Re: Re: xylitol side effects

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Do you know if these side effects such as diarrhea are universal or perhaps

peculiar only to some people? Have other users of xylitol had this

experience?

on 9/11/2002 8:58 PM, maxwell_mom at mrobinso@... wrote:

> Xylitol is not usable as a general replacement for sugar in the same

> way as splenda/sucralose. I've used xylitol gum, mints and the

> granulated form - the Xlear brand. It's expensive to use in place of

> sugar and you can't use too much of it at a time - or you will get

> diarrhea. I made pumpkin custard with it once and you could only eat

> 4 oz of sweetened custard a day safely. It has a lot of the same

> effect on the digestive system as sorbitol. I really like the mints

> and the gum. They maximize the benefits for the teeth. It's also

> possible to use it to sweeten tea or coffee. It's not practical to

> replace a cup of sugar in a recipe with xylitol the way you can use

> splenda.