B.Sc.(Med.), B.Ed., M.A.(Edu.), M.Litt.(Edu.), Ph.D.(Edu.Psy.)PGDCA. Served as Science Master, Employment Department as Vocational Guidance Officer. Retired from Employment Department, Punjab India as Dy. Director (Off.) Serving now Arihant Computer Center and Many Medical Hospitals such as Sadbhavna Medical & Heart Institute.
NO FOOD ITEM IS SUGAR FREE
So called sugar free foods (such as cookies or candies & ice creams)
often are not sugar free because they have carbohydrates from the
flour or milk.
Some are made with sugar alcohols such as maltitol or sorbitol.
"people with diabetes absorb about half the carbohydrates listed
as sugar alcohol" says Gillian Arathuzik from the Joslin Diabetes C
Center in Boston.
So if the label says 10 grams of sugar alcohol count it as 5 grams
of carbohydrates. Beware that large amounts can cause diarrhea or gas.
I wanted to share this with you to show you that sugar free foods
are not sugar free and just because the food label says sugar free,
it does not mean the food item has no sugar.
please read the labels on anything that purports to be low- carbohydrates.
That keeps you from falling prey to a dishonest marketing tactic
implored by many food companies to get people who are
livin' la vida low- carbohydrates to buy their products. They use phrases like
"no sugar carbohydrates " or even put "low carbohydrates " right on the box and it's
anything but. This is what I call counterfeit or deceitful advertising.
Most people find the nasty side effects just a teeny weeny bit too uncomfortable
to indulge too often in products containing maltitol. I know I try to
avoid them as much as possible myself because the gas they cause is
very painful and disgusting.
So beware of the fact that in this world nothing is FREE and even Sugar Free. Every time you intake Sugar Free you are taking Sugar in any amount.
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