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If you eat or drink products containing sugar alcohols (erythritol, xylitol, sorbitol, etc.), do you notice any digestive side-effects in the hours or days after consumption?
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I am trying to get away from any artificial sweetener, but it is not easy. Using mostly Stevia now.
only have problems if something contains sorbitol which I try to completely avoid.
I rarely use products with sugar alcohols because I do not like the taste or the digestive upset.
I used to try to eat sugar free chocolate candy. But, no more due to the gastro effects. Really bad gas and diarrhea hours after eating. It’s just not worth it.
I feel your pain. Fellow IBS-D sufferer here! A lot of those candies just aren’t worth it. And later in life I found out that chocolate itself can have a laxative effect, especially if one has already consumed too many FODMAPs.
I avoid all sugar alcohols as much as possible.
1) they raise my BG quickly, at about half the rate of dextrose.
2) the digestive pain isn’t worth it. I can tolerate about 8g max.
Glad I have no trouble. I do have trouble with too many carbs!!
I’m unsure, I know excessive amounts can have a laxative effect. However my husband can not tolerate Maltitol at all, even in small quantities it does this to him.
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I never consume them because they do cause digestive problems.
I do not intentionally consume sugar alcohols, but I do not regularly check for them. However, I do not typically experience any digestive side effects after meals or snacks.
I try to avoid them, in off the off chance that some get by my attention, I known about it in a couple hours. It not worth it.
Not at all. I consider them a wonder food for diabetics. I do worry a bit about the artificial colors since I use them to flavor the large amounts of water that I need to consume daily.
I marked yes because if I drink or eat anything with these ingredients and I’m not careful about keeping it minimal, it will have very disastrous side effects! So I avoid them with great diligence!
It depends on the sugar alcohol. I am fine with erythritol, but have issues with xylitol and sorbitol.
Same! Do you have IBS?
I learned very quickly that anything with sugar alcohol in it was to be avoided because of the almost instant gastric upset. Now I try very hard to avoid all artificial sweetners of any kind.
Most of the “-ols” are FODMAPs. Erythritol is one of the exceptions. It doesn’t flare my IBS-D like the other sugar alcohols do. I try to stay away from the other -ols.
I don’t eat enough in quantity to notice any effect