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Fun fact: there exists a chiral mirror of sugar called L-sucrose which tastes and cooks exactly like sugar but is not bioavailable. It's the ultimate 0 calorie
by missosoup 7y ago
Fun fact: there exists a chiral mirror of sugar called L-sucrose which tastes and cooks exactly like sugar but is not bioavailable. It's the ultimate 0 calorie sugar. The only issue is it costs like 200 bucks a gram to produce.
- scarejunba 7y agoMy god, this is amazing. I don't even know why I didn't think something like this may exist even though we all studied isomers in school. Are there other flavouring agents that use non-bioavailable isomers that pass right through us? This is so fun to have learned about!
- sam36 7y agoIt was done with cooking oil at one time. Problem is it gave most of the test subjects diarrhea after eating a bag of potato chips that were fried in it. Of course anyone that eats a bag of potato chips is at risk of that anyway...
- scarejunba 7y agoGod damn it. That happens to me with Xylitol and Maltitol. Guess I just have to suck it up and not eat sweet stuff.
- fodmap 7y agoAre those sugar alcohols the only ones giving you trouble? Did you get tested for Fructose malabsorption?
- scarejunba 7y agoInteresting, but that sounds like a thing I wouldn't want to treat! Less fatness eh? Yeah, they are the ones that give me trouble.
- fodmap 7y agoI replied to your post because I started having similar troubles, went to the doc and I tested positive in several issues, being the main one that I have Fructose intolerance. That was when I learned about FODMAP, and I learned about the work Monash University is doing on that field: https://www.monashfodmap.com/ https://www.monashfodmap.com/ Hope that helps, but better if you don't need them!
- scarejunba 7y agoVery cool. Thank you for sharing!
- fodmap 7y agoYou're welcome!
- pstuart 7y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olestra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olestra
- Ididntdothis 7y ago“eats a bag of potato chips is at risk of that anyway.” I can do that easily and will do so if somebody gives me a bag of chips. It’s not even a challenge ;)
- TeMPOraL 7y ago> Of course anyone that eats a bag of potato chips is at risk of that anyway... Infinitesimally larger than when eating just about anything else.
- woriuweflksdncn 7y agoAnother issue is that it can cause osmotic diarrhea since it essentially stays in the intestines.
- vixen99 7y agoNo need for that. You can buy xylitol (a sugar alcohol) for a fraction of the price. This isn't metabolized either. As with similar substances, using too much induces an osmotic effect with predictable consequences.