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Insulin Scientist Reveals the Best Sweetener for Reducing Belly Fat - Dr. Bikman

370K views · Sep 13, 2024 · People & Blogs

Thomas DeLauer

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@donnahelps5680 · 9 months ago
I can listen to Ben Bikman all day. Not only is he a brilliant scientist, but he’s a lovely human being
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@JRM_Tube · 2 years ago
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.
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@djlowtek · 2 years ago
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.
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@-observation401 · 2 years ago (edited)
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!
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@kathy32850 · 2 years ago
I started using allulose in my tea at dinner and my glucose levels have drastically reduced!
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@Someone-vn9ce · 1 year ago (edited)
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!)
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@Joy80JJ · 2 years ago
Thomas you are a great interviewer because you do not interrupt your guest. Thank you for this.
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@The1CureUNeed · 1 year ago
Allulose is great! I am down 25 pounds since switching from other artificial sweeteners to Allulose!
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@petermadany2779 · 2 years ago
San Pellegrino and club soda taste so much better than diet soda.
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@mariehughey5390 · 1 year ago
Glucose in the form of starches are my food nemesis. Getting rid of bread, pasta, root vegetables from my diet has me sleeping thru the night, reduced sinus congestion, improved my skin and all my blood work. Then cutting out most sugar, I lost the last 20 pounds that brought me to my goal weight. I’m seriously considering carnivore next. I feel so good at nearly 70 years old that, why not?
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@thecarnivoremommy · 2 years ago
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
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@sharondruzynski3005 · 1 year ago
It's so interesting having a cgm with allulose. No change whatever. It's amazing
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