Not natural ingredients (cont'd)
So Heathrow Natural is selling non-natural ingredient products?
Here is one in their gum - Maltitol see discussion below......
Maltitol is not a natural product
It’s important to keep in mind that maltitol along with its sugar alcohols family, is not a natural product. It does require processing and fermenting of the corn starch to make it into a sweetener able to be used in foods.
And a little more research easily finds a verdict …
What I personally feel is misleading, is how these ‘health’ products claim to be sugar free when clearly they’re not. While powdered maltitol has a lower glycemic index (36) than cane sugar (60), it’s glycemic index is still not THAT low. And maltitol syrup actually has a very high glycemic index of 52.
I also don’t think you can class maltitol as a beneficial or health food like you can with natural sweeteners, considering maltitol is a highly processed food source that contains little nutrients, or even no nutritients at all. I was not able to find a single source on the web that listed the nutritional value of maltitol. So I’m assuming, like refined cane sugar, maltitol is an empty carboydrate that contains no nutritional value at all.
I hate the idea of putting anything into my body that contains no nutritional value. My body is going to have to go through all of that hard work and energy digesting the ‘food’ for nothing in return.
Maltitol also very slowly absorbs into the body so can have a laxative effect, causing gas, bloating and in some case diarrhea.
