
@@rickrollrizalI don’t get chest pain but it did not make me feel good. Just a small teaspoon made me feel like I had a sugar overdose. I was interested in the monk fruit but noticed the same, so many had erythritol added.
Sucralose messes me up. I always thought it was caffeine, but when i consumed Sucralose, i would break out in dry skin like eczema and wouldn't be able to focus at all.
WHAT ABOUT Swereve? Stevia? Erythritol?
Being tempted, or craving something sweet, isn't a guarantor of eating junk food. It hasn't been hard for me to just not eat junk... regardless of what soda I drink, which I do very infrequently now amyway.
I think more needs to be looked at than just insulin spikes with these sweeteners. How do the affect the gut microbiome? That can affect so many things
Fortunately I have no cravings or desire to put added sugar of any kind in my food.
Nobody should be promoting arty sweets. There's tons of evidence showing they are toxic.
Is there electrolytes sweeten with allulose ?
Is this Between two ferns?
Where's the brownie mix?
I've tried Allulose at least 3 times and every time it causes intestinal upset. I've heard others say the same. What's going on with that?
I can’t use sugar anymore in my coffee
Allulose may work
I finally made the jump, and replaced my stevia with cocaine.
Tastes awful, but man it makes me feel good!
Any insulin response?
@@DBLBx haven't eaten anything in a few months, so it's probably fine
@@Landofalcon007 abs must be looking awesome at this point!