Why foods that contain alcohols like sorbitol and mannitol warn you on their labels that they may create a " laxative effect" ?

为什么含有酒精，比如说山梨糖醇和甘露醇的食物，会在标签上面提醒你它们可能会产生腹泻？

It's used as a low-calorie sweetener in everything from soft drinks to snack bars, and there are lots of different kinds, like erythritol, xylitol, or sorbitol.

在很多食物中，它被用作一种低卡路里的甜味剂，从饮料到零食，而且它有不同的种类，比如说赤藓糖醇，木糖醇，或者是山梨糖醇。

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has approved some of the health claims food manufacturers have made about sweeteners such as xylitol, sorbitol and sucralose.

欧洲食品安全局 ( EFSA) 已批准食品制造商对木糖醇、 山梨糖醇和三氯蔗糖等甜味剂做出的一些健康声明。

It’s used as a low-calorie sweetener in everything from soft drinks to snack bars, and there are lots of different kinds, like erythritol, xylitol, or sorbitol.

从软饮料到小吃店， 它都被用作低热量甜味剂，种类繁多，如赤藓糖醇、木糖醇或山梨糖醇。

But unlike the wooden toothpicks often found in the U.S., most toothpicks in South Korea are made of corn or potato starch mixed with sorbitol, a sweet sugar alcohol found naturally in various fruits.

但与美国常见的木制牙签不同，韩国的大多数牙签是由玉米或土豆淀粉与山梨醇（sorbitol，一种天然存在于各种水果中的甜糖醇）混合制成的。

Which is why foods that contain alcohols like sorbitol and mannitol warn you on their labels that they may create a " laxative effect." Which, I dunno, could be worse, I guess?

这就是为什么含有山梨糖醇和甘露糖醇等酒精的食物会在标签上警告您它们可能会产生“通便作用” 。哪个，我不知道，可能更糟，我猜？