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Should I eat sugar-free foods if I have diabetes?

Joan Salge Blake, MS, RD
Joan Salge Blake, MS, RD on behalf of Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Nutrition & Dietetics Specialist
answer

All no calorie sugar substitutes—saccharin, aspartame, sucralose, ascesulfame K—can be used by those with diabetes.

Good news: the newest addition to the world of sugar substitutes is stevia, which contains an extract from the plant Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni. Stevia does not affect blood glucose levels so can be used by those with diabetes.

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