Splenda, Nutrasweet, etc. sugar alcohols?

[Guest guest]

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.

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