So yesterday I see that there is some cool sugar-free candy available now. So I bought a bag of Reese's Peanut Butter cups, Hershey's special dark chocolate, York peppermint patties, and a box of sugar free Whitman's. I had one of each over about 3 hour period. Then I was attacked. I had diarrhea the rest of the day. Not a happy camper.

It's the stupid sugar alcohols they use. Sugar alcohols produce laxative effects when supposedly eaten in large quantities they product negative gut problems. I seriously doubt that 4 candies eaten over 3 hours constitutes a "large quantity". My anger is justified because there is no reason for sugar alcohols to be included. Sugar alcohols are less sweet than sugar and are not calorie-free. Most just have slightly less calories than sugar but they are absorbed slower in the gut. There's no reason why companies just can't use a zero calorie sweetener. I love Equal and Splenda. I've also kept up with the research and know that almost all of the cancer causing claims are bogus, mostly because they caused bladder cancer in rodents. The problem is that the rodent urinary system is different than ours and these products do not cause cancer in humans. They even removed the cancer warning from Saccharine because of this.

I don't plan on eating sugar free candy every day. However, when I do want to endulge I would rather not have to stay within 10 ft of a bathroom just because companies are using sugar alcohols instead of artificial sweeteners.

I learned this sometime back and every so often will purposely eat 3-4 of these candies to clean out the system. They do definitely work. LOL The Russell Stover brand and others use Splenda and usually marked on the package. jake

I learned this sometime back and every so often will purposely eat 3-4 of these candies to clean out the system. They do definitely work. LOL The Russell Stover brand and others use Splenda and usually marked on the package. jake

Yeah, The Whitman's uses Splenda too but when you check the ingredients they use lots of maltitol, a sugar alcohol as well. Pisses me off. Maltitol still produces the laxative effect. Not sure if Russell Stover's uses the sugar alcohols. I'll have to check on that.

Edited March 23, 201610 yr by Proud2BMe