Originally Posted by Purdue Power

They can give you the runs if you eat a lot of them.

Originally Posted by Rocky_Road

I knew about this one. I used to do "low-carb", but I always stayed away from them. A lot of my friends eat the low carb candy bars for their chocolate fix. It just seemed to good to be true...

Originally Posted by OceanDude

sugar alcohols are a way to get calories and flavor into a product without having to report them as calories because they do not fall into the ream of protein, carbs or fats and are therefor exempt from the label laws for reporting nutrition/cals. Unscrupulous nutrition companies use them often.

OD

Originally Posted by Jeanie

They give me gas

Originally Posted by Cinnabon

Sugar alcohols are slowly and incompletely absorbed from the small intestine into the blood. Once absorbed they are converted to energy by processes that require little or no insulin. Some of the sugar alcohol is not absorbed into the blood and is passed out of the small intestine and is fermented by bacteria in the large intestine. Thus, overconsumption may produce abdominal gas and discomfort in some. Its all about moderation.

Originally Posted by Cinnabon

Sugar alcohols are slowly and incompletely absorbed from the small intestine into the blood. Once absorbed they are converted to energy by processes that require little or no insulin. Some of the sugar alcohol is not absorbed into the blood and is passed out of the small intestine and is fermented by bacteria in the large intestine. Thus, overconsumption may produce abdominal gas and discomfort in some. Its all about moderation.

Originally Posted by Jeanie

Oh , that explains the....well.....bad gas....sbd's !

Originally Posted by Jeanie

Oh , that explains the....well.....bad gas....sbd's !

Originally Posted by OceanDude

sugar alcohols are a way to get calories and flavor into a product without having to report them as calories because they do not fall into the ream of protein, carbs or fats and are therefor exempt from the label laws for reporting nutrition/cals. Unscrupulous nutrition companies use them often.

OD

Originally Posted by TCD

Were these laws not re-evaluated at the turn of this year? I may be wrong, but i'm sure i read somewhere that all content must be listed and broken down.

Besides, the sugar alcohols never amounted to that many calories anyway. It was always easy enough to workout the slack by multiplying the protein and carbs by four and the fat by nine and then taking that combined figure away from the listed overall kcals.

Originally Posted by Rocky_Road