Sugar alcohols have fewer calories than sugar and don't spike your blood sugar. Use sugar and sugar alcohols in moderation, as they can cause complications in large amounts. You can develop digestive ...

After hearing from a reader with diabetes and dry mouth who was searching for hard sugar-free candy with no sugar alcohols, I replied that if there are any products without these types of sweeteners, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Experts say it's best to limit one's intake of red meat and alcohol. (Getty Images) (Lisovskaya via Getty Images) There are some ...

Q: In products that use Equal/Nutrasweet as their sweetener, there is a sugar alcohol content. What other sugar substitutes have sugar alcohol amounts? A: No, that’s not quite right. Equal/Nutrasweet ...

High blood levels of the sugar alcohol xylitol, used as a low-calorie sweetener in candies, chewing gum, and baked goods, enhance platelet reactivity and thrombosis formation and are associated with ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I recently was diagnosed as being prediabetic and told to watch my sugar intake. So I now read the nutrition facts on packages. However, I am confused about the listed sugars.

The low-calorie sweetener was associated with incident major adverse cardiovascular event risk, according to one study. Higher amounts of the sugar alcohol xylitol were associated with increased risk ...