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Hi, My name is Totoro and I am a carb junkie.
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 169902" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>That candy bar sounds wonderful, but I haven't seen anything like it here. The best I have found are the isomalt fruit candies I've been sucking all day.</p><p></p><p>As I said before, isomalt tastes wonderfully like sugar. Taste-wise, there is no difference. But because it is inert to the body, it goes straight through. And because it is a chemical (like salt, or like sugar) it also drags water with it by osmosis. Have you ever cut open an aubergine (eggplant) and cut out the flesh, then salted it? You know how this draws the water out of it? Well, isomalt (or sugar, or salt) in the gut does the same thing - it draws water with it. Only REAL sugar, or salt gets absorbed by the body and used, hence taking the water into the body with it.</p><p></p><p>So in a nutshell - ANY diabetic sweet that you try, PLEASE check what is in it before you over-indulge.</p><p></p><p>I LOVE isomalt, because it tastes so much like real sugar. But I've learnt how much I can eat before I get problems with diarrhoea.</p><p></p><p>There is a warning on the packets, but it's often in fine print.</p><p></p><p>And I'm going to keep my eyes peeled for that chocolate bar, just in case we do have them here after all!</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 169902, member: 1991"] That candy bar sounds wonderful, but I haven't seen anything like it here. The best I have found are the isomalt fruit candies I've been sucking all day. As I said before, isomalt tastes wonderfully like sugar. Taste-wise, there is no difference. But because it is inert to the body, it goes straight through. And because it is a chemical (like salt, or like sugar) it also drags water with it by osmosis. Have you ever cut open an aubergine (eggplant) and cut out the flesh, then salted it? You know how this draws the water out of it? Well, isomalt (or sugar, or salt) in the gut does the same thing - it draws water with it. Only REAL sugar, or salt gets absorbed by the body and used, hence taking the water into the body with it. So in a nutshell - ANY diabetic sweet that you try, PLEASE check what is in it before you over-indulge. I LOVE isomalt, because it tastes so much like real sugar. But I've learnt how much I can eat before I get problems with diarrhoea. There is a warning on the packets, but it's often in fine print. And I'm going to keep my eyes peeled for that chocolate bar, just in case we do have them here after all! Marg [/QUOTE]
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