Diet soda. While there is a lot of controversy whether or not diet soda is healthier than regular soda, there is also debate about if diet soda breaks your fast or not.
While diet soda itself contains minimal to no calories, its artificial sweeteners may still trigger a metabolic response in the body.
Mio, a brand of liquid water enhancers, has gained a lot of popularity in recent years as a tasty flavor addition to your bland water. With “MIO sport”, “MIO energy”, “MIO vitamins”, etc… this water enhancer can be tailored to anyone and everyone.
But for those fasters out there, will this sugarless and seemingly harmless addition to your water hinder your fasting efforts?
When answering the question if sugar-free gum breaks a fast or not, it is crucial to know the exact ingredients in the brand of gum in question.
Typically, “sugar-free” gum is still sweetened with sugar alcohols like xylitol, sorbitol, or mannitol instead of regular sugar. These sugar alcohols DO have fewer calories compared to traditional sugar, however, it does not mean they are will not spike your blood sugar and break your fast.
One of the most common question we get asked is- “Does stevia break a fast?”. With so much conflicting information about stevia (and just artificial sweeteners in general), it can be overwhelming to determine what is classified to actually break your fast.
So cut out the fluff, get right to it and put this question to rest once and for all.
