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When something has "sugar alcohol" content on the back is it bad for you? for example i want to buy a pack of protein bars but has 8g of sugar alcohol

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Sugar alcohols: The funny thing about sugar alcohols is that they reconstitute into actual sugar once digested. So a product can be marketed as "sugar-free" if it contains sugar alcohols, but after absorption there's sugar again. It's a marketing ploy. So yes, sugar alcohols can have bad effects on your body just like sugar.

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Answered 11/28/2017

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