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Originally Posted by enigmalady777  LOL, I actually use the stuff as a laxative every now and then when I get *irregular*. Works every time!  |
That's an innovative use for my protein bars!
Personally, I don't like the taste of most products that use sugar alcohols. They taste like plastic to me. I also do not eat/drink a lot of products that use sugar substitutes as more and more researches are finding ill effects associated with sugar substitutes (You can check out the book Get the Sugar Out by Ann Louise Gittleman). That said, I do find them protein bars useful when I'm getting awfully hungry and can't find decent food (for example, during a very long meeting, I go out of the meeting room to take a bite out of a protein bar). So, I have a half-eaten bar in my bag for emergency.
Sugar alcohols do not raise my blood sugar. However, there are others who do get a spike from sugar alcohols.
From what I've read, you count half of the sugar alcohols as your carb intake.
