Digestive tolerance

The digestive tolerance describes the physical tolerance during the digestion of a substance.

Having a high digestive tolerance for something means that you can consume a relatively large amount of it without (usually) having digestive problems, be it gas or diarrhea, etc. One could cite the substitute sugars as an example.

Erythritol z. Compared to other sugar alcohols such as sorbitol , maltitol , lactitol and isomalt, B. offers the advantage of a particularly high digestive tolerance (approx. 1 g / kg body weight). Since 90 percent of erythritol is absorbed through the small intestine and excreted through the kidneys, the usual side effects of sugar alcohols such as flatulence and diarrhea are greatly reduced, but not entirely excluded.

Individual evidence

↑ Scientific Opinion on the safety of the proposed extension of use of erythritol (E 968) as a food additive . In: EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient Sources added to Food (Ed.): EFSA Journal . tape 13 , no. 3 , March 5, 2015, ISSN 1831-4732 , doi : 10.2903 / j.efsa.2015.4033 .

[1] Scientific Opinion on the safety of the proposed extension of use of erythritol (E 968) as a food additive . In: EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient Sources added to Food (Ed.): EFSA Journal . tape 13 , no. 3 , March 5, 2015, ISSN 1831-4732 , doi : 10.2903 / j.efsa.2015.4033 .