Is too much sugar free gum like Extra bad for you?

According to recent medical research, too much sugar free gum is fine as long as it's not a brand that sweetens with sorbitol. Sorbitol is a known and proven laxative that can adversely affect the lower intestines causing pain and severe diarrhea and rapid and severe weight loss.

The FDA warns against ingesting more than 50 grams of sorbitol daily. The average piece of gum containing sorbitol has 2 grams.