Mannitol Block 10g

Mannitol

When taken orally, mannitol acts as an osmotic laxative, drawing water into the intestinal lumen and increasing the volume and softness of the stool. The increase in fecal volume in turn represents a powerful stimulus for intestinal peristalsis (set of propulsive rhythmic contractions in charge of advancing the stool outwards). Again orally, mannitol can ò be used as an alternative sweetener to traditional sucrose. Its sweetening power is; in fact equal to about 50% of that of cooking sugar, with the advantage of being low-calorie and acaryogenic, and with a metabolism independent of insulin (a particularly useful feature in the presence of diabetes); however, its laxative effect limits its use in this sense.

Format
Block 10g.