Sugar vs. sugar alcohol

I am 8 months post-op. While looking for sugar free candy, I found a number of them listed no sugar, but did have sugar alcohol (i.e. "sugar - 0, sugar alcohol - 12 gms"). What is the difference? Can WLS people tolerate sugar alcohol? How many grams can be tolerated at a time? And, in general, how much regular sugar can people tolerate at a time, is that a maximum that WLS people can take?

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