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The intake of sugar is a real concern for people who have had gastric bypass, in fact most patients fear sugar. Fear above all, is not weight gain, is dumping. Foods containing sugar pass too quickly through the small pouch, which is rapidly absorbed and insulin levels because of the consequent fall of dumping.

Very unpleasant. Instead of taking risks with sugar in many of us to get "sugar" diabetic candy or sweets to satisfy our sweet. Many of these products contain alcohol, sugar, a natural sweetener derived from fruits and berries. Unlike Artificial sweeteners contain no calories, sugar alcohol is about half the calories of sugar. Diabetics may have foods because sugar alcohol is converted to glucose more slowly and require very little insulin to be metabolized.

While sugar alcohols are low in calories and slow to convert to glucose, the disadvantage is that they can cause gas, bloating and diarrhea. I learned this the hard way. One day we call the temptation the devil tempted me to buy a bag of sugar free jelly beans. Jelly beans are dangerous because they are small bites of soft food which means a gastric bypass the patient may eat too much volume. I ate the whole bag in about an hour (true confessions of Snacker cabinet). Soon he felt uncomfortable with a small bellyache. Stomach pain turned to swelling, cramping and gas. Extreme cases of the three symptoms. Dolorosa "take me to the hospital I think I to exploit "the symptoms. It took a couple of days for my body to return to normal, a couple of days of stress and discomfort.

Sweets ate rubber figure Mannitol, a common sugar alcohol extracted from marine algae. I know because I read Mannitol containing the package half way in the crisis. The package contained this warning, "Warning: excessive consumption may cause a laxative effect" good time to read the labels, I said! Mannitol is found naturally in pineapple, olives, asparagus, sweet potatoes and carrots. This is 60% sweeter than sugar, so more product is required to play the sweetness of sugar. "Mannitol remains in the intestines for a long time, so it causes bloating and diarrhea." Yup! That's exactly what happens all rights.

What other names are called sugar alcohols?

Sorbitol is found naturally in fruits and vegetables. It is manufactured from corn syrup. Sorbitol has only 50 percent of the sweetness of sugar which means twice as much should be used to deliver a similar amount of sweetness of a product. It has less of a tendency to cause diarrhea compared to mannitol. It is often an ingredient in sugar free gums and candies.

Xylitol is also called "wood sugar "and occurs naturally in straw, corncobs, fruit, vegetables, cereals, mushrooms and some cereals. xylitol has the same relative sweetness as sugar. It is found in chewing gum.

Lactitol has about 30-40 percent of sugar sweetening power, but its taste and solubility profile resembles sugar to what is often found in sugar free ice cream, chocolate, hard and soft candies, baked goods, reduced sugar preserves and chewing gums.

Isomalt is 45 to 65 percent sweeter than sugar and does not tend to lose its sweetness or break during the heating process. Isomalt absorbs little water, so it is used to often hard candy, candy, lollipops and cough drops.

Maltitol is 75 percent sweeter than sugar. It is used in sugar-free candy hard, chewing gum, chocolate-flavored desserts, baked goods and ice cream because it gives a creamy texture to food.

Hydrogenated starch hydrolysates (HSH) are produced by partial hydrolysis of corn. HSH are nutritive sweeteners that provide 40 to 90 percent of the sweetness of sugar. MSM do not crystallize and are used widely in candy, baked goods and mouthwashes.

Gastric bypass patients should indulge your sweet tooth with sugar alcohol?

The American Diabetes Association claims that sugar alcohols are acceptable in moderate amounts, but should not overeating. Furthermore, weight gain has been when eaten in excess of these products. Personally, I'm not dipping my sticky fingers on sugarless candy again. For gastric bypass patients generally the key as in all eating, must be moderate, not a bag of jelly beans. And of course we can always rely on the old conventional diet advice, "Hunger for something sweet? Take a piece of fruit. "

Kaye Bailey is a weight loss surgery success story having maintained her health and goal weight for 5+ years. An award winning journalist, she is the author and webmaster of http://www.livingafterwls.com and http://www.livingafterwls.blogspot.com

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