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[–] Nomad@infosec.pub 22 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (2 children)

Xylotol in small amounts tastes sweet and kills the bacteria breaking you teeth. In large quantities it makes you shit hit liquid.

Edit: hit should have been hot as in burning, 37C not erotic. ;)

[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

In large quantities it makes you shit hit liquid.

I guess I’ve never had a large quantity as I don’t know what it’s like to shit hit liquid.

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 11 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I ate too many gummy bears and my toilet afterward went triple platinum

[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

You need more fiber in your diet. Eat a vegetable or a bean for once in your life.

[–] 0x0@infosec.pub 9 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (2 children)
[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 hours ago

Fun (?) fact, the reason why those sugarless Haribo Bears are so infamous isn’t because of Xylitol - but rather Maltitol.

I’m pretty good with most artificial sweeteners, but anything more than ~10g of Maltitol over the course of a day creates the sort of farts that clears rooms - and anything approaching 20g causes such horrendous diarrhoea that I wouldn’t even wish it upon my most constipated enemies.

Not to mention that Maltitol is also a bit of a bastard in that it still partially raises blood sugar levels - so most strict keto diets either abstain or count it as ~50% carbs.

[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, but what is “hit liquid”?

[–] m7718f@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I think they meant "hot liquid"

[–] Nomad@infosec.pub 1 points 6 hours ago
[–] Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Nomad@infosec.pub 0 points 6 hours ago

So does chocolate. Let's ban that too?