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[quesarah]

If you woke up and I was in bed with you, what would be your first thought?

(Now post this in your LJ and find out what mine would be)

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[kimberlychapman.livejournal.com]

I often do as well...I just far less frequently understand what I'm reading.

I think maybe I don't want you to explain what's in Herbal Essences, because I'm sure some of it is nasty and I *really* like using it, both for the lather-richness and the scent. And it claims to be biodegradable and sometimes I just need to believe in that kind of thing, ya know? :D

Although here's a question for one of your explanations at some point (doesn't have to be now, you can save it for a "column" entry ;D)...I don't drink alcohol, not ever. I don't want foods with alcohol in them. It does not always cook off...even Alton Brown admits that (which is nice because I'm used to people being very insensitive about this...if I was Muslim they wouldn't be so rude, but because it's a personal choice instead of religious I get flack). So I habitually read ingredients on anything I buy to make sure it contains neither alcohol nor any spices I'm allergic to. I won't even eat something with a tablespoon of wine in it.

About a month ago I had a wicked ice cream craving, and with the gestational diabetes I'm not allowed to have sugar. So I investigated "low-carb" ice cream. First of all, it ain't actually low-carb, so it's moot and I'm not buying any. But I was thrown by something in the ingredients and nutritional info that talked about "sugar alcohol". Corran swears that that isn't alcohol in the sense of the drinky-drinky stuff, because it's not ethanol (I think that's what he said). I am not so sure.

Do you know if this "sugar alcohol" is alcohol or not? As in, could one get drunk off of it? I can't recall the name but I think it was gly-something, which makes sense being sugar-related.

I do know that "chocolate liquor" is not, in fact, alcohol in the drinky sense, so that's okay. Thankfully. :)

[biogeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

The phrase "sugar alchol" really is a misnomer. They aren't sugars and they aren't alcohols either. They're what are called "polyols" and are used as bulking and sweetening agents in foods.

More info can be found here. (http://ific.org/publications/factsheets/sugaralcoholfs.cfm)

[kimberlychapman.livejournal.com]

Ah, thanks muchly. :) The stuff that has them still isn't low-carb enough for the diabetic gig, but once the baby comes and (hopefully) the diabetes goes away, maybe I'll be willing to try some low-carb ice cream to see if it's any good.

Thanks!