Modern sweeteners including eritritol, continue to get to cross fire of criticism. Nevertheless, their popularity grows, especially among athletes and adherents of dietary food.
The people having diabetes of any type without fail use sugar substitutes. In this article we will consider not only advantages of the use of such sweetener as eritritol, but also its possible harm and side effects.
What is eritritol
Eritritol — the low-calorie substance a little similar to sugar. The sweet of this product is 30% lower, than at usual table sugar that is considerably felt.
From the chemical point of view, eritritol represents a sweet tasting combination of sugar alcohols which sometimes meets in the nature. In the natural form eritritol meets in cheese and also in fruit and even in pistachios.
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Production of this substance quite difficult, in it is applied fermentation. Using microbic transformation of low-molecular carbohydrates, eritritol sugar alcohol it is allocated with osmofilny mushrooms.
Caloric content
Eritritol has no calories at all, he is not artificial sweetener and consists of carbohydrates. At the same time it is ideal for a low-carbohydrate diet because, unlike other sugar alcohols, it is not metabolized.
More than 90% of substance are soaked up in blood through a small intestine and brought out of an organism without changes in urine, the remained 10% leave through a thick gut. As there is no transformation of food to energy, the organism does not receive any calories.
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Advantage
This substance has antiseptic property that is important for hygiene of an oral cavity. It does its application more attractive, than consumption of sugar. Eritritol does not allow to breed in a mouth to bacteria of caries and does not produce lactic acid, therefore, harm to teeth is not done. It is connected with the pn level in a mouth. At regular consumption of sugar rn falls to a certain value as sugar promotes production of lactic acid.
However, if the person regularly accepts eritritol, this process does not happen. It even remineralizut teeth and prevents formation of caries. Eritritol is widely applied in dietary food and sport.
Self-made milkshake with eritritoly and several fruit can provide energy after the sports training, but will practically not give calories. Besides, the carbohydrates which are contained in this substitute of sugar undergo metabolism not as carbohydrates, and as sugar alcohols.
Important! One of the main minuses of an eritritol is the lack of sweet of taste. To reach the necessary sweet taste of tea or coffee, it is necessary to put this substance more.
If to look at packing, then in the column "carbohydrates" there will be very low figure even not comparable to amount of carbohydrates in starch or sugar. The organism will quickly transform carbohydrates which become available in the form of sugar in blood, that is glucose. Eritritol and sugar is carbohydrates which do not increase the insulin level as they have no influence on sugar level in blood.
Harm
Eritritol can cause problems with digestion. Though this substitute of sugar is approved by physicians as nutritional supplement, on products, it containing (even in number of 10%), prevention for the consumer with the indication of amount of this substance in food has to be written.
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And though about 90% of this substance are absorbed in a small intestine and removed by kidneys from an organism together with urine, but the remained 10% will be transformed to typical side effects of sugar alcohols, such as meteorizm, belly-ache, diarrhea. Besides, the total amount of substance in an organism can quickly reach the critical level when it is consumed several products containing in quality of sweetener eritritol.
Scope of application
In 2014 it was revealed that eritritol it is toxic for fruit flies, but it is completely safe for people therefore it is applied in fight against these insects. This substance and in food of patients with diabetes is applied.
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It was proved that insulin level in blood after reception of an eritritol is much lower, than after consumption of sugar, and even below, than after the use of widespread xylitol. According to experts, the glycemic index of an eritritol is close to zero. Besides, substance does not contain calories that is good news to those who watch the weight.
Important! Using eritritol, to the person who has pets, it is necessary to be extremely careful as they do not suffer this substance. Veterinarians also warn about its toxic properties for dogs and cats.
Sweeteners are resolved practically worldwide, it is possible to solve a problem of obesity with their help, to lower sugar level in blood and to keep a good figure. Eritritol in this plan is favourably allocated against the background of other substitutes of sugar.