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What's the difference between added sugars and natural sugars? Nov 9, 2021 | By Tara Schmidt (@taraschmidt)Comment receiving replies
Truvia is considered a nonnutritive sweetener, while erythritol is a sugar alcohol. They both could be considered as sugar substitutes and are "generally recognized as safe (GRAS)" by the FDA. At the end of the day, it up to you! I like to ask patients if these types of products are helping them (perhaps by decreasing their total calorie intake), their average intake in terms of frequency and amount and whether or not they are necessary in that person's diet. Have you replaced an added sugar with these products for the purpose of weight management?
Some additional reading if you're interested:
https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-q-and-a-artificial-sweeteners-aye-or-nay/
https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/how-sweet-it-all-about-sugar-substitutes
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Thank you for details and sweetener differences on Truvia and Erythritol. Great info!
The Mayo Clinic article was a little vague as it did not mention or differentiate between different types of sufficient sweeteners. Also a little scary they are still listing "benefits" of artificial sweeteners over sugar.
On FDA article, didn't the FDA think that saccharine was safe for years, until they didn't? 😱 The fact they state newly approved Advantame is closely chemically related to Aspartame is enough to keep me away from it!