There's always someone who's a buzzkill, isn't there? ..Sorry, guys.
http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/products.htm
http://ific.org/publications/factsh...aralcoholfs.cfm
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Useful in the Diets of People with Diabetes -- Control of blood glucose, lipids and weight are the three major goals of diabetes management today. Maltitol is slowly absorbed. Therefore, when maltitol is used, the rise in blood glucose and the insulin response associated with the ingestion of glucose is significantly reduced. The reduced caloric value of maltitol (2.1 calories per gram versus 4.0 for sugar) is consistent with the objective of weight control. Products sweetened with maltitol in place of sugar may be useful in providing a wider variety of reduced-calorie and sugar-free choices to people with diabetes.
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http://www.caloriecontrol.org/maltitol.html
Yep. Maltitol has HALF the calorie/carb content of SUGAR.
Sorry- but there's no such thing as a mythical, magical carb that doesn't count.
Generally speaking, if the sugar alcohols cause you gastric distress, your body is doing it's darnest to get rid of it and essentially? The bacteria in your gut is eating them up and pooping (thus the discomfort/gas/diarrhea). How's that for an appetizing thought? If you don't get the distress, you're absorbing those suckers right up.
If you're going to eat them - count them for at *least* half the carb count. Depending on the polyol you're eating, it could really be up to 75% the carb/calorie count of sugar per gram!
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. There is no such thing as a mythical magical carb that doesn't count.
But really- you could make yourself plenty of low-carb goodies AND be able to pronounce everything in them AND be safe in the knowledge that you're not just substituting bad high-carb habits for bad lower-carb habits. Low-carb junk food is still junk food.
These things absolutely have their place in our WOE - I just tend to believe it's more for pre-maintenance/maintenance when you've got your Eat-Right-Feet under you
HTH
~Brook