them polyol things you get in low sugar sweets..

rowan said:

I've had my colon removed so in my case it would pass right through and I'd get no calories (or carbs?) from polyols?

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rowan said:

I don't give anything sweet to my dog so he should be safe. I had to take him to the vet recently when my birdfeeder fell over in the wind and he ate 3 fat balls! He's got pancreatitus and is on a low fat diet (a nightmare for him now I'm eating more bacon and cheese!), so they had to make him sick to get rid of them. Cost me around £120!

Anyway, I've given up trying to understand this and will just accept that it's better than sugar, tastes better than every other sweetener, but not to use a lot of it.

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boron said:

It is usually said that polyols are "poorly absorbed" in the small intestine, so I should correct my above statement that they are "not absorbed."

In one study in individuals with ileostomy:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7859694

"...the metabolizable energy value of the polyols for 2 x 15 g intake were: sorbitol, 12 kJ/g (2.8 kcal/g); maltitol, 13 kJ/g (3.1 kcal/g); isomalt, 9 kJ/g (2.1 kcal/g).

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Kat100 said:

A lot of us bake with xylitiol , no problem for me, it is made from the sap of the silver birch tree ...
Yes as @Brunneria states..it is toxic to dogs ...good to remind people ...because I did not know that fact ...

Hope your dear dog is ok ...the fat balls ....oooo nooo they were expensive fat balls ...

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Mauser792 said:

Well Polyols.
I have found a Belgian dark chocolate with per 100grms
17.5 Carbs
3.2 Sugar
8.5 Polyols
Its delicious and wonder of wonders does not seem to spike me.
I am a bit wary of the colonic choo choo train, but I keep my intake low as a treat only.
Sometimes you have to take a risk and try different things or what`s the point.

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