Guest guest Posted September 30, 2005 Report Share Posted September 30, 2005 FYI, Wrigley's sugar free gum is 74% carbohydrate on a weight basis: http://www.scientificpsychic.com/fitness/labels1.html Tony ==== [snip] > > Lies, damn lies and labels: > > I should have known better but I recently tried using sugar-free gum to > satiate hunger attacks and started to get suspicious first when I found > myself chewing 3-4 pieces at a time, and secondly when a sensitive tooth > started reacting as if I was exposing my mouth to pure sugar. Trusting > soul that I was, I assumed a sugar free gum, wouldn't be very high in > sugar, fat, or protein. With the sundry artificial sweeteners available > it should also be very low calorie..... While I've yet to find a > citation of the actual caloric content apparently they sweeten with > alcohol sugars, which sounds pretty much like sugar to me.... > > It's been about a week since I stopped and I feel a little different, a > little better. Sugar free snacks that contain sugar are never a good > thing. IMO constantly dosing with sugar is not a good way to manage > appetite either. > > JR > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2005 Report Share Posted September 30, 2005 FYI, Wrigley's sugar free gum is 74% carbohydrate on a weight basis: http://www.scientificpsychic.com/fitness/labels1.html Tony ==== [snip] > > Lies, damn lies and labels: > > I should have known better but I recently tried using sugar-free gum to > satiate hunger attacks and started to get suspicious first when I found > myself chewing 3-4 pieces at a time, and secondly when a sensitive tooth > started reacting as if I was exposing my mouth to pure sugar. Trusting > soul that I was, I assumed a sugar free gum, wouldn't be very high in > sugar, fat, or protein. With the sundry artificial sweeteners available > it should also be very low calorie..... While I've yet to find a > citation of the actual caloric content apparently they sweeten with > alcohol sugars, which sounds pretty much like sugar to me.... > > It's been about a week since I stopped and I feel a little different, a > little better. Sugar free snacks that contain sugar are never a good > thing. IMO constantly dosing with sugar is not a good way to manage > appetite either. > > JR > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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