Are rare sugars like allulose a healthy alternative to traditional sweeteners?
Allulose is a kind of low-calorie sugar that exists naturally in very small quantities but is now industrially produced as a commercial sweetener. It’s said to have advantages that make it comparable to erythritol as a sugar substitute. It’s also said to have anti-diabetic effects, but that study was on obese mice. Allulose decreases LDL cholesterol levels in hamsters fed a high-fat diet and is said to have a substantial impact on obesity in lard-munching mice, but what about men and women?
In a petri dish, allulose inhibits fat cell precursors from maturing into fat cells and reduces the amount of fat accumulation within fat cells. Below are before-and-after pictures when regular sugar was replaced with allulose; the fat is stained red. You can also check out the photos at 0:56 in my video Is Allulose a Healthy Sweetener?.
The researchers concluded that allulose might be a promising sugar substitute for an anti-obesity diet, but you don’t know until you put it to the test.
