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IMPORTANT FOR DIABETICS

Diabetes is a chronic health condition that affects how your body turn food into energy. Most of food you eat is broken down into sugar and release into your bloodstream. When your blood sugar goes up, it signals your pancreas to release insulin. Insulin acts like a key to let the blood sugar into your body cells for use as energy. If you have diabetes, your body is either does not make enough insulin or can not use the insulin it makes as well as it should. When there isn’t enough insulin or cells stop responding to insulin, too much blood sugar stay in your bloodstreams. Over time that can cause serious health problems, such as heart disease, vision loss, and kidney disease. There is not a cure yet for diabetes, but losing weight, eating healthy food, and being active can really help.  This article we will discuss about sugar that is safe for diabetics. It must be familiar with stevia sugar, Yes…it is sugar that is safe for diabetics. This sugar is made from stevia leaves, different with white sugar that made from sugarcane, but stevia has sweetness 250 – 300 times than table sugar. The following are comparison of white sugar and stevia sugar.

  1. Chemical Composition
  • White Sugar – Sucrose
  • Stevia Sugar – Glikosida Steviol

2. Calorie Valuer/100gr

  • White Sugar 394 cal
  • Stevia Sugar 0 cal

3. Health Effect

So for all people with diabetes, there is no need to worry when you want to consume sugar. Use stevia sugar to be safe for your health.