I realise that we have to allow for artificial sweetner when chewing gum but should I also count 1 carb per piece of gum, and if so, how accurate is this carb count?
many thanks
many thanks
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Re: carb count for gum?
It's tricky, because SF chewing gum is sweetened with sugar alcohols. Each of us metabolizes sugar alcohols differently, so while 10 g of ____ [insert sugar alcohol] might mean 8 net carbs for me, they could mean only 2 for you.
I think a piece of gum has 2 g of sugar alcohols. According to the American Diabetes Association, half of the sugar alcohols a diabetic consumes should be considered to have an impact on his/her blood sugar levels."Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster."
-- Theodore Roosevelt
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thx!
i'll try really hard to give it up but i'll miss chewing gum to get rid of the dry mouth/atkins breath! sigh.......Comment
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I chew the orbit gum with sugar alcohol.It has one gm per stick,I chew just a pinch, maybe 20% of a stick at a time.Not sure if I have chewed a whole stick yet.A pinch is all that is needed to freshen breath.Comment
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Water takes the breath away.
"Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster."
-- Theodore Roosevelt
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Re: carb count for gum?
found this link to splenda sweetened gum!
may order it??Comment
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