RE: Trichlorosucrose, was Re: Experiences with Atkins diet

From: gts (gts_2000@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Apr 28 2003 - 13:24:29 MDT

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    Michael M. Butler wrote:

    > On Mon, 28 Apr 2003 11:32:54 -0400, gts <gts_2000@yahoo.com> wrote:
    >
    >> Unlike sucrose, sucralose passes through the gastrointestinal tract
    >> about 90% undigested.
    >
    > AFAIK, it's 100% undigested. What you wrote might not contradict
    > that; the other 10% might exit through some other path.

    Yes, that is that I meant. Thank you for correcting my imprecise language.

    Sucralose passes through the digestive tract ~90% *unabsorbed* (as opposed
    to *undigested*). That ~90% is excreted unchanged in the feces. ~100% of the
    remainder is absorbed by the gut but passed out in the urine unchanged.

    >> As such it can't really do any harm, and one can hardly
    >> argue that the chloride atoms should do harm anyway -- chloride atoms
    >> are half of table salt (NaCl).
    >
    > Beg pardon, but this utterance has a high "bogue factor".

    At face value, yes, but not in light of the above.

    -gts

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