anyone know anything about sugar alcohol

I have found some sugar free snacks (which I hardly crave, but I guess old habits are dying hard). While the sugars are low to none, they are sometimes high in sugar alcohol. Does anyone know anything about this and how it would affect a gastric patient with the whole "dumping syndrome?"

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