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Old 03-31-2002, 09:40 AM   #1  
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Exclamation Sugar Free!!!
oh low and behold please tell me im not the last to know about this, but ive been eating a lot of "sugar free " gum and drinking loads of diet coke. well ive had a dodgy tummy to say the least but it seems that the sweetners used in sugar free gum and also diet coke and many other sugar free products, mainly sorbitol sorbitol contains a substance called phenanylin(sp?) which produces laxative side effects!!!!!!!!!!!! no bloody wonder they help with weight loss so no more sugar free gum, polos or anything else now for me......even the diet coke is banned from the house , ill do the deed and drink the water
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Yes you are the last to know The sugar free polos say may have effects if taken in large amounts.
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Old 03-31-2002, 10:11 AM   #3  
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hmph!! thats all i have to say on the matter
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Mmmmm.. gets me like that too
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Yup! Does that to me as well - and gives me headaches if I have too much of it.

Another name for it is, I think, Aspartame.
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Well I've been sitting here, catching up on the posts, quietly eating sugar free polos and I've just realised that Ive almost eaten the packet... OMG - wait for it!!!
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Just don't leave the house........!!!!!!!!
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ooh sarah now my sides are hurting
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Old 04-18-2002, 06:32 AM   #10  
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This is going to sound daft... but I eat a lot of mints so it IS relevant......

Is there a big calorie difference between the sugar free polos and the ordinary ones?

And..... Jan...... was there a reaction??
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Well.... I suppose its one way of losing some weight!
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