Trouble with sugar free mints.

"xtile" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I bought some Smint wild berry pastels the other day, sweetened with
Xylicare...I won't get them again because they seem to cause cravings
after having the. Anyone else notice this kind of reaction to these
things?
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Every now and then, I get M&Ms or something for a comfort food. And then I
go back to my regular WOE. I don't get cravings. But this is just me, and
you are just you. Things can be different. If something gives you cravings
for more carbs, I really suggest you avoid them. And this is just me to
you.

Jim Bard said:

Every now and then, I get M&Ms or something for a comfort food. And then I
go back to my regular WOE. I don't get cravings. But this is just me, and
you are just you. Things can be different. If something gives you cravings
for more carbs, I really suggest you avoid them. And this is just me to
you.

I can usually avoid the comfort foods, as lons as I have LC stuff ready.
I can get by pretty much without it. But those mints led me to evil
thougts!

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xtile said:

I bought some Smint wild berry pastels the other day, sweetened with
Xylicare...I won't get them again because they seem to cause cravings
after having the. Anyone else notice this kind of reaction to these
things?

Yes! I had the same reaction to sugar-free chocolate mints. There
should have only been a gram or two of carb in each one, counting the
sugar alcohols, but I found that after eating one I could not stop
eating a bunch more and ended up hungry.

I assume there's something about the particular sugar alcohol they use
(sorbitol?) that kicks off a craving reaction. I've had the same
reaction to several other foods with sugar alcohols in them.

Whatever it is, once the tin was gone I determined not to buy another.

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Jenny said:

I assume there's something about the particular sugar alcohol they use
(sorbitol?) that kicks off a craving reaction. I've had the same
reaction to several other foods with sugar alcohols in them.

Yeah, I gave mine away to the secretary. I had another one today as an
experiment, they are tiny things, and it gave me cravings again. Diet
Coke doesn't do that to me, but these did!

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Jenny wrote:
|| xtile wrote:
||| I bought some Smint wild berry pastels the other day, sweetened with
||| Xylicare...I won't get them again because they seem to cause
||| cravings after having the. Anyone else notice this kind of
||| reaction to these things?
||
|| Yes! I had the same reaction to sugar-free chocolate mints. There
|| should have only been a gram or two of carb in each one, counting the
|| sugar alcohols, but I found that after eating one I could not stop
|| eating a bunch more and ended up hungry.

Maybe you just like them.

||
|| I assume there's something about the particular sugar alcohol they
|| use (sorbitol?) that kicks off a craving reaction. I've had the same
|| reaction to several other foods with sugar alcohols in them.
||
|| Whatever it is, once the tin was gone I determined not to buy
|| another.

Wise.

I get the same reaction with nuts and there's no SAs in them.

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Jenny said:

xtile said:

I bought some Smint wild berry pastels the other day, sweetened with
Xylicare...I won't get them again because they seem to cause cravings
after having the. Anyone else notice this kind of reaction to these
things?

Yes! I had the same reaction to sugar-free chocolate mints. There
should have only been a gram or two of carb in each one, counting the
sugar alcohols, but I found that after eating one I could not stop
eating a bunch more and ended up hungry.

I assume there's something about the particular sugar alcohol they use
(sorbitol?) that kicks off a craving reaction. I've had the same
reaction to several other foods with sugar alcohols in them.

Whatever it is, once the tin was gone I determined not to buy another.

I wonder if it's psychological, not chemical. Maybe a sweet taste, with or
without sugar or sugar alcohols, leads to a desire for more sweets?

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I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws.

Ive noticed the same thing with equal in my coffee in the morning. If I dont
use it, and stick to cream only, I seem to fare better with cravings.

Victoria
from beautiful El Granada

no cravings, but if I eat too many of em I get wicked [censored].

no cravings, but if I eat too many of em I get wicked [censored].

no cravings, but if I eat too many of em I get wicked [censored].

if you eat too many they will give you a wicked case of the [censored] too.

no cravings, but if I eat too many of em I get wicked [censored].

Roger Zoul said:

Jenny wrote:
|| xtile wrote:
||| I bought some Smint wild berry pastels the other day, sweetened with
||| Xylicare...I won't get them again because they seem to cause
||| cravings after having the. Anyone else notice this kind of
||| reaction to these things?
||
|| Yes! I had the same reaction to sugar-free chocolate mints. There
|| should have only been a gram or two of carb in each one, counting the
|| sugar alcohols, but I found that after eating one I could not stop
|| eating a bunch more and ended up hungry.

Maybe you just like them.

It's funny, I didn't really like them too much.....chemical tasting
acidy and sweet at he same time....kinda like a berry but different.
I'll stick with the fisherman's friend sweetened with sorbital if I need
something like that. They do nothing to cravings.

Luna said:

I wonder if it's psychological, not chemical. Maybe a sweet taste, with or
without sugar or sugar alcohols, leads to a desire for more sweets?

That could be. I usually don't do the AS stuff, those were bought just
on a whim. Not again!

Ignoramus5102 said:

At the danger of stating the obvious:

These "berry pastels" are designed to cause cravings, to make you pay
money for more [censored] like that. Duh.

While we are at it, I would expect that there are no berries in those
"berry pastels", whatever they are.

No, completely artificial.