Sugar vs Sugar Alcohol

lbmore33
lbmore33 Posts: 1,013 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
So I started keeping an eye on my sugar intake 36grams daily ( I write it down to account for it) but I notice something called sugar alcohol. Google explains it as "what gives certain flavor to most stuff"...i.e sugar free. For example...today I looked into sugar free syrup...cool "0" sugar but the sugar alcohol was 13grams per serv...almost half my allowance. Does anyone know do I account for this (sugar alocohol) in my daily allowance?

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  • EvanKeel
    EvanKeel Posts: 1,903 Member
    I guess it depends on why you're trying to track your sugars. I say that because the ADA has suggestions on how to track sugar alcohols: http://www.diabetes.org/food-and-fitness/food/what-can-i-eat/sugar-alcohols.html

    If you're not diabetic and you're counting your sugars for some other reason, I don't know what to tell you.
  • lbmore33
    lbmore33 Posts: 1,013 Member
    I guess it depends on why you're trying to track your sugars. I say that because the ADA has suggestions on how to track sugar alcohols: http://www.diabetes.org/food-and-fitness/food/what-can-i-eat/sugar-alcohols.html

    If you're not diabetic and you're counting your sugars for some other reason, I don't know what to tell you.


    Im not diabetic but after watching this HBO documentary abt weight loss and gain...on how sugars is part of the reason why health factors are what they are...enlighten me a lil. Alot of the stuff I drank and ate (gatorade/energy bars) is thrust with sugar...I guess I already knew this but now Im more concsience...thx for the reply
  • Pinky67
    Pinky67 Posts: 108 Member
    A good book I would recommend is "The new glucose revolution" there is a lot of mystery surrounding sugars, this book goes a long way to expelling some of the myths.
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    To some extent it depends *which* sugar alcohol.

    Generally they're a con, they are carbohydrates and many of them are absorbed like any other carb. A couple of them aren't absorbed. http://www.mendosa.com/netcarbs.htm
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