Candy

Can I eat all the sugar free candy I want because it has no sugar, or is the sugar alcohols bad? I love the branch's sugar free cinnamon candy.

WOW, I SEE WE LIVE IN THE SAME CITY AND STATE. MY NUTRITIONIST ACTUALLY RECOMMENDS THOSE TO HELP WITH NAUSEA. I'M NOT SURE AS TO THE UNLIMITED PART. LOL

Funny, I'm a Virginia Beacher too!  Just wanted to represent my city.  Good luck ladies.

The candy may be sugar-free but it is not calorie-free and those empty calories will add up.

Some people experience stalls or slowed weight loss when they in have too much sugar alcohols.

What George B said - also most hard candies that are sugar free are sweetened with sorbitol - which can cause some ferocious diahrea if you have too much - and the chocolates are usually sweetened with maltitol, which is fairly fart-inducing and also can cause blood sugar  and insulin spikes that are almost as bad as those caused by sugar.

Use with caution and in moderation!

What George and Margo said.  When either of them speaks, I just need to add "ditto".

Ditto to what all the others said but alot of the sugar free candies are loaded with carbs! I know on my plan I can only have 45 carbs a day so not much room for candy in there! LOL!

 i learned a long time ago that sugar alcohols can be vicious.... especially if you work in a job where you are the only one on duty.....  it wasn't fun...



jeris

 Oh no, I can't even imagin, you poor thing that must have been horrible, those sugar alcohols do very, very mean things to me.

 yeah, i remember that moment of terror when i read the label and it said "may have a laxative effect on some people"....    after i'd eaten half the bag....  YIKES!


jeris