People with Diabetes can have sweets?
How to overcome craving?
What is the safest alternative to table sugar?
Well these are some interesting questions based on
which countless amounts have been spent for research. The outcome – Many
different types of alternatives were introduced. Some came with side effects
and some came with a bitter after taste. As of now the most commonly used
alternative is SUCRALOSE. Sucralose is 300 to 1000 times sweeter than our
normal table sugar (sucrose). This sucralose was developed when scientists were
actually trying to develop a sugar based insecticide. At that point the
sweetness of sucralose was identified by chance. The scientist misheard the
term “test” as “taste” and tasted it. He found the compound exceptionally sweet.
Scientists Tate & Lyle patented it in 1976. Slowly the use of sucralose
spread over countries and continents. Now sucralose is used in more than 80
countries all over the world. How our simple table sugar becomes sucralose? It
goes through processing (Simple word to explain selective chlorination of sucrose, which substitutes three
of the hydroxyl groups with chlorine. This chlorination is
achieved by selective protection of the primary alcohol groups
followed by acetylation and then deprotection of the primary alcohol
groups.The partially acetylated sugar is then chlorinated with a chlorinating
agent such as phosphorus oxychloride, followed by removal of the acetyl
groups to give sucralose)
Sucralose safe?
Well....
anything in excess is definitely harmful. Even water in excess can kill you.
Sucralose
is safe. Maximum dose is 9mg per Kg body weight per day.
Moral of
the story –
You can
have a sweet life with diabetes
But,
Measure
before you eat!
Sweet
life!
