Is Allulose the Holy Grail of Sweeteners? Science Exposed! 

2 years ago I started at 520 pounds. Now without surgery I'm 175 and happy and healthy as hell. With a lot of help from this channel. Thanks for the great videos. Keep up the great work everyone. Remember it's alright to have hard days. Trick is to go right back at it the next day.

Although this video was from three years ago Allulose is still being used by lot's of people with diabetes and to decrease the bad effects of sugar. I tried an organic maple syrup with allulose and it tasted great. Wasn't quite as sweet but still good. I just ordered a bottle of the liquid Allulose to use for different things. It definetly dosen't elevate my blood glucose very much at all. No gastric upset either,

I love that every time I have a question on use or not use - how to use or avoid - I just check your name and my question and I figure it out in 10 min or less !!!! you are amazing!!

Who else noticed dope cowhide counter stools in the back?

Keep up the great work with the research! Saved me a ton of time poking around trying to find these articles on my own.

One of your best videos! Love the info and how you presented it so lucidly!

Thank you Thomas for all the info about allulose. I have been doing keto for about 5 months and I love baking keto desserts. I have been using arythritol but sometimes the aftertaste is overwhelming. I will now try allulose. Also, I want to thank you for the free shipping discount I got for ordering and tasting my first keto cereal! I can’t wait to enjoy it!

This is great! Thanks for this video I have been interested in allulose but didn't know how well it worked for keto.

Thank you Thomas 🙏🏽 Never heard of it Will buy soon

Great Video. I just started using Allulose!

You are not mean, you are honest. Thank you for your honesty.

Awesome video, I’ve been waiting for this one. Thanks! Next request~my other favorite sweetener.... Bochasweet

Thanks for this information! I just recently purchased Allulose to try in a Keto recipe because I am trying to stay away from the sugar alcohols that are probably not good for my gut.

I like these accessible science videos (as a researcher in the field).

Anticipating your thoughts on pentose (aka Bocha Sweet).

How do you know Thomas is seriously excited? Here comes the bus analogy!

Just bought it at Costco...glad to hear more about it!

Thank you Thomas! Can you recommend a good clean brand?

Very informative. Thank you Thomas. I can't wait to try Allulose!😀

Thanks you really help a lot of us!

The information about the interplay between carbs and allulose is very interesting. I just watched a video on making sugar free licorice in which the ingredients are gelatin, allulose, flavor drops and flour. I thought that because the recipe had flour in it that maybe it was not really sugar free, but from what you are saying, it is pretty close to sugar free because I think you are saying that the allulose will block absorption of the flour. That is pretty cool!

Allulose has been the key to help me lose weight. I’ve lost 27 lbs so far by cutting out sugars completely and replacing them with Allulose. I have also gone low carb in other areas of my diet, but the biggest culprit was the sugary drinks, which I now sweeten with Allulose. A word of caution - allulose does still have a negative gastrointestinal effect beyond a specific dosage, which I’ve discerned for myself to be around 30-40g per sitting (more than enough for even a sugar addict like me).

Just got some and needed info on it. Thanks

I have been using Bochasweet for over a year now we love it. It does not have any negative side effects and tastes same as sugar

I regularly consumed allulose for a year and a half, in both Keto products and home made dishes without experiencing any gastric side effects. Then I ordered up four boxes of Magic Spoon cereal, sweetened with allulose, upon which consuming gave me diarrhea for a month.

Very interesting 🤔 I really liked this video. The information was very good. Now I'm going to see if I can find it in a store near me if not then I'll have to order it 😕

Wowsers! I asked "2 fit docs" to do a vid about allulose like 3 days ago, so looking forward to learning more about this amazing sweetner. It's the one for me for sure! Tried others ....and they taste odd or have a gastric or negative effect on my ketones. Thank you Thomas for a great vid.👌🏻

Wow, thanks Thomas!😁👍

Great stuff been tempted to ask for this video for months. I even read a study it reduces fatty liver!

Allulose is my go to sweetener. It's the only one I've tried that doesn't taste bitter and have a nasty after taste.

I am getting a variety pack from Magic Spoon and I let them know it was thanks to you! I appreciate all you do, good sir!

The question I have is does Allulose stimulate the production of dopamine which is the mother of food cravings? Once my dopamine levels increase I fold like a cheap lawn chair and I want more food.

I've wanted to try a keto cereal for a while. Thanks for the motivation to actually order it!

I'm so glad to have discovered Allulose- Monkfruit was intolerable- and kept me in the bathroom! Allulose- has no effect on my gut and is not at all bitter like a lot of sugar substitutes.

So I’ve been watching a lot of videos here lately. I understand how people make money on RU-vid, but I’ve got to say more and more content on this channel feels like an infomercial.

I love allulose and you are correct about blood sugar. I am keto anyway but using allulose exclusively to other sweeteners has lowered my blood sugar from 150 to 100.

Now that's a good way to start my day! THANK YOU! I rate this the 2nd best video after the Dry Fasting :D

Thomas seriously thank you man

Interesting, I haven't seen this in anything I've bought yet. I'll have to keep an eye out for it in products to see how it tastes.

The carb study Thomas references is very easy (and delicious) to replicate at home. Sugar free jello pudding is basically pure maltodextrin. Make it per the package directions and mix in 25g of allulose and test your blood sugar. Do it the next day but, use 25g of swerve (or other sweetener) and repeat. You can even do a third day with no additional sweetener. I might try this starting tomorrow.

That's some sweet news!

Several weeks into Allurose in coffee instead of table sugar. First, I lost 25 pounds with a LCHF diet but meeping small amount of sugar in morning cappuccino. I couldn’t find a decent sweetener. Finding Allurose resulted in changes I wasn’t expecting. First, my morning F45 workout got a little harder until my body adapted to no glucose shot before the workout. Next I noticed if I hard any treats at night it really upset my digestive track. Next, I noticed the occasional cravings are gone.

Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant!!

I’ve been using it for quite a long time, I never really cared for Erithrytol and heard about Allulose. I tried it and loved it 👍🏻

Question: what does allulose do to insulin production? Does insulin still spike?

I’ve seen it in the Duncan Hines keto cake cups and it tastes pretty great. I’m super excited to hear it isn’t bad for my health.

Thank you for this! Recently discovered allulose through Maria Emmerich and I’m cleaning up my already very low carb/veggie/protein & mod fat diet. So helpful to know! How quickly do you see results after switching?

Cannot imagine this kind of revolution !! Thank u

When I started keto, allulose was my choice of sweetener when baking. I don't remembered how I got influenced to use monk fruit/erythriol when allulose made my cookies taste amazing.

Is RxSugar Organic Liquid Sugar a good allulose product?

Sadly it's really difficult and very expensive to get allulose here in the UK... However, very useful information for when it does finally become available here!

I always wondered why no RU-vid keto gurus ever talked about Allulose. I tried it bcuz it was easy to get my hands on.

Thomas De Lauer is knoledgeable of his subject matter, as well as well as eloquent in his delivery. Thank you, Sir.

I’ll check Dr. magic spoon cereal I cannot consume milk proteins. I get very very sick from them as my food sensitivity test came back very high for that and egg as well. But I love Allullose in my baking and keto snacks. Thank you for the video..

Great video. I use allulose and other safe sweeteners. Note this though: don't bake a cake with allulose. It turns it too dark. That was a pound cake the took like 50 minutes. I did it twice to confirm. Maybe shorter wouldn't happen. Great for chocolate, candies and frostings.

This is amazing information! But how ouch allulose so we need to have with our sugar to make a difference? What if I’m not using enough?

Speaking of sweeteners, I just discovered today (after using it for a least a full week) the liquid WHOLE EARTH STEVIA & MONK FRUIT sweetener's first ingredient is actually Organic Agave Nectar. I believe this would mean it has carbs, it just gets minimized by the serving size. Am I wrong here?

Very interesting video, Thomas. A couple of months ago, I did a consumer survey for a grocery store we have called Wegmans. Fantastic grocery store! I think they are developing juice products with allulose because the questions were geared towards that. With what you said about allulose possibly mitigating some of the effects of carbs, do you think that juice may be considered healthy again? Juice is definitely one of the things I miss by reducing my sugar intake.

I'm allergic to aspartame and I cant taste many sweeteners. Ill try this and give it a chance.

Allulose has a low Glycemic Index so you can also subtract the entire value of Allulose from the total carbs per serving when calculating net carbs. Total Carbs (g) - Fibre (g) - Erythritol (g) - Allulose (g) = Net Carbs April, 2019, the FDA said "Allulose is different from other sugars in that it is not metabolized by the human body in the same way as table sugar. It has fewer calories, produces only negligible increases in blood glucose or insulin levels, and does not promote dental decay." Also, the FDA said, … we consider that allulose should not be included in the “Added Sugars” declaration, including the %DV declaration. Furthermore, we note that, based on information about usage levels provided in GRAS notices (Refs. 5-7), we expect that the caloric contribution of allulose will be insignificant in most cases and will substantially reduce the amount of total calories and calories from added sugars in products where it replaces those added sugars Therefore, we intend to exercise enforcement discretion with respect to the exclusion of allulose from the gram amount of and the %DV for “Added Sugars” declared on Nutrition and Supplement Facts labels, pending future rulemaking. www.fda.gov/media/123342/download

I’ve had gut issues for years, heartburn that always returns. Found out about Allulose and made the switch and now I can eat things I haven’t been able to eat in YEARS! This stuff tastes better than sugar in my opinion, I want to give it to my kids because they don’t eat sugar, only stevia and real maple syrup but I know Allulose can cause weightloss so I haven’t given it to them unless they have a bite of what I’m eating. Also and this is a weird one but my vision improved drastically after the first week on Allulose.

I love it. I made cranberry relish and no one knew it wasn’t sugar. I also used it to make homemade kahlua. We all loved it. Keto holidays lol

Does allulose cause a (small) blood glucose spike? Also being a carbohydrate, does allulose compete with vitamin C uptake? I've read somewhere that carbs compete with vitamin C in the cells.

Thanks so much. What about Bocha sweet?

I have watched this video 3 times and also shared it with my "smarter" friends. I am not through watching it yet either. I am going to keep watching it till it becomes tattooed In my mind!! THANK YOU for making this science understandable AND for being honest and letting us know that the research is not all in. SUPERB video!!! Awesome as usual. I am going to give this stuff a try. I normally do NOT have any bowel issues with these things so yay. Even when Ostra was a big deal, it never bothered me. I would love to give this a try in ice cream. I am not much of a sweet eater anyway (may Achilles heal are savory things) but I will give this a shot sprinkled lightly over berries and stuff to start off and see what the effect is on me. I love to know what is going on in my body with the things I choose to fuel it with and this Allulose sound very promising. If my skin turns blue after a year of ingesting this stuff, well, that'll be on me!😂😂😂

Wow does this mean allulose won’t aggravate leaky gut but may help heal it? How bout Candida? Friendly? Thx 😊

Thomas, what is a good affordable brand?

I've been doing low carb with intermittent fasting and periodic prolonged fasting this year. Started at 410 lb and I'm down 85 lb so far. Should be able to hit my goal of 100 lb for the year. I do consume significant amounts of diet soda that contains aspartame. Perhaps I'll worry about cutting down on that when I reach my weight goal... A man has to have a few vices. My artificial sweetener of choice is liquid sucralose for coffee or tea because it has the least aftertaste for me. I recently purchased some allulose to experiment with some baking or candied nuts. I'm pretty hardcore on the low carb so I won't be indulging often as it does still have some significant carbs. Every couple months, I will allow myself to take a break from the diet for a week or two. Usually during fruit harvest or during festival times so I can indulge a bit in the products of orchard. I do love sugar but I try to limit my consumption, even during breaks. Taking breaks so that I can have regular pizza or a bowl of pasta or a few actual sandwiches with real bread have let me keep my sanity. Best of luck to everyone on their journey

Hi Thomas, thanks for this. Question, do you feel good enough about allulose to feed to your children? Im trying to find snack food replacements for my grandson but worry about sugar substitutes. Any of your research talk about effects on kids?

Individual sensitivities are always a possibility. Allulose has the same chemical formula as fructose, but is arranged differently. This difference in structure prevents your body from processing allulose the way it processes fructose. It’s been shown to resist fermentation by your gut bacteria. There's multi variable interactions going on that we don't understand yet.

So I’m not Keto but I am on a specific kind of diet at my drs direction and sugar and sugar alcohols are something I’m supposed to avoid, so I’ve been using stevia and monk fruit BUT I just ate some bran flakes with granulated allulose sprinkled on top and wow 🤩 if I wouldn’t have known I would absolutely thought that was sugar, sooooo good! I’m switching

I was seriously reading a keto caramel recipe on Google that contained allulose. I didn't know what it was so I was ready to research it on this or Dr. Bergs channel. This came up as my 1st video in my feed. I sware this happens often

Thank You

In the UK we don't seem able to get Allulose or monkfruit but we can get kabocha. I've never heard you talk about this sweetener and would love to hear what you have to say about it.

Would using it in green tea be a problem while Intermittent fasting?

Allulose IS sugar, of a different molecule that you absorb at about 1/10th of actual sugar. This makes it great for recipes that really require sugar, like barbecue ribs, because it actually caramelizes. I think you can actually literally make caramel out of it. It's not "free," calorically, but it's close. I've been using it as an alternative for a couple years. Oh, the best thing? It tastes like sugar because it IS sugar. It is about 70% as sweet, so I spike it with a little monk fruit sweetener to bring it to 100%.

I just bought allulose at costco. I was going to ask you in comments to do a video. Awesome. Thanks so much its sitting in my cabinet because I wasnt gonna try it til you did a video 🤣😂.

Is it ok for kids to use ? Please let me know if anyone has experience and how old the kids are ?

Other sugar substitutes have been known to make the body crave sugar because of how sugar substitutes mimic but make the body ultimately feel deprived of sugar. I apologize for not having the background in the science behind this to describe the impact, however, just wanted to ask if allulose may similarly end up doing the same thing.

Just poured a cup of hot tea sweetened with allulose when this popped up! 😄 Thanks for all the great science!

thanks for addressing the microbiome, that was my main concern

I had bariatric surgery 2 months ago, and after surgery I can’t tolerate many sugar alcohols. In fact some cause me to have dumping syndrome. I used to a monk fruit erythritol blend, and now it makes me sick. I only use monk fruit extract and a sugar alcohol free monk fruit powder. I do see allulose being used a lot in the bariatric community, and people with sensitive stomachs seem to tolerate it well. So, I might give it a try.

WOW!!! Great video and my Magic spoon just came in... ;-)

Would you please do an updated video on keto sweeteners?

Apparently it behaves like sugar too so you can make a caramel/ toffee and get the aesthetics associated with cake decorating potentially

sometimes I wonder who Thomas is talking to when the camera switches angels.

My favorite flavor of Magic Spoon, is strawberry. It comes with pieces of strawberries.

How does Allulose compare to monk fruit? Which would be better to use?

allulose is one of my favorite sweeteners :) I love magic spoon and I use allulose to make keto marshmallows/marshmallow fluff for cereal bars. (they look and taste like the real thing)

Concerned about one factor you mentioned in this video ... "95% remained in hepatocytes after 4 hours". Is there any data regarding bioaccumulation of allulose and any negative impact that might have? Thanks.

lol sounds too good to be true. I'll check it out though non the less. Thanks for the tip!

Do the same kind of video with msg. Also side note I'm reading some articles claiming msg is in nutritional yeast. I'm curious to know

So the good sweeteners are Monk Fruit, Stevia, Erythritol and now Allulose?

Sweet Baby Ray's barbecue sauce (no sugar) uses allulose. Good stuff.

My wife got bloated and cramps from Allulose. We were so excited to try it. Now she uses Raw Organic Honey. I use the honey and Allolose.

What brand of allulose do you recommend?

Can you do inositol? I'm hearing it might have similar effects to berberine?

Good morning everyone I'm a type 2 diabetic my concern is if you use the aulos sugar a lot will it affect your kidneys?

Are you able to purchase allulose for cooking purposes the same way you can buy serve or lakanto keto sweeteners. If so, do you recommend any brands?

I'm curious what effects this might have on the incretin hormones, GIP and GLP-1. Even if these are not processed, could they change our hormonal reaponse?