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by dwaite 1063 days ago
> Feeding people laxatives isn't exactly a killer answer to this problem.

Sugar alcohols aren't laxatives. They have a laxative effect in high quantities (the line seemingly person-specific)

Ever hear someone complain after eating the entire bag of sugar-free gummy bears? [0]

0: https://www.amazon.com/review/R2JGNJ5ZPJT4YC

> I also found this study that says sugar alcohols cause blood and liver cancer. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7072169/

That isn't what it says at all. Sugar-alcohols occur naturally in the body, and cancer affected liver metabolism to cause it to produce more than normal.