Re: Splenda, Nutrasweet, etc. sugar alcohols?

[Guest guest]

I looked on the box and it doesn't say anything about sugar alcohols being

in it. It has less than 1 gram of carbs..

[Guest guest]

,

It is funny you said that, because me and a friend of mine were talking about

splenda last night. Neither of us understand how it can be made from sugar but

not have calories. Do you know how that do it? I am very curious because it

just doesn't sound possible but I know that they aren't lying. And what is an

N? This whole idea intrigues me.

Dora in Tennessee

Lap/Open RNY (date?)

Vanderbilt Hospital

451/445.6/150

Splenda, Nutrasweet, etc. sugar alcohols?

Whoever said that splenda, nutrasweet, etc. are sugar alcohols, care to back

that up with scientific evidence? I'm pretty sure that splenda chemically is

not an alcohol; I know that it's an analog of sugar, with an N replaced on the

chain somewhere, but I don't think they replaced the N with an alcohol.

The problem with sugar alcohols:

1) They increase gas in your intestines.

2) They are sweets. If people eat sweets, they become accustomed to eating

sweets, and will go for the sugar. I don't know how much sense there is in that

reasoning, but I guess for people who have gotten this surgery because of their

problems with sweets, it's probably good if you stay away from the sugar

alcohols as much as possible.

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

How is SPLENDA® Brand Sweetener made?

SPLENDA® is the brand name for the ingredient sucralose. It is made

through a patented, multi-step process that starts with sugar and

converts it to a no calorie, non-carbohydrate sweetener. The process

selectively replaces three hydrogen-oxygen groups on the sugar molecule

with three chlorine atoms. Chlorine is present naturally in many of the

foods and beverages that we eat and drink every day ranging from

lettuce, mushrooms and table salt. In the case of sucralose, its

addition converts sucrose to sucralose, which is essentially inert. The

result is an exceptionally stable sweetener that tastes like sugar, but

without sugar’s calories. After consumption, sucralose passes through

the body without being broken down for energy, so it has no calories,

and the body does not recognize it as a carbohydrate.

Lap RNY April 9, 2004

348/280/140 (begin/current/goal)

www.carrieburns.net

> ,

>

> It is funny you said that, because me and a friend of mine were

> talking about splenda last night.  Neither of us understand how it can

> be made from sugar but not have calories.  Do you know how that do

> it?  I am very curious because it just doesn't sound possible but I

> know that they aren't lying.  And what is an N?  This whole idea

> intrigues me.

>

> Dora in Tennessee

> Lap/Open RNY (date?)

> Vanderbilt Hospital

> 451/445.6/150

>

> Splenda, Nutrasweet, etc. sugar

> alcohols?

>

>

>

> Whoever said that splenda, nutrasweet, etc. are sugar alcohols, care

> to back that up with scientific evidence?  I'm pretty sure that

> splenda chemically is not an alcohol; I know that it's an analog of

> sugar, with an N replaced on the chain somewhere, but I don't think

> they replaced the N with an alcohol.

>

> The problem with sugar alcohols:

>

> 1) They increase gas in your intestines.

>

> 2) They are sweets.  If people eat sweets, they become accustomed to

> eating sweets, and will go for the sugar.  I don't know how much sense

> there is in that reasoning, but I guess for people who have gotten

> this surgery because of their problems with sweets, it's probably good

> if you stay away from the sugar alcohols as much as possible.

>

> __________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

> SPLENDA® is the brand name for the ingredient sucralose. It is

made

> through a patented, multi-step process that starts with sugar and

> converts it to a no calorie, non-carbohydrate sweetener.

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Those who eat sucralose products: Is it just me, or do you notice

that foods aren't the same with it added? I prefer Nutrasweet, but

cannot tolerate it. Popsicles look, feel, and taste normal with

Nutrasweet, but come out more like sorbet on a stick with sucralose.

Same with other foods, too. JAnet

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the info. !

in Delaware

Lap RNY 3/10/04

261/179/120

In a message dated 7/22/2004 8:41:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Sagel

Burns writes:

>How is SPLENDA® Brand Sweetener made?

>SPLENDA® is the brand name for the ingredient sucralose. It is made

>through a patented, multi-step process that starts with sugar and

>converts it to a no calorie, non-carbohydrate sweetener. The process

>selectively replaces three hydrogen-oxygen groups on the sugar molecule

>with three chlorine atoms. Chlorine is present naturally in many of the

>foods and beverages that we eat and drink every day ranging from

>lettuce, mushrooms and table salt. In the case of sucralose, its

>addition converts sucrose to sucralose, which is essentially inert. The

>result is an exceptionally stable sweetener that tastes like sugar, but

>without sugar’s calories. After consumption, sucralose passes through

>the body without being broken down for energy, so it has no calories,

>and the body does not recognize it as a carbohydrate.

>

>

>Lap RNY April 9, 2004

>348/280/140 (begin/current/goal)

>www.carrieburns.net

>

>

>

>> ,

>>

>>  It is funny you said that, because me and a friend of mine were

>> talking about splenda last night.  Neither of us understand how it can

>> be made from sugar but not have calories.  Do you know how that do

>> it?  I am very curious because it just doesn't sound possible but I

>> know that they aren't lying.  And what is an N?  This whole idea

>> intrigues me.

>>

>>  Dora in Tennessee

>>  Lap/Open RNY (date?)

>>  Vanderbilt Hospital

>>  451/445.6/150

>>

>>   Splenda, Nutrasweet, etc. sugar

>> alcohols?

>>

>>

>>

>>  Whoever said that splenda, nutrasweet, etc. are sugar alcohols, care

>> to back that up with scientific evidence?  I'm pretty sure that

>> splenda chemically is not an alcohol; I know that it's an analog of

>> sugar, with an N replaced on the chain somewhere, but I don't think

>> they replaced the N with an alcohol.

>>

>>  The problem with sugar alcohols:

>>

>>  1) They increase gas in your intestines.

>>

>>  2) They are sweets.  If people eat sweets, they become accustomed to

>> eating sweets, and will go for the sugar.  I don't know how much sense

>> there is in that reasoning, but I guess for people who have gotten

>> this surgery because of their problems with sweets, it's probably good

>> if you stay away from the sugar alcohols as much as possible.

>>

>>  __________________________________________________

>>  

[Guest guest]

Thanks Janet!

in Delaware

Lap RNY 3/10/04

261/179/120

In a message dated 7/22/2004 9:28:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, " Janet P.

Whiddon " writes:

>

>> SPLENDA® is the brand name for the ingredient sucralose. It is

>made

>> through a patented, multi-step process that starts with sugar and

>> converts it to a no calorie, non-carbohydrate sweetener.

>=====================

>

>Those who eat sucralose products: Is it just me, or do you notice

>that foods aren't the same with it added? I prefer Nutrasweet, but

>cannot tolerate it. Popsicles look, feel, and taste normal with

>Nutrasweet, but come out more like sorbet on a stick with sucralose.

>Same with other foods, too.        JAnet

>

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>

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>

[Guest guest]

,

Thank you very much. I have never been good at science and don't really grasp

all of that, but am glad to finally know. I will pass that on to my friend.

Very interesting what smart people in this world can come up with. All the

better for us.

Dora in Tennessee

Lap/Open RNY (date?)

Vanderbilt Hospital

451/445.6/150

Splenda, Nutrasweet, etc. sugar

> alcohols?

>

>

>

> Whoever said that splenda, nutrasweet, etc. are sugar alcohols, care

> to back that up with scientific evidence?  I'm pretty sure that

> splenda chemically is not an alcohol; I know that it's an analog of

> sugar, with an N replaced on the chain somewhere, but I don't think

> they replaced the N with an alcohol.

>

> The problem with sugar alcohols:

>

> 1) They increase gas in your intestines.

>

> 2) They are sweets.  If people eat sweets, they become accustomed to

> eating sweets, and will go for the sugar.  I don't know how much sense

> there is in that reasoning, but I guess for people who have gotten

> this surgery because of their problems with sweets, it's probably good

> if you stay away from the sugar alcohols as much as possible.

>

> __________________________________________________

>