did you body adjust to sugar alcohols?

[msnicksmom]

Sugar alcohols have usually given me gurgly tummy and gas, and sometimes a bloated feeling too. So I have avoided them. I started a s/f calcium supplement yesterday, you are supposed to take it 3 times a day, and it's 3g SA, which I believe is AceK, in each one. It has had the same effect. If I keep it up, on my doctors direction, do you think my tummy will get used to it? Or should I find a different supplement?

[TIME2SHINE4-08]

Re: did you body adjust to sugar alcohols?

I really don't know. However I can say my tummy will not adjust to sugar alcohols. It's rather explosive and terrible.

[Elizellen]

Re: did you body adjust to sugar alcohols?

AcesK is one of the allowed sweeteners, not a sugar Alcohol. Its full name is 'acesulfame-K'

[sadie147]

Re: did you body adjust to sugar alcohols?

Yes as Elizellen said that's a sweetener not a SA. It's actually one of the sweeteners used in most diet sodas, and shouldn't cause any stomach issues, are there any other ingredients in there? usually sugar alchols end with 'itol' ie: sorbitol, malitol etc.

I don't think your body can build up a tolerance for sugar alcohols...

[Hudson]

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As for the sugar alcohols I think I have built the opposite of a tolerance. If anything they cause more problems now than they did a couple of years ago.

[sadie147]

Re: did you body adjust to sugar alcohols?

As for the sugar alcohols I think I have built the opposite of a tolerance. If anything they cause more problems now than they did a couple of years ago.

I have read (and someone correct me if i'm wrong) that if sugar alcohols cause gastric problems, that means that your body is not absorbing the carbs, if they don't cause problems, then your body is. So you may want to be careful or consider that as a problem if you find you are no longer losing.

has anyone else heard this?

[msnicksmom]

Re: did you body adjust to sugar alcohols?

Hmmm. The ingredients list is:
hydrogenated starch hydrolysate, calcium carbonate, cocoa w other natural flavor, palm kernal oil, mono and diglycerides, soy lecithin, salt, sucralose, acesulfame potassium, vitamin D3, vitamin K.

But it says total calories 20, total carbs 4, sugar alcohols 3. Any thoughts? I had terrible tummy just like when I have malitol candies. Smelly too (sorry).

[sadie147]

Re: did you body adjust to sugar alcohols?

hydrogenated starch hydrolysate is a type of sugar alcohol as well, usually soft candies like s/f toffees etc are made with it:

sorry this is kind of long, but an explanation:

http://www.caloriecontrol.org/hydrosta.html

Hydrogenated starch hydrolysates (HSH), including hydrogenated glucose syrups, maltitol syrups, and sorbitol syrups, are a family of products found in a wide variety of foods. They serve a number of functional roles, including use as bulk sweeteners, viscosity or bodying agents, humectants, crystallization modifiers, cryoprotectants and rehydration aids. They also can serve as sugar-free carriers for flavors, colors and enzymes. HSH were developed by a Swedish company in the 1960's and have been used by the food industry for many years, especially in confectionery products.

HSH are produced by the partial hydrolysis of corn, wheat or potato starch and subsequent hydrogenation of the hydrolysate at high temperature under pressure. The end product is an ingredient composed of sorbitol, maltitol and higher hydrogenated saccharides (maltitriitol and others). By varying the conditions and extent of hydrolysis, the relative occurrence of various mono-, di-, oligo- and polymeric hydrogenated saccharides in the resulting product can be obtained. A wide range of polyols (also known as sugar alcohols) that can satisfy varied requirements with respect to different levels of sweetness, viscosity and humectancy can, therefore, be produced.

The term "hydrogenated starch hydrolysate" can correctly be applied to any polyol produced by the hydrogenation of the saccharide products of starch hydrolysis. In practice, however, certain polyols such as sorbitol, mannitol and maltitol are referred to by their common chemical names. "Hydrogenated starch hydrolysate" is more commonly used to describe the broad group of polyols that contain substantial quantities of hydrogenated oligo- and polysaccharides in addition to any monomeric or dimeric polyols (sorbitol/mannitol or maltitol, respectively).

The broad term HSH does not differentiate polyols having, for example, different levels of sweetness nor does it identify the principle polyol in the HSH. Common names for major HSH subgroups have, therefore, been developed. These common names are generally based on the most prevalent polyol comprising the HSH. For example, polyols containing sorbitol as the majority (50 percent or more) component are called sorbitol syrups; those with maltitol as the majority component are called maltitol syrups, maltitol solutions or hydrogenated glucose syrups. Polyols that do not contain a specific polyol as the majority component continue to be referred to by the general term "hydrogenated starch hydrolysate."

[msnicksmom]

Re: did you body adjust to sugar alcohols?

OK, so that's the culprit. It doesn't sound like any have gotten over the tummy issues though, quite the opposite, so I think these are out for me. I'm sure there are other supps that I can do w/o these effects.

[Giving_It_Another_Try]

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My system does not agree with Sugar Alcohols

[ThinSoon]

Re: did you body adjust to sugar alcohols?

My system does not agree with Sugar Alcohols

HAHA - Mine either! Yuck!

Nicksmom - I hope you find another supplement.

Tracey