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Dball

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sugar / sugar alcohol? princess?
« on: January 02, 2007, 01:25:06 PM »
what is the difference and how does alcohol sugar affect my nutrition plan?
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Princess L

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Re: sugar / sugar alcohol? princess?
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2007, 08:19:02 PM »
Quote from: Dball on January 02, 2007, 01:25:06 PM
what is the difference and how does alcohol sugar affect my nutrition plan?

I guess it depends on the context of the question  :-\  Sugar alcohols tend to cause stomach distress in a lot of people.  Some alcohols raise blood sugar so if you're a diabetic, then I'd avoid.  Falling into the Atkins mentality trap ("x" net carbs) is dangerous because (if you don't have tummy issues) alot of people will over-eat thinking "oh, it's only 4 net carbs"  ::)  In the case of chewing gum  - eh, no big deal.  Personally, I wouldn't make it part of the regular diet (ie; eating Atkins bars everyday) since there really is no nutritional value.

This is quite an informative (Mendosa has a lot of good info) article http://www.mendosa.com/netcarbs.htm
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Re: sugar / sugar alcohol? princess?
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2007, 10:29:05 PM »
in context as, i am watching my sugar intake, and i was looking at the label of an item today that had 3g sugar and 6g sugar alcohol.  what is the difference?
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Re: sugar / sugar alcohol? princess?
« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2007, 10:43:26 AM »
I would suggest staying away from sugar alcohol whenever possible. It really upsets my stomach.
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