Opinions on maltitol

[Al Doggity]

Just bought a sleeve of  "sugar-free" cookies that use maltitol as the sweetening agent. Never heard of it.
Have been cutting back on sugar recently, not so much for weight, but because it is my main vice. Been reading up on it and it's hard to say whether or not maltitol is a step up or pretty much the same.

[devilsmile]

quick wiki search and I'd say it's the same, if not worse. One of its ingredients is corn syrup.

If you're dieting any type of artificial sweetener = the same shit. Stick with sugar

[El Diablo Blanco]

It's marketing scam.  They use sugar in the form of alcohol which they don't have to show the calories of on food labels.  That's why beers can claim shit like being low cal even though they aren't

[drkaje]

Sugar alcohol fucks with my gut in terrible ways.

I cut back on sugar last year and gave up candy.

I miss Sour Patch Kids, terrible. 

[Grape Ape]

Just bought a sleeve of  "sugar-free" cookies that use maltitol as the sweetening agent. Never heard of it.
Have been cutting back on sugar recently, not so much for weight, but because it is my main vice. Been reading up on it and it's hard to say whether or not maltitol is a step up or pretty much the same.

Just don't eat any cookies, or eat a couple of normal ones a week.  Won't make a difference.

[WannaBePro]

Sugar alcohol fucks with my gut in terrible ways.

I cut back on sugar last year and gave up candy.

I miss Sour Patch Kids, terrible. 

Same here, even chewing gum gives me gas and sometimes the shits. But I can't give up gum especially when dieting down.

[drkaje]

Same here, even chewing gum gives me gas and sometimes the shits. But I can't give up gum especially when dieting down.

I'm not on any specific diet but thought less sugar would be healthier.

TBH, I don't feel or look any better and didn't need to lose weight. I'm probably healthier and don't miss crashing after a big bag of Sour Patch Kids, but still dream about eating candy.

[Mr Anabolic]

Sugar alcohols are great for relieving constipation, but they reek havoc on your gut. 

Stick with real cookies. 

[HavoX]

Sugar alcohol fucks with my gut in terrible ways.

If you've ever been to an expo, the sugar-free protein bar sample area always smells like farts for this very reason

[Al Doggity]

Sugar alcohols are great for relieving constipation, but they reek havoc on your gut. 

Stick with real cookies. 

Had no adverse reactions to the cookies. It sounds like that's more of an individualized reaction, like people who hate cilantro.

[Yamcha]

These fuckers used to cause massive shit storms

[Al Doggity]

I'm not on any specific diet but thought less sugar would be healthier.

TBH, I don't feel or look any better and didn't need to lose weight. I'm probably healthier and don't miss crashing after a big bag of Sour Patch Kids, but still dream about eating candy.

Yeah, this is basically where I'm at . I've posted about my sugar addiction on here before. The fact that cutting out sugar doesn't really affect my appearance is sort of a double-edged sword. When I'm standing in front of the ice cream truck trying to convince myself I don't need a double dip with sprinkles, I don't really factor in my waistline and if you don't have to do that, you really lose a lot of motivation to steer clear of certain foods.


It's really just that sugar is basically poison. In moderation, it's not so bad, but I don't consume it in moderation and it's the only thing in the western diet that I can think of that has no nutritional benefits. As I get older, my bigger concern is that I can look fine and healthy and still become a diabetic. I also fully believe that cancer feeds off of sugar.

[El Diablo Blanco]

Yeah, this is basically where I'm at . I've posted about my sugar addiction on here before. The fact that cutting out sugar doesn't really affect my appearance is sort of a double-edged sword. When I'm standing in front of the ice cream truck trying to convince myself I don't need a double dip with sprinkles, I don't really factor in my waistline and if you don't have to do that, you really lose a lot of motivation to steer clear of certain foods.


It's really just that sugar is basically poison. In moderation, it's not so bad, but I don't consume it in moderation and it's the only thing in the western diet that I can think of that has no nutritional benefits. As I get older, my bigger concern is that I can look fine and healthy and still become a diabetic. I also fully believe that cancer feeds off of sugar.

Funny how people think Sugar makes you fat and causes cancer yet Indians consume more sugar per capita than anywhere else in the world yet they are thin and don't have high cancer rates.

[Al Doggity]

Funny how people think Sugar makes you fat and causes cancer yet Indians consume more sugar per capita than anywhere else in the world yet they are thin and don't have high cancer rates.

Is this accurate?  I'll look it up, but if it's true, it might have something to do with it being a predominately vegetarian country. You really don't think America's obesity epidemic is related to our high national sugar consumption?

[drkaje]

Yeah, this is basically where I'm at . I've posted about my sugar addiction on here before. The fact that cutting out sugar doesn't really affect my appearance is sort of a double-edged sword. When I'm standing in front of the ice cream truck trying to convince myself I don't need a double dip with sprinkles, I don't really factor in my waistline and if you don't have to do that, you really lose a lot of motivation to steer clear of certain foods.


It's really just that sugar is basically poison. In moderation, it's not so bad, but I don't consume it in moderation and it's the only thing in the western diet that I can think of that has no nutritional benefits. As I get older, my bigger concern is that I can look fine and healthy and still become a diabetic. I also fully believe that cancer feeds off of sugar.

I don't feel it's poison, just something that needed to be cut down.

One of these is sitting on our coffee table right now. A friend brought it by not knowing I'd cut out the candy.

[Al Doggity]

I don't feel it's poison, just something that needed to be cut down.

One of these is sitting on our coffee table right now. A friend brought it by not knowing I'd cut out the candy.

I guess if you are being technical, nothing is a poison but everything has a toxic level. But when you look at how sugar affects the body- tooth decay, obesity, diabetes, heart disease, drug-like response- compared to the benefits it has, it's bizarre. Nothing else causes as much damage and the stuff that is comparable, at least have a few nutritional benefits. And I LOOOOOVE sugar.


If it's not for your appearance and you don't see anything too bad about sugar, why torture yourself by cutting it out? (For me, it IS torture. I stood in a deli the other day staring at a bag of vanilla stuffed Combos trying to rationalize buying them.) When I turned 30, I started severely limiting my salt intake, but after doing some research, decided it wasn't necessary. I don't really do "moderation" anywhere in my diet, but to me, it just seems the damage excessive sugar does can't be overcome by being physically active.

[Al Doggity]

Funny how people think Sugar makes you fat and causes cancer yet Indians consume more sugar per capita than anywhere else in the world yet they are thin and don't have high cancer rates.

I looked it up and India's cancer rates and obesity have been rising drastically over the past few decades and public health officials say changes in diet are a big part of the reason. India does not have the highest per capita sugar consumption in the world, it has the highest total global sugar consumption but still only a fraction of the per capita consumption of western countries.

[devilsmile]

sugar can cause diabetes even if u r "in shape", along with other things. facts

artificial sweeteners, worse. facts

[El Diablo Blanco]

sugar can cause diabetes even if u r "in shape", along with other things. facts

artificial sweeteners, worse. facts

Still think the biggest cancer causer are cell phone towers, wifi and other radio waves.  Studies done proving they're safe are from a single source but of course we are bombarded by thousands of sources at any given time.  All of those waves flying through your body must have some sort of effect on the body.

[devilsmile]

Still think the biggest cancer causer are cell phone towers, wifi and other radio waves.  Studies done proving they're safe are from a single source but of course we are bombarded by thousands of sources at any given time.  All of those waves flying through your body must have some sort of effect on the body.

yeyeyeyeye I'm not a hippy, BUT, while we're at the topic I was just saying

[drkaje]

I guess if you are being technical, nothing is a poison but everything has a toxic level. But when you look at how sugar affects the body- tooth decay, obesity, diabetes, heart disease, drug-like response- compared to the benefits it has, it's bizarre. Nothing else causes as much damage and the stuff that is comparable, at least have a few nutritional benefits. And I LOOOOOVE sugar.


If it's not for your appearance and you don't see anything too bad about sugar, why torture yourself by cutting it out? (For me, it IS torture. I stood in a deli the other day staring at a bag of vanilla stuffed Combos trying to rationalize buying them.) When I turned 30, I started severely limiting my salt intake, but after doing some research, decided it wasn't necessary. I don't really do "moderation" anywhere in my diet, but to me, it just seems the damage excessive sugar does can't be overcome by being physically active.

Excellent question!

A friend and I were talking about a documentary he recently saw called "Fed Up" that detailed how the sugar industry had used lobbying (and millions of dollars) to exempt itself from RDAs being listed on labels. At any rate' I made a thoughtless, foolish, sweeping statement about cutting down sugar and stupidly repeated it to DGF. After she stopped laughing her ass off.... she informed me that candy was made out of sugar, LOL! At any rate pure stubbornness and owning stupidity are the reasons I battle addiction to my beloved Sour Patch Kids.

[cephissus]

'no nutritional benefits'

Except the, uh, you know macroNUTRIENT 'carbohydrate', which has made up the bulk of human diet since time immemorial

[Al Doggity]

'no nutritional benefits'

Except the, uh, you know macroNUTRIENT 'carbohydrate', which has made up the bulk of human diet since time immemorial

You got me. I kinda feel like this hasn't convinced me to consider sugar as a source of carbs, though. In my head, I'm thinking more of refined and added sugar.

[Al Doggity]

Excellent question!

A friend and I were talking about a documentary he recently saw called "Fed Up" that detailed how the sugar industry had used lobbying (and millions of dollars) to exempt itself from RDAs being listed on labels. At any rate' I made a thoughtless, foolish, sweeping statement about cutting down sugar and stupidly repeated it to DGF. After she stopped laughing her ass off.... she informed me that candy was made out of sugar, LOL! At any rate pure stubbornness and owning stupidity are the reasons I battle addiction to my beloved Sour Patch Kids.

Wait... am I reading this correctly. Your sugar ban is a political decision exacerbated by stubbornness and stupidity?

[240 is Back]

would drink the corn syrup