Re: Re: safety sucralose and xylitol

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MM: thanks for this info. Nice to have an alternative. I did a search on

Xylitol and it seems to be safe. See

http://www.caloriecontrol.org/xylitol.html

However for us fusspots it does have some calories (1/3 the calories of

sugar). Also from my limited search I couldn't find anything on your

mention below of improvement of bone density. Do you have any references

for that ? For those of us with osteopenia, it may be worth switching for

that alone.

on 6/18/2002 5:29 AM, Mambo Mambo at mambomambo@... wrote:

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> Hi everyone,

> With all the concern about osteo (me included !!) why not consider useing

> xylitol as a sweetener? It has been shown to improve bone density as well as

> inhibiting injurious bacteria in the stomach such as strep and h.pylori

> (which we know causes ulcers and later, cancer). Xylitol was discovered by

> the Finnish and comes from their birch trees, thus, completely natural. They

> give it to kids at school in gum and it not only reduces cavities but also

> prevents lots of illness in the winter.

> I got a supply at www.beyondacentury.com as it (surprisingly) isn't readily

> available here in Europe. I find it tastes just like sugar, which I dropped

> years ago. In fact I've completely lost my desire for sweet tastes, so to

> get the xylitol for bones and as antibacterial, I'm having to retrain

> myself.

> perverse, eh? ;-}

> MM

>

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From: Francesca Skelton <fskelton@...>

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Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 1:10 PM

Subject: Re: [ ] Re: safety sucralose and xylitol

MM: thanks for this info. Nice to have an alternative. I did a search on

Xylitol and it seems to be safe. See

http://www.caloriecontrol.org/xylitol.html

However for us fusspots it does have some calories (1/3 the calories of

sugar).

Hi Francesca,

Xylitol has about 1/3 less calories than sugar (or 2/3 the calories of

sugar) or 2.4 Kcal/g or about 68 Kcal/oz