Sorbitol, a sugar alcohol, can produce fructose and may overwhelm the liver's capacity to process it. — Whalespan
Sorbitol, a sugar alcohol, can produce fructose and may overwhelm the liver's capacity to process it.
⚠ High risk
We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“sorbitol is probably not a good thing to get in any of your drinks because it's part way on this pathway and it's going to produce fructose and at the level of the liver that could be bad if it overwhelms the liver's capacity to deal with that fructose”