Gum??

[2angelsinheaven]

What about gum on Atkins? Sugar Free of course... is this ok? Sometimes I'll chew a piece to keep me from eating something else while out.

 

[FreshTressa]

If you look at the back, most gum has 2-3g of carbs in them. Now, this is in the form of sorbitol with most 'sugar free' gums, so it depends on if you count those carbs or not.

I do count ALL carbs, not net carbs, so I count gum as 2 or 3 carbs. But if you don't, then it could be zero carbs. Make sense?

 

[2angelsinheaven]

Is sorbital a Sugar Alcohol?

 

[nativetxn]

Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol. Sometimes I chew sugar free gum but I don't do it everyday.