[dba-Tech] WD-40

[Arthur Fuller]

Thanks for the clarification, Susan. Fortunately, I eat no candy,
sugar-free or otherwise: no chocolate bars, no ice cream, no sweetened
yogurt, no sweets of any kind save oranges and grapefruit and grapes. I
drink both coffee and tea black, too.

Arthur

On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 6:35 PM, Susan Harkins <ssharkins at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sugar alcohol, which is neither a sugar nor an alcohol, was originally
> developed as a laxative. They discovered it was sweet and safe to consume
> and now our candy market is full of sugar-free stuff that actually tastes
> good. It's low carb and low in calories.
>
> Pick up almost any bag of sugar-free candy and look for the *tol ingredient
> -- that's the sugar alcohol.
>
> The downside is... it was originally developed as a laxative. You can't eat
> much of it.
>
> http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/sugar-alcohols
>
> Susan H.