"Laxatives" out of the circle, is maltitol causing trouble?

On the Internet Q&A platform Zhihu, I was invited to answer questions, and there were many people who liked to start with the word "thank you", and gradually some people wrote the word "laxative". This year, on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the official mailed a customized mooncake to some big V that has provided high-quality content for a long time, and unexpectedly, many big V had diarrhea after eating, and the harmonic stem of "laxative" came true.

On the evening of September 8, Zhihu's official Weibo issued an apology letter, saying that the mooncakes purchased met the food quality standards, but due to the lack of experience in the procurement process, ignoring the maltitol used to replace sucrose may cause some people to become intolerant and cause physical discomfort. For the confidant who reported the problem, Zhihu has contacted and provided as much remediation and service as possible, and recalled all mooncakes.

The maltitol that "caused the incident" this time is actually a kind of sugar substitute. Cai Xiaozhen, director of the Nutrition Department of Jiangsu Provincial Organ Hospital (Affiliated Geriatric Hospital of Nanjing Medical University), told the Yangtze Evening News reporter that the sweetness of sugar alcohol is generally lower than that of sucrose, and it will not be completely absorbed and digested in the human body, and the dextrose released is not enough to cause fluctuations in blood glucose levels, and only a small amount or no need for insulin to participate in metabolism, and the same weight of sugar alcohol provides much less calories than ordinary sugar. Therefore, sugar alcohol is widely used in foods with sugar control and weight loss needs.

Sugar alcohol has many advantages, but it is not easily decomposed by digestive enzymes in the gastrointestinal tract, and excessive intake may cause abdominal discomfort, flatulence, bowel sounds and other digestive tract symptoms. Large amounts of sugar alcohols that accumulate in the intestine also alter the isotonic state of the intestine. In layman's terms, the food residue osmotic fluid in the intestine is close to the human blood and tissue, and after the sugar alcohol backlog enters the intestine, it is equivalent to the emergence of "hypertonic substances", and there is a "pressure difference" inside and outside the intestine, and the body automatically rehydrates the intestinal lumen, and "thinning" occurs. But this diarrhea is only transient, not pathological, stop eating, pay attention to water replenishment, the body will heal itself. Yangzi Evening News/Purple Cow News reporter Yang Yan

Source: Yangtze Evening News