Its something to do w/ your GI track can’t process them and it reeks havoc from there:
Your body can’t fully digest sugar alcohols, which can lead to some unpleasant GI symptoms when eaten in larger quantities — and they usually happen pretty soon after you eat them.
My one and only foray into that world. After my “incident” I looked it up and boy oh boy I didn’t know the other risks associated. Funny, nothing jumped out in the labeling to give you a heads up…
Its something to do w/ your GI track can’t process them and it reeks havoc from there:
https://health.clevelandclinic.org/what-to-know-about-sugar-alcohols
Remember Olestra? A small bag of chips and free anal leakage.
Different method of action, but yes. Turns out coating your entire GI tract in an impermeable film for a day or so is a bad idea.
Maintenance Phase did an episode on it a while ago, well worth a listen.
Thank you 😊
My pleasure, if I can save one person from the nightmare of what I went thru its all well worth it. Have a great day!
They’re also arguably worse for you than regular sugar also.
My one and only foray into that world. After my “incident” I looked it up and boy oh boy I didn’t know the other risks associated. Funny, nothing jumped out in the labeling to give you a heads up…
Yep. Deceptive marketing IMO
Absolutely agree, its dangerous. What if you have Crohn’s, this could be deadly.