Sugar free gums like Orbit, etc. have a gram of sugar alcohol per stick and low carb candy bars like those made by Atkins, can have anywhere from a few grams to as many as 12 grams or so.

One has to read the labels. If they have sugar alcohols it will be listed. Some sugar free puddings also have about 6 grams of sugar alcohols. "Jello" Brand has abut six and I know some "house" brands made by certain supermarkets, like Safeway here out west, also have that amount.

Most sugar-free stuff uses aspartame. but the ones that use sugar alcohols usually don't or only very little of it. But the sugar alcohols are known to be a laxative and that's why they are fairly scarce in the sugar free product line up.

In the future, I'm betting someone markets a special "anti-biotic" candy bar just for the purpose of killing gut bacteria. I contemplated doing this myself, but I know the pharmaceutical companies will NOT be happy when a buck fifty candy bar replaces 300 dollars worth of antibiotics.

And dealing with Al Qaeda or terrorists is risk-free when compared to crossing the multi-trillion dollar a year pharmaceutical industry. ;)

However, most of their big bucks are made on exotic "lifelong" drugs that need to be taken forever and not one-time antibiotics. Which is why they are not busy inventing new antibiotics. (Which are desperately needed now that these new strains are resistant to everything a doctor can throw at them)

So, I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I've been in contact with some of the folks researching this and so I know it's being worked on and studied, even as I write this.

In the much more distant future they will be able to scan for every bacteria based upon the elctrical signals they emit, identify the bad ones and their polarity charge (i.e. negative or positive) and kill them without anyone ever imbibing a thing. They will use magnetic fields and external electronics. One wont feel a thing - just suddenly a "woosh" as millions of bacteria are killed almost instantaneously. One's whole body will feel refreshed and the way it should. No delays. No chemicals or poisons. No cutting people open.

Instant healing! I look forward to that day. I know I've already lived lives in the "future" and so that's why it's so very familiar to me. One can get born and move one's "soul" all along the time stream. It's all just field mechanics. ;)