Re: Mannitol
Mannitol is an alcohol form of mannose. It occurs NATURALLY in lots of foods, i.e. pineaple, olives, asparagus, sweet potatoes, carrots, cranberries, blueberries...This sugar, "mannose," can be purchased in powder form at a lot of HFS.
Interestingly enough, it is supposed to be beneficial for UTI's!
Xylitol is an alcohol form of xylose, a.k.a. "wood sugar." (You can actually buy big bags of the stuff at the HFS.) It occurs naturally in foods, i.e. straw, corn cobs, cereals, mushrooms and some seaweeds.
Sorbitol also occurs naturally in a lot of foods, i.e. apples, peaches, pears, plums, cherries. It is an indigestible sugar. Excess sorbitol levels cause the body to try and dilute the sugar by pulling water from the bloodstream to the intestine.
Hope this is helpful, or at least interesting/amusing!
Kate, IBS-D.
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