The Laxative Effect Of Sugar-Free Candy

[SheHateMe]

I'd expect that not many of you bother with Sugar Free anything if you don't need to. For me, I try to replace a few things with SF stuff because I'm diabetic and it helps not to chow down on things that have several cups of sugar in one serving.....not because I'm diabetic, but because that stuff is bad for you.. If it has more than 30g in one serving. I don't eat it.

One of my favorite things are Gummy Bears and everyone knows that Haribo Gummy Bears are absolutely the best! I used to eat them when I was younger and was a bit overjoyed when I saw that their SF gummies were being sold on Amazon in a 5LB bag. WHAT?!

Bought them immediately......

And I should warn you that if you try these (in excess..), you will end up like most of the reviewers on Amazon......shitting your entire life out into the toilet because these things have the power to evacuate your soul along with everything in your intestines.... Some people weren't even able to have a bowel movement. They just suffered in bed struggling to pass gas at least....

Some people claimed to have eaten as much as 1LB of the gummies...

But.....give them a try, because they surely are delicious. They really are. Not difference in taste from the regular gummies (which I also eat)

Haribo Gummy Candy, Sugarless Gummy Bears, 5-Pound Bag

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My vote for the best: Rapture me, please Lord from Craig L

As I type this review, I'm on the toilet, surrounded by my dearest family and friends and a priest. I'm not exactly sure whether this is an exorcism or if I'm getting my last rites read to me. This very well could be my final crowning moment. I may never make it back to my feet. What a way to go. Will I go out by suffocating in a toxic byproduct stench? Will I croak from my body expelling all essential nutrients for life? Is this the apacolypse?

What is occurring in my body right now may only be explained with the final 20 minutes of the movie Independence Day. The sweet gummy bears that I thought I had chewed and swallowed have now resurrected inside my bowels with a vengeance. The only thing that I can imagine they are doing is s***ting inside my digestive tract. Decomposed zombie gummy bear s***. This can't be all my s***. There's no way. That's not my s***. That's s*** from a supernatural entity living inside me. Literally nothing I've eaten in a dozen years could possibly turn my ass into a to-scale model of Mt. St. Helens, violently spewing what smells like a public bus filled with homeless people with fresh perms, in Mexico City at such a cyclic rate, that I'm worried the war veteran below me thinks he's storming Normandy again.

Shame on everyone who handled these bears before they made it to me. Shame on Amazon for making theses available for purchase. Shame on the guy in the warehouse who packaged this for shipment. Shame on the UPS guy for bringing this to my door. You all knew. I know you knew, and you knew I'd know. And you still let me do this to myself. Shame on you!

My last hope now is that the force of gas propelling from my anus may be strong enough to disturb Satan himself in hell. And that he is so angered by this that he sends an entire fleet of brave minions to come up through the toilet and put me out of my misery.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Lycasin's known side effects in adults include bloating, intestinal gurgling or rumbling (borborygmi), and flatulence. [3] Anecdotal product reviews appear to support these research findings. [4]

The more you know.

 

[SheHateMe]

They keep coming up with so many sugar substitutes. I keep a list of things I've reacted to. While these are good.....I only ate about a half a cup because I wasn't sure what the reaction would be.


I am considering taking these to work and leaving them in the kitchen LOL

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

How about...you know...DON'T eat a whole bunch of them at once?

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

How about...you know...DON'T eat a whole bunch of them at once?

Clearly, that's crazy talk. I do have a problem with substitutes, additives and, extenders being ok 'd for commercial use when there are clearly many people adversely affected. Food is inherently healthy until corporations get their greedy little over processing hands on it.

 

[SheHateMe]

How about...you know...DON'T eat a whole bunch of them at once?

People think things taste good....and they don't stop eating.

 

[darkswordsman17]

Several years back, over a weekend I ate a half gallon (not even that since they're not even full half gallons any more) tub of some ice cream. I didn't think anything of it, until I got gas that was...vile. I had never had anything like that. It was so strong, permeating, and pungent. I lucked out that I had the apartment to myself and didn't have anything going on. If you were at war, the best thing to do would send a trojan horse of this stuff to your enemy, it would be full on chemical warfare.

Since that was the main thing I'd eaten, I thought I got a bad batch and was waiting for it to turn into full on food poisoning and liquefy my internal organs. I decided to check the label and:

Excessive consumption of sugar alcohols may have a laxative effect in sensitive persons.

I apparently got lucky that it was just gas. Better than anal leakage I guess.

 

[destrekor]

Yep - most of those sugar substitutes that are NOT artificial sweeteners like Ace K, sucralose, aspartame, etc - also tend to be treated as fiber. Too much fiber at once = rapid evacuation of insides for some people. Depending on the actual sugar alcohol, some are slightly absorbed by the body, with the remnants getting passed along (and getting fermented in the gut) - some are not absorbed at all by the body and can get entirely fermented, some are mostly absorbed.
Any amount of sugar alcohol that is absorbed (and processed for energy) tends to either have zero insulin involved, or very minimal (big plus for diabetics, of course - the fake artificial sweeteners don't get insulin for processing, BUT, they do cause the body to go through the sugar/insulin motions as it expects sugar - so, artificial sweeteners = the same sugar response for diabetics).
What's left over, much like the majority of indigestible fibers, can be fermented by gut bacteria and, well, too much fermenting can start some bad reactions. D:

 

[SheHateMe]

Ive had some bad reactions to Aspartame as well. Blood Sugar spikes, headaches, and stomach discomfort. I started limiting how much diet soda I drink as a result.

I have not experienced anything with Sucralose as far as I can tell....and a lot of the No Sugar Added Ice cream (and other deserts I eat) are made with Splenda and I've had no reactions to those.

The stuff in these gummy bears, ive never encountered before. They taste good, but, I will probably only eat small amounts at a time.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

People think things taste good....and they don't stop eating.

If you eat a kilo of salt and go into a coma, is that the salt's fault...or yours?

 

[Berliner]

If you eat a kilo of salt and go into a coma, is that the salt's fault...or yours?

Have you ever tried doing that?

They should not make things delicious AND bad for you. But... nobody cares.

 

[bradley]

Sugar alcohols are especially notorious for causing diarrhea when consumed in excessive amounts, due to its ineffective absorption (vs refined sugar) inside of the small intestines.

 

[SheHateMe]

How about...you know...DON'T eat a whole bunch of them at once?

People think things taste good....and they don't stop eating.

If you eat a kilo of salt and go into a coma, is that the salt's fault...or yours?

Its pretty clear here that you didn't understand the OP. I have not experienced any issues caused by eating too much of the gummy bears. I was talking about the reviewers. I don't have a problem with overeating SF foods because I already know whats up. People who don't know seem to have the most issues.


Thanks for being a dick.

 

[tfinch2]

Eat good old sugar in moderation, have those foods actually taste good, and feel fine after?

Eat artificial sweeteners/sugar substitutes, have those foods taste like crap, and get the shits after?

I'll take option one please.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

Its pretty clear here that you didn't understand the OP. I have not experienced any issues caused by eating too much of the gummy bears. I was talking about the reviewers. I don't have a problem with overeating SF foods because I already know whats up. People who don't know seem to have the most issues.


Thanks for being a dick.

Not sure what you expect. A lot of artificial sweeteners are dextrose analogues, and therefore act as osmotic diuretics. Eating a lot of them will cause osmotic diuresis. There's really nothing exciting or unexpected here. If you eat a pound at a time, you're going to have a bad time, but I really wouldn't value the opinion of someone who eats a pound of candy at a sitting. The only solution is to NOT EAT SO MANY, and it's such a simple solution. It says nothing about how you'll react when you eat 5 or 10 at a sitting instead of 50, and if you think the two are in any way comparable, I'm not sure what to say to you.

 

[SheHateMe]

*snip*
The only solution is to NOT EAT SO MANY, and it's such a simple solution. It says nothing about how you'll react when you eat 5 or 10 at a sitting instead of 50, and if you think the two are in any way comparable, I'm not sure what to say to you.

OK.

 

[Imp]

Yep - most of those sugar substitutes that are NOT artificial sweeteners like Ace K, sucralose, aspartame, etc - also tend to be treated as fiber. Too much fiber at once = rapid evacuation of insides for some people. Depending on the actual sugar alcohol, some are slightly absorbed by the body, with the remnants getting passed along (and getting fermented in the gut) - some are not absorbed at all by the body and can get entirely fermented, some are mostly absorbed.

Interdasting... I was thinking that the artificial sweetener or gummies were causing constipation and clogging, not "over-clearing".

 

[Red Squirrel]

Often the substitutes are worse than what they are trying to substitute. Instead of trying to replace sugar with all these things, I just try to cut down. Easier said than done though, I'm saying this as I'm drinking a pepsi, which has 41g of sugar, and it's my second one today. I used to drink like 10+ per day though. Now I'm down to 1-3. I tend to drink more if I'm off but it varies. some days off I may not even drink any.

 

[destrekor]

Interdasting... I was thinking that the artificial sweetener or gummies were causing constipation and clogging, not "over-clearing".

well coupled with other ingredients - the exact sequence of events... I'm not exactly sure of. The basic properties of the sugar alcohols can be one thing... other things can limit or exacerbate the effects.

 

[destrekor]

Often the substitutes are worse than what they are trying to substitute. Instead of trying to replace sugar with all these things, I just try to cut down. Easier said than done though, I'm saying this as I'm drinking a pepsi, which has 41g of sugar, and it's my second one today. I used to drink like 10+ per day though. Now I'm down to 1-3. I tend to drink more if I'm off but it varies. some days off I may not even drink any.

The artificial sweeteners, I'd agree. I'd rather not consume them and just cut back on all sugar.
But I don't mind, and fully appreciate, the sugar alcohols and similar - in moderation, they have no negative effects and are wonderful.

 

[SheHateMe]

Often the substitutes are worse than what they are trying to substitute. Instead of trying to replace sugar with all these things, I just try to cut down. Easier said than done though, I'm saying this as I'm drinking a pepsi, which has 41g of sugar, and it's my second one today. I used to drink like 10+ per day though. Now I'm down to 1-3. I tend to drink more if I'm off but it varies. some days off I may not even drink any.

Thats true. I dont try to substitute all things that I like...just the things that I like that are made with too much sugar. I wouldnt be able to do the pepsi because it has more than 30g. I pretty strict on that. I carry a measuring cup in my purse. Sometimes, If I cant resist the urge to have a regular soda, I'll just buy one and use the cup to measure out half of a serving.


Some things I make at home...like cakes and stuff.

If I could figure out how to make gummy bears, that would be too cool.

 

[BladeVenom]

I had some sugar free cough drops once when I got a sore throat. I guess they worked, because the explosive diarrhea made me forget all about my sore throat.

Like someone else already mentioned sugar alcohols are notorious for causing diarrhea.

 

[destrekor]

I had some sugar free cough drops once when I got a sore throat. I guess they worked, because the explosive diarrhea made me forget all about my sore throat.

Like someone else already mentioned sugar alcohols are notorious for causing diarrhea.

Be honest: were you taking sugar-free Luden's/similar and eating them like candy all day?

Low intake (i.e. normal/moderate/not a freaking massive amount) usually produces zero negative effects. If you didn't consume half the bag that day, a host of other things could have caused your reaction. Whatever made you sick with sore throat could have also produced the stomach reaction. I think the body tends to react to food differently whenever it is battling any kind of illness, gastro- or not.
Any combination of food within the past 48 hours can cause a temporary flare-up of diarrhea. I've experienced it out of the blue when it seemed like the past few days I hadn't went crazy with my dietary intake in the slightest.

 

[Fritzo]

Sugar alcohol has the same effect

 

[Fenixgoon]

i think i may have experienced this effect before, though not nearly to the same magnitude :hmm: