Polyols in sugar free sweets?

[type1harley]

Hi all,
From time to time, I like to have sugar free sweets. Some of them list 'polyols' under carbs, and supposedly polyols affect your sugars, but not for me. Should I eat them or not?
Thanks!

 

[DeejayR]

There's a couple of threads on here about polyols but no consensus I believe. They're confusing to simpletons like me because they appear to be 100% carbs yet aren't somehow. I use xylitol sweetener for example and today I bought some Fishermen's Friend sugar-free throat sweets which have 97% carbs (polyols)
So I just ignore this bit and go ahead and eat the stuff until proved wrong. Or dead.

 

[Indy51]

They work a treat for curing constipation for some people.