Natural News: It is common knowledge that sugar is bad for your health, as is alcohol. Why then, would anyone in their right mind think that sugar alcohols would be good for anyone’s health? Ironically, sugar alcohols are not even sugars, nor are they alcohols. They are a type of sugar-free sweetener that many people use as an alternative to sugar, but the regular consumption of sugar alcohols can have detrimental effects on your overall health and well-being. Being neither entirely sugar nor alcohol in nature, sugar alcohols are more of a hybrid between sugar molecules and alcohol molecules.
Xylitol, erythritol, mannitol, sorbitol, and maltitol are all different types of sugar alcohols. They are also called polyols. You can find any of these sugar alcohols in a lot of processed food items, such as chewing gums, candies, ice creams, baked goods, fruit spreads, frostings, yogurts, and tabletop sweeteners. If that wasn’t bad enough, you can even find them in a rising number of “diet” drinks and “vitamin-infused” beverages
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