European journal of clinical nutrition
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Digestion and absorption of sorbitol, maltitol and isomalt from the small bowel. A study in ileostomy subjects.
To quantify small bowel digestion and absorption of sorbitol, isomalt and maltitol in ileostomy patients and estimate the metabolizable energy. ⋯ These results indicate that sorbitol, maltitol and isomalt are rather extensively absorbed, but the digestibility of the other nutrients is also reduced, due to the osmotic load caused by the polyols in the small intestine. There are evidences of a dose dependency of the energy value of the polyols.