this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2024
23 points (96.0% liked)
LoseIt: Lose the Fat
843 readers
3 users here now
https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/
A community for weight-loss, primarily by means of inducing a caloric deficit.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Be careful with those products if you have diabetes or need to watch your blood sugar levels for other reasons. Many oat milk products claim to be a healthy alternative, and calorie-wise that might be true, but they contain a lot of maltose. The companies add amylase to their oat milk to convert the oat starch into maltose which serves the purpose that it sweetens the milk without having to add extra sugar. Maltose has a ridiculous glycemic index of 105, lactose has 46 for reference, which means that your blood sugar level will spike more than double than with an equivalent amount of lactose.