Sugar Free Jelly Belly's?!
Sugar Free Jelly Belly's?
has anyone else suffered ill effects after eating sugar free candies, I ate half a pack at work and had an awful emergency need for the bathroom whilst travelling home, what an embarassment!
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Yep, I have, and they also give me migraines as well.
I would rather eat the sugar stuff, but just have a small amount, because who knows what's actually in the sugar-free sweetners ? Millions of lab rats can't be wrong !
This is on sugar free chocolates, but the result is the same if you eat too much:
Side Effects
Here's another reason to make sure you enjoy these sweets in moderation: In fine print on most packages of sugar-free chocolate is a warning: "Excessive consumption may cause a laxative effect."
This is thanks to the part of the sugar alcohol that isn’t absorbed. It goes through the intestinal tract and gets digested by bacteria of the gut. Discomfort ranging from gas to diarrhea can result -- depending on how much of the chocolate you consume and your individual intestinal tract.
"The sugar-free chocolates have definitely been helpful for my clients,” says Tamara James RN, CDE, diabetes educator for the University of California-Davis Medical Center. "But they don’t realize that too much of it will cause them intestinal problems."
The key to avoiding discomfort: "Just don’t pig out on it," says McNutt.
The American Dietetic Association advises that more than 50 grams of sorbitol or 20 grams of mannitol per day can cause diarrhea. You can tell how much sugar alcohol is in a serving of each sugar-free chocolate product by reading the nutrition information label (be sure to pay attention to the listed serving size).
http://www.webmd.com/content/article/130...
i did i ate three bags and spent the night in the bathroom
Yes!!!!!!!! Sugar free sweets have an ingredient (like olestra) which cause you bowel movement, i.e diarreah!!! I also had half a bag of sugar free jelly beans (another brand) and sat on the toilet for hours!!!!
they are nasty!!!