The intake of calories and carbohydrates can be significantly reduced by using a sweetening agent as an alternative to dextrose or fructose.
Non-nutritive sweeteners include:
(1) acesulfame potassium
(2) aspartame
(3) neotame
(4) saccharin
(5) sucralose
Reduced-calorie sweeteners include the polyols (sugar alcohols):
(1) erythritol
(2) isomalt
(3) lactitol
(4) maltitol
(5) mannitol
(6) sorbitol
(7) xylitol
(8) tagatose
(9) hydrogenated starch hydrolysates
A large intake of polyols can result in an osmotic load, which can lead to diarrhea.
