Sugar Free - xylitol makes me SOOOOO sick. Does anyone else

[xultar]

get ill from eating products with xylitol.
Take Orbit fum for instance. IT makes me real shaky, dizzy, nauseated, cold sweats etc.

[Shoeempress]

1. Nutrasweet. Eat it and it's 2 exits no waiting.

[xultar]

2. I'm angry that they didn't do any studies on this stuff B4 they put it

in every product on the market.

Nutrasweet gives my dad really bad headaches.

[Shoeempress]

5. Discovered it at MIL's house. She uses it in her cole slaw, god only

knows why. It was a really not a good night cuz they only have one bathroom.

[xultar]

6. In SLAW???

:puke: I can't imagine that you would need that much sugar so why not use the real stuff?

[Shoeempress]

9. Because she is insane.

[Dogmudgeon]

7. Xylitol is an natural, organic, old substance

First of all, it's present in most tree bark.

And second of all, sensitivity to xylitol, mannitol, and so on, are modern afflictions. For some people, it's the power of suggestion combined with the erroneous idea that xylitol is an artificial "chemical". But a sizable proportion of people test sensitive to it, generally with a pseudo-allergic reaction (that is, an allergic-like reaction not caused by a protein).

My own pet theory is that most of us are so over-stimulated by our environment (chemically, perceptually, etc.) that we have powerfully heightened allergic responses to whatever we're sensitive to.

--p!

[xultar]

11. I didn't have a problem with it @ first. Then I went on an Orbit gum

craving and now just a little bit makes me sick.

This evening I got sick and didn't know what it was until I checked the wrapper in the trash.

BTW it takes chemicals to get it from bark to a sugar alcohol.

[Dogmudgeon]

3. Most sugar alcohols make my intestines ... upset

Real upset.

As in, you-don't-want-to-be-anywhere-near-me upset.

--p!

[Lilyhoney]

10. I called Trident Gum 1-800# one time to ask them what sugar alcohol was

doing in my gum. I was so not satisfied with the answer I got. It made no sense. :shrug:

[Dave Reynolds]

4. Too much of it,

and I could rent my butt out as a stinky fountain.

Sorry, that was naaaasty.

[Lilyhoney]

8. I can taste it rite away. I know it is not wholesome.

Why can't everybody?????:puke:

[chaska]

12. I thought it was just me. Those candy bars....

with malitol or mannitol whatever give me massive gas. I was so disappointed when I finally realized what was making me sick.

And I've got a stomach that can handle just about anything.

[KitchenWitch]

13. Nutrasweet gives me migraines and wicked stomach cramps

No problems with xylitol.

[NMMNG]

14. Sorbitol/mannitol/xylitol, etc. all have the same effect on me

if I have too much at once: hours and hours of loose stools and gastric disturbances. Of course unlike products with Olestra (the fat substitute), none of the products with these artificial sweetners come with warning labels so I had to make the connection myself. :grr: I have to be careful because many products will say "no sugar added-sweetened with Splenda" on the front, but then when I read the ingredient label I discover one of those other sweeteners are also in the product.


I also can't use Nutrasweet because it triggers my migraines.