Is Sugar Alcohol as Awesome as It Sounds?
Sugar alcohol sounds like a fun adult dessert, but what is it really? Hosted by: Stefan Chin ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: ...
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If you made a list of all the substances that you most like to ingest, what would be on it? Would sugar be on that list? Of course it would. Because sugar’s delicious. And how about alcohol? If you’re old enough to drink it, alcohol can be pretty OK, although it can turn on you pretty quickly. But if you’ve looked at a nutrition label lately, you’ve probably noticed that there’s an ingredient showing up in a lot of foods that seem to combine these two: sugar alcohol. It’s a common ingredient in many processed foods. It’s used as a low-calorie sweetener in everything from soft drinks to snack bars, and there are lots of different kinds, like erythritol, xylitol, or sorbitol. But, what is it? Is it sugar? Or is it alcohol? Is it the sugar that’s in alcohol? And if I see i...
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If you made a list of all the substances that you most like to ingest, what would be on it? Would sugar be on that list? Of course it would. Because sugar’s delicious. And how about alcohol? If you’re old enough to drink it, alcohol can be pretty OK, although it can turn on you pretty quickly. But if you’ve looked at a nutrition label lately, you’ve probably noticed that there’s an ingredient showing up in a lot of foods that seem to combine these two: sugar alcohol. It’s a common ingredient in many processed foods. It’s used as a low-calorie sweetener in everything from soft drinks to snack bars, and there are lots of different kinds, like erythritol, xylitol, or sorbitol. But, what is it? Is it sugar? Or is it alcohol? Is it the sugar that’s in alcohol? And if I see i...
