Sugar Alcohols

Do sugar alcohols affect ketosis?

I am asking because every single time I go to Wal-Mart, there is that
tempting section right in the middle of the candy wall that shouts
"Sugar Free" tasty goodness.

I want to know if eating some of these candies will wreck my diet since
they technically don't have sugar in them. They are kind of like diet
soda right?

Thanks

"James Carnley" writes:
Do sugar alcohols affect ketosis?

It varies from person to person, and from SA to SA (there are
different kinds). You have to "try and see" once you're far enough
along in your diet plan that you can take chances like that.

James Carnley wrote:
Do sugar alcohols affect ketosis?

I am asking because every single time I go to Wal-Mart, there is that
tempting section right in the middle of the candy wall that shouts
"Sugar Free" tasty goodness.

I want to know if eating some of these candies will wreck my diet since
they technically don't have sugar in them. They are kind of like diet
soda right?

Thanks

Like diet soda? NO ! Zero to a few grams of carbs in diet soda. Few
calories.


Have you looked at the calorie count of some of these "safe candies".

Nearly 40 years ago, there was a sugarless candy on the market which had
an appetite depressant in it. Ayds, I believe. A play on "diet aid".
There was the image of the "new diet" where you could lay on the couch
and watch TV and eat these "diet candies". Didn't work. Much.

This sugar-free candy thing isn't exactly new.

Normally, it drops out and then comes back in some form years later.

I almost went to the hospital emergency room thinking that I had
appendecitus.

It was just a reaction to Russel Stover sugarless candy "turtles", those
chocolate/caramel/pecan things. The package had 4 of them, and I ate all 4.

So, I'd say, sure, go ahead and eat all you want. No problem.

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DJ Delorie wrote:
"James Carnley" writes:
Do sugar alcohols affect ketosis?

It varies from person to person, and from SA to SA (there are
different kinds). You have to "try and see" once you're far enough
along in your diet plan that you can take chances like that.


And they aren't at all like the artificial sweetners in diet soda,
which really are zero carb. Sugar alcohols do get metabolized and do
cause some rise in blood glucose levels. How much apparently depends
on the exact sugar alcohol and the person. The basic premise is that
for most people, the rise is not significant.

My opinion is some sugar alcohols can be OK, in moderation and provided
that you are fairly well along on your LC plan, either losing OK or at
maintenance, etc.

If you google the newsgroup, you'll find plenty of discussion.

" writes:
Sugar alcohols do get metabolized and do cause some rise in blood
glucose levels.

Or they give you the runs. Neither result is good.

"James Carnley" wrote in message
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Do sugar alcohols affect ketosis?

I am asking because every single time I go to Wal-Mart, there is that
tempting section right in the middle of the candy wall that shouts
"Sugar Free" tasty goodness.

I want to know if eating some of these candies will wreck my diet since
they technically don't have sugar in them. They are kind of like diet
soda right?

Thanks

There are some good answers already, I'd just point out
that Sugar alcohols can cause some bloating and gas in some people,
so don't experiment immediately prior to a visit with the Queen.

Here is the best source of information I have seen on the topic. The
last half is a survey of the sugar alcohols, some are metabolized some
not. It includes some non-sugar alcohols too.

The first half includes a discussion of how the atkins products, as an
example, have played loose and fast with carb information, including how
they handle sugar alcohols they use in their products. No doubt similar
caution should be taken with other manufactured "low carb" products from
other companies.

http://www.mendosa.com/netcarbs.htm