Sugar Alcohol

[borg4902]

Whats the deal with this stuff. Is it bbing friendly? It seems to be everywhere I look.

 

[bran987]

the jury is still out on it

it is slower absorbing than most carbs, but still a carb

 

[Stryc-9]

Yup, it also has a laxative effect in high doses.

 

[borg4902]

so no eat?

 

[bran987]

so no eat?

eat, if you want, but don't buy into the BS that it "doesn't count" as a carb

there is this whole "net carb" thing going on

as far as I'm concerned the only thing proven to be a carb that you don't have to count as calories is fiber

 

[borg4902]

yep, I havent tried it and dont plan on tryin it any time soon.

 

[anthrax]

only in sugar free gum

 

[jenscats5]

I don't buy the whole "sugar alcohol" isn't a carb thing myself.....especially since it's something Atkins was known to have made up.....I'm going to count all carbs - fiber = net carbs.....

The only true way to determine if a product with net carbs alleging a small # truly doesn't affect you would be to do a blood test 45 min after eating it....like with one of those diabetic blood testers...

 

[haploid]

Sugar alcohols are HORRIBLE if you're one of the unlucky 1/4 of the population whose intestines can't deal with it.

All it takes is 10 grams of lactitol or maltitol to give me the fiercest shits and most explosive gas ever.

 

[Slyder190]

I beleive that it may have been SC or Mr. X who said that while these carbs don't have a huge impact on blood sugar levels, they must go to the liver to be metabolized, and once licer glycogen stores are full, the excess must be burned or will be stored as fat. Fiber is the only carb I don't count as part of "Net Carbs".