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Old Mon, Jun-27-16, 19:22
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Greetings to all! I do not use much sweetener, just very occasionally stevia if I am making muffin in a mug or a peppermint fat bomb treat. I was looking at a Wheat Belly Blueberry Muffin recipe and it called for a monk fruit sweetener. I have never used that and until tonight had not read up on what it is. Have any of you used it and did it effect your blood glucose? Did you like it? I see it is very expensive but it would probably last me a very long time given how seldom I want a treat. Thanks for your thoughts.
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Old Mon, Jun-27-16, 21:12
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I have packets of Monk Fruit in the Raw and a sack of the granulated product by Lakanto. The bag says it's zero glycemic and it's a 1:1 sugar replacement. In the Raw packets are less grainy in texture, but I've tasted both straight out of the package on my tongue. It tastes very "natural" to me. Yes, I agree that it's expensive.
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Old Tue, Jun-28-16, 07:13
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I've used it, usually in combination with other sweeteners. It's a mild sweetness on it's own, imo.

Swerve is my preferred sweetener often in combo with stevia. Some people detect a cooling effect with Swerve but I don't, though I did with just straight erythritol.

Whether it raises your blood sugar is something you'd have to test. These sweeteners do not raise most people's.
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Old Wed, Jun-29-16, 17:37
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Thanks for the info. Hate to spend that,much money just to run blood glucose tests and then find out it has negative effect, but may give it a try if I decide to make the recipe.
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