Xylitol and Vitamin C/Calcium Carbonate Interactions - quite unexpected

[Guest guest]

Now this opens up a whole new can of worms. Why should a non-metabolisable

sugar alcohol (xylitol) enhance the absorption of anything? The earliest

paper I could access shows no real explanation but does show that the

bioavailability of calcium in a calcium carbonate /xylitol mix is as good

or better than a number of other common supplements. See

http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/reprint/124/6/874.pdf .

However, the real off the beaten track stuff is within the patent docs

themselves,

See http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6224917.html for

Feed Supplement of Calcium, xylitol and ascorbic acid.

There are several more patents linked as references to this particular one,

these show a developmental process from the more basic ideas. The

implications for diet are phenomenal in my opinion.

See http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5118513.html

Method of enhancing bioavailability of iron-calcium mineral supplements

The next is of particular interest

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5626883.html

Ascorbic acid compositions providing enhanced human immune system activity

There is much reading in this group which may be of great value

R

[Guest guest]

Xylitol makes me very sick.  I suspect it somehow increases the permability

(MSP) of the lining of the small intestine.  This is just a guess on my part.  I

try to avoid it.

Alice 

[MODERATOR: Alice may have identified the mechanism:

" Particulate sucrose, xylitol, and erythritol fillers increase PMMA permeability

and elution kinetics " PMID: 17549030

" Glucuronic acid is further metabolized to xylitol via the glucuronate-xylulose

pathway...Although accumulation of polyols such as xylitol and sorbitol is

associated with myo-inositol depletion in diabetic complications, no causal

relationship has been established....xylitol, one of the products of MI

catabolism via the glucuronate-xylulose pathway, induces an overexpression of

MIOX. "

PMID: 15778219

]

From: Windsor <rwindsor@...>

Subject: Xylitol and Vitamin C/Calcium Carbonate

Interactions - quite unexpected

Why should a non-metabolisable

sugar alcohol (xylitol) enhance the absorption of anything?