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Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

What Is Erythritol? – Dr. Berg

Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

Dr. Eric Berg

Health & Fitness

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2023

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Find out about the sugar alternative erythritol—a zero-calorie sweetener that also happens to be keto-friendly!

Transcript

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0:00.0

So I'm going to talk about erythritol. It's a sugar alcohol, but it doesn't have alcohol

0:04.3

and it sometimes have people have a confusion thinking that they're consuming alcohol.

0:08.7

Now it has no alcohol in it. Erythritol is an alternative sweetener. It's 70% of the sweetness

0:15.3

as actual table sugar. But it has a cooling factor so it's kind of like a cold sensation.

0:22.0

It's zero on the glycemic index so it does not increase your blood sugars.

0:27.5

Bacteria have a hard time consuming this sugar. So you're not going to have as much digested

0:35.3

problem as other sugar alcohols like multitall will. That actually creates a lot of bloating and

0:41.1

gas. This one you have to consume a little bit more before you have that effect. But in large

0:46.9

quantities you're going to have a laxative effect, stomach rumbling, and probably a lot of gas.

0:53.3

Okay. Now a lot of products that use this alternative sugar also use Inulin. This is a spelled

1:01.3

Inulin. Okay. This is a fiber from checkering root and from other things as well. This is the

1:08.0

thing that causes more bloating because it's a soluble fiber which is consumed by the microse

1:13.4

because microbes eat fiber. And they ferment and you can get a lot of gas in bloating. So if you

1:20.5

were to consume this without Inulin, you'd probably be better off. And probably in small quantities

1:26.9

it might be okay. So what is the problem with the rethrotol? Well, there's several ways they make

1:32.7

it. If it's made with yeast, it's fed glucose from corn. And most corn is GMO which means it's

1:41.8

laced with glyphosate and herbicide. So that is the big problem. And I think there's basically I

1:49.3

would look at a rethrotol is two different versions, the GMO version and the non-GMO version.

1:55.3

I think a lot of the bad things you see about a rethrotol on the internet is pretty much only

2:01.0

because it's GMO because you're consuming a product that's been exposed to GMO corn. And that's

2:08.3

the problem. So when I recommend it, yes, I would recommend it. Just make sure it is non-GMO

2:14.7

or rethrotol. All right, thanks for watching.

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