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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Diabetes / October 2003Overview on sugar alcohols - in depth
Hello all, I came across the below when doing some searching on the subject. It's long, but useful. It's also fairly user friendly :-) : http://www.diabetes.ca/Files/SugarAlcohols--Wolever--CJDDecember2002.pdf Take care, Carmen >Hello all, >I came across the below when doing some searching on the subject. It's [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Take care, >Carmen Noticed this: "Sugar alcohols are incompletely metabolized in humans. For example, it has been shown that 10 to 20% of ingested sorbitol and xylitol and 30 to 40% of ingested mannitol, were recovered in the urine (15)." Makes counting calories tough. Lift well, Eat less, Walk fast, Live long. Hi Blue Mu_n, On Mon, 6 Oct 2003 13:51:24 GMT, you held up the following for inspection: > >Hello all, > >I came across the below when doing some searching on the subject. > >It's long, but useful. It's also fairly user friendly :-) : > > >>>>http://www.diabetes.ca/Files/SugarAlcohols--Wolever--CJDDecember2002.pdf > Noticed this: > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Makes counting calories tough. Especially when this statement is taken into consideration as well: "Furthermore, the presence of sugar alcohols in a meal has been shown to result in malabsorption of other energy nutrients, such as fat and carbohydrate, in addition to the sugar alcohol itself (5)." The 0% absorption rate for lactitol in the small intestine helps explain why I ended up wishing I was dead when I ate some Jelly Bellys containing the stuff though. It felt like someone was tying my guts into really tight knots. Maltitol gives me no problems - no gas, no blood sugar spikes (even after 4 hours), not even the feared "laxative effect". I just count the calories into what I need and keep it as a once every three weeks or so treat. It's still junk food, even if it isn't problematic for me otherwise. Dark chocolate is still a better choice for me than Valium. ;-) Take care, Carmen > Dark chocolate is still a better >choice for me than Valium. ;-) lol Why oh why did they take Quaaludes off the market? Lift well, Eat less, Walk fast, Live long. |
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