sugar alcohol

Hi there! Does anyone know if sugar alcohols like sorbitol will cause
birth defects? I am 7 weeks pregnant and have been using a sugar free
maple syrup 2-3 times per week, and just noticed it has sorbitol.
Alot of it, too. I hope this can't cause fetal alcohol syndrome!
Anyone know anything about this?

Thanks.

AFAIK, sorbitol is safe. In any effect, my dietician told me I could
use as a sugar substitute in by gestational diabetes diet.

Valerie

Karen P wrote:

Hi there! Does anyone know if sugar alcohols like sorbitol will cause
birth defects? I am 7 weeks pregnant and have been using a sugar free
maple syrup 2-3 times per week, and just noticed it has sorbitol.
Alot of it, too. I hope this can't cause fetal alcohol syndrome!
Anyone know anything about this?

Thanks.

Could have been sucrolose. Actually, she said to generally not use many
sugar substitutes but whatever Spenda is would be OK. We may have
gotten our -ols and -oses confused. Could someone knowledgable explain
what sugar alcohols are and what they do that's different from other
forms of sugar?

Thanks
Valerie.

Elfanie wrote:

On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 15:04:00 -0400, Valerie Rake
wrote:



AFAIK, sorbitol is safe. In any effect, my dietician told me I could
use as a sugar substitute in by gestational diabetes diet.

Valerie




are you sure they told you to use sorbitol...and not sucrolose?
Sucrolose is Splenda...
sorbitol is a sugar alcohol (and too much sugar alcohol in ANYONE can
cause a lot of intestinal upsets). anything ending in OL is a sugar
alcohol...like sorbitol, maltitol....


are you sure your dietician said to use sorbitol as a sugar
substitute?


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