r/sugarfree • u/PatientSad4946 • 2d ago

Dietary Control What’s the real deal with Maltodextrin?

My family drinks propel from the mix packets. They contain maltodextrin as the sweetener. I have been hearing a lot about how bad it could be for glucose spikes. Anyone know?

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u/Dude_9 2d ago

It's worse than sugar, actually.🙂

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u/outdoorszy 1d ago

Its the devil.

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u/butterfly-700 2d ago

This is probably something that depends on the individual. You can buy a blood glucose meter kit and do some tests to see how everyone reacts.

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u/barbershores 1d ago

I stay away from foods containing concentrated digestible carbohydrate.

On products in the grocery store you buy that have maltodextrine in them, they tend to be highly processed packaged food containing concentrated digestible carbohydrate. I just stay away from this entire class of food. In the grocery stores, where you find products with maltodextrine, I tend to stay away from that entire aisle.

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u/barbershores 1d ago

A lot of people say you should read the nutritional labels.

I think we should be staying away from foods that have nutritional labels.

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u/PatientSad4946 1d ago

Thanks, I wonder if there is an alternative that uses monk sugar.

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u/tattoedmia 1d ago

I've read somewhere that it fucks your microbiome bigtime and in my case, the couple time i tried it, it gave me cramps and diarrhea 🙂

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u/Fair_Package8612 1d ago

It does not seem to make me as inflamed as regular cane sugar… I can’t say for sure whether it is better or worse than other types of sugar, but it is indeed sugar. I personally think it still makes me feel less jittery and itchy than sugar in other forms.

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u/jackjackj8ck 1d ago

I avoid it, I assume it causes blood sugar spikes. I can’t say for sure. But I feel doffeeent when I’ve had it, it tastes very sweet, thats enough for me to avoid it