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So on today's show, I will be delving into a topic that frequently comes up in classes that I teach and when I'm counseling clients.

And really the overarching topic is which sweeteners can you use on a real food eating plan. And then today specifically, we're going to take a look at sugar alcohols.

So you've likely seen sugar alcohols if you've been browsing the food label sometime in the last 30 to 40 years or so.

These are typically the guys that end in OL or that all.

So xylatol, erythratol, sorbitol, manitol, lactatol, and isomalt.

Those are just a couple that you'll see on the food labels. So we're going to

talk about the ins and outs of these alternate sweeteners and if there's something you want to eat

or if there's something that you'll want to avoid. And I did want to make a note also. We've

covered a few other alternate sweeteners on our Ask and Nutritionist segments a little more recently. So specifically Amy covered Monkfruit and Stevia on her episode on September 5th, 24. And I talked about allulose on January 30th of 2025.

So if you're just looking to learn a little bit more about what your options are,

don't forget to give those a listen also.

So we're going to talk about sugar alcohols today.

Let's first just talk about what are sugar alcohols.

So sugar alcohols are sweet tasting sugar-like carbohydrates. They're also known as

polyols, so that's their fancy name. And some people might recognize that as the P, if you've

ever looked into a FODMAP eating plan. So the P and FODMAP stands for polyols.

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