Sugar Free w/ Sugar Alcohols?
I'm looking at my bottle of sugar free Mrs. Butterworth's syrup, and it contains 8 grams of Sugar Alc. I think I've heard that sugar alcohols are just like sugar, but I'm confused! I'm sort of counting on this working with Eggface's ricotta pancakes after surgery (love this recipe!!) which I've been testing out before surgery. I want this to work as a pureed food when I chew them up really well. Now, I'm having doubts. Is this not a good idea? Do sugar alcohols cause dumping?
Age: 55. 5' 8" SW 345 lbs. RNY on 2/29/16 at UVA w/ Dr. Hallowell.
Month 1 - 3/29/16: 319 (25 lbs. lost) | Month 2 - 4/27/16: 314 (5 lbs. lost) |
Month 3 - 5/29/16: 303 (12 lbs. lost) | Month 4 - 6/28/16: 293 (10 lbs. lost)
Month 5 - 7/28/16: 289 (4 lbs lost) | Month 6 - 8/28/16: 282 (7 lbs. lost) |
Month 7 - 9/27/16: 278 (4 lbs lost)
They can mimic dumping but usually not full blown. I used to use the bariatric advantage calcium chews but had to stop because the sugar alcohols made me have bathroom problems...
HW 305 SW 278 Surgery weight 225 GW 160 LW: 118.8
RNY 12/15/2015,
GB removal 09/2016,
Twisted bowel/hernia repair 08/2017
M1 Dec 2015-13.0, M2-7.0, M3-14.5, M4-9.4, M5-7.1, M6 9.8, M7-7.6 ,M8- 7.6, M-9 5.5, M10-6.4, M11- 2.2, M12 Dec 2016- 5.8
Sugar alcohols can cause loose stools if you have too much, be careful there.
Sparklekitty / Julie / Nerdy Little Secret (#42)
Roller derby - cycling - triathlon
VSG 2013, RNY conversion 2019 due to GERD. Trendweight here!
Sugar alcohols are harsh on my system, but they were harsh on my system before surgery too.
I can handle a little, but try to keep it under 5 or 6 grams per serving tops. You really won't know how your body reacts after surgery until you try it.
Age: 44 | Height: 5' 3" | Starting January 2015: 291 | RNY 8/4/15 with Dr. Arthur Carlin| Goal: 150
Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise. ~Proverbs 19:20
Loose stools my Aunt Fanny. If I had something with 8 grams of suygar alcohols, I'd be crapping my brains out. Sugar alcohols are the devil's delight.
And it doesn't matter if you had WLS or not. They act the same on anyone.
Look up sugar free gummi bears on Amazon, and read the reviews.
6'3" tall, male.
Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.
M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.
To clarify, it's not dumping at all. It will just make you really sick to your stomach. Not every gastric distress is dumping.
6'3" tall, male.
Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.
M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.
Sugar Alcohols are sweeteners. They are not quite as sweet as sugar, and are not labeled as sugar since they are not "pure" sugar. They are used to help counteract the aftertaste of artificial sweeteners like aspartame. Sugar Alcohols contain calories, but not quite as many as regular sugar. They can cause dumping syndrome in gastric bypass patients, though are tolerated better by some people than regular sugar. They are also known to have a laxative effect. Be careful.
The meanest trick is when there is a label that says "Sweetened with Splenda".
You buy and then get the awful gas and diarrhea. When you read the ingredients it has maltitol, sorbitol and/or other sugar alcohols along with some Splenda.
I read the ingredients before I buy anything and if it has one of -itols then I don't buy it. Sugar alcohol does not cause dumping but it causes some bad gas and diarrhea.
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