Guest guest Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 Anyone really KNOW the skinny on Xylitol? I've just spent a little time on Onibasu looking up xylitol. It's looks long and I woke up with a migraine and don't want to spend hours trying to figure this out. I skimmed through the Nexus article: http://www.nexusmagazine.com/articles/xylitol.html and it looks pretty promising. Before I endorse this with my 73 year old (74 in Aug) Mom, I really just need the bottom line on this. She has tried Stevia to no avail. She has been fighting candida for many years - she has Sarcoidosis and was on high dose Prednisone about 10 years ago. I mentioned Xylitol to her about a week ago and she was ready to buy some then. I tend to be on the more cautious side, given that I was drawn in to Nutrasweet and consumed tons of it for about 12 or more years - as did my folks. I just don't want Xylitol to be the next nutrasweet - the deceptive wonder sweetener that is later found to be hazardous to our health. So, is it really as good for you as they say? Or is it all marketing hype? I've read that you should only consume it if it's made from birch. But what is the process from birch to consumption? If is sounds too good to be true... Thanks for your input, Skeptically, but hopefully yours, Rhonda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 I use Xylitol, and a lot of people on the Colloidal Silver list are using it for its medical benefits in their CS mixtures, nose sprays, whatever. Your mum used Stevia " to no avail " meaning what? Look up Yacon, too; I would grow it myself if I could get a tuber here in Western Australia. It's availble over east but can't be transported west for quarantine reasons. I have had no problems whatsoever with Xylitol. Someone with Candida tried it and said " Recently all my symptoms have vanished. This is due to: 1) my antifungal of choice, xylitol, which I have not rotated, but used faithfully for about 6 months, (not to be confused with the other sugar alcohols, which make candida worse - xylitol is the only one that is antifungal). I used approx. 1/4 cup a day, more or less, after I read that it kills thrush in the mouth due to candida albicans, and also is recommended for diabetes and is referenced by Dr. s Moritz on this site several times for other uses. . .2) bentonite with a small amount of psyllium and a tablespoon of xylitol (which helps it to move faster, thus not constipating), once a day, for the last 2 months. 3) lactobacillus acidophilus, in the form of plain yogurt (just recently added bifidus), and supplements, NOW brand, 2 million, once or twice a day (I only added this last month). . . Elsewhere: all of the studies comparing S. mutans, that cause tooth decay, and S. pneumoniae, that cause most ear, sinus, and bronchial infections, show them equally effected by xylitol. I don't think Nutrasweet and Xylitol can be mentioned in the same breath! http://www.google.com/search?hl=en & ie=ISO-8859-1 & q=+Xylitol & btnG=Google+Search http://www.Xylitol.net/english/ http://www.Xylitol.org/ http://www.nasal-xylitol.com/ Rowena -----to figure this out. I skimmed through the Nexus article: http://www.nexusmagazine.com/articles/xylitol.html and it looks pretty promising. Before I endorse this with my 73 year old (74 in Aug) Mom, I really just need the bottom line on this. She has tried Stevia to no avail. She has been fighting candida for many years - she has Sarcoidosis and Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 Hi Rhonda, I am a diabetic who controls my blood sugar thru diet an supplements -- no meds. So I am *very* sensitive to any foods which boost my blood sugar. I can eat heavy cream because it has no carbs. Likewise eggs. But when I make an eggnog with cream and sugar, the taste is wretched without sweetener. So I tried xylitol. The spike in blood sugar is not nearly as high as it is with sugar. Much better. But the blood sugar levels do spike. Same thing with stevia. Now I do not know if either stevia or xylitol actually make sugar somehow, or if their presence in my blood somehow fools my meter. But I don't like to see the meter go up. I have read that large-scale use of xylitol is not good for the absorption of certain vitamins, but if one uses it in moderation, I doubt that would be a problem. If I did not have diabetes, I would definitely be using xylitol. Alobar Xylitol - Safe or Not? > Anyone really KNOW the skinny on Xylitol? > > I've just spent a little time on Onibasu looking up xylitol. It's > looks > long and I woke up with a migraine and don't want to spend hours > trying > to figure this out. I skimmed through the Nexus article: > http://www.nexusmagazine.com/articles/xylitol.html and it looks > pretty > promising. > > Before I endorse this with my 73 year old (74 in Aug) Mom, I really > just > need the bottom line on this. She has tried Stevia to no avail. She > has been fighting candida for many years - she has Sarcoidosis and > was > on high dose Prednisone about 10 years ago. I mentioned Xylitol to > her > about a week ago and she was ready to buy some then. > > I tend to be on the more cautious side, given that I was drawn in to > Nutrasweet and consumed tons of it for about 12 or more years - as > did my folks. I just don't want Xylitol to be the next nutrasweet - > the > deceptive wonder sweetener that is later found to be hazardous to our > health. > > So, is it really as good for you as they say? Or is it all marketing > hype? I've read that you should only consume it if it's made from > birch. But what is the process from birch to consumption? If is > sounds too good to be true... > > Thanks for your input, > Skeptically, but hopefully yours, > Rhonda > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 Hi, I have bought NOW brand xylitol and it is supposed to be from corn. Why should we only get the xylitol from birch if it is really the same substance in the end? NOW has been a pretty reliable brand which tries to get the best products available. Can anyone answer this? Thanks. Donna _____ From: Coconut Oil [mailto:Coconut Oil ] On Behalf Of Alobar Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 1:47 PM Coconut Oil Subject: Re: Xylitol - Safe or Not? Hi Rhonda, I am a diabetic who controls my blood sugar thru diet an supplements -- no meds. So I am *very* sensitive to any foods which boost my blood sugar. I can eat heavy cream because it has no carbs. Likewise eggs. But when I make an eggnog with cream and sugar, the taste is wretched without sweetener. So I tried xylitol. The spike in blood sugar is not nearly as high as it is with sugar. Much better. But the blood sugar levels do spike. Same thing with stevia. Now I do not know if either stevia or xylitol actually make sugar somehow, or if their presence in my blood somehow fools my meter. But I don't like to see the meter go up. I have read that large-scale use of xylitol is not good for the absorption of certain vitamins, but if one uses it in moderation, I doubt that would be a problem. If I did not have diabetes, I would definitely be using xylitol. Alobar Xylitol - Safe or Not? > Anyone really KNOW the skinny on Xylitol? > > I've just spent a little time on Onibasu looking up xylitol. It's > looks > long and I woke up with a migraine and don't want to spend hours > trying > to figure this out. I skimmed through the Nexus article: > http://www.nexusmagazine.com/articles/xylitol.html and it looks > pretty > promising. > > Before I endorse this with my 73 year old (74 in Aug) Mom, I really > just > need the bottom line on this. She has tried Stevia to no avail. She > has been fighting candida for many years - she has Sarcoidosis and > was > on high dose Prednisone about 10 years ago. I mentioned Xylitol to > her > about a week ago and she was ready to buy some then. > > I tend to be on the more cautious side, given that I was drawn in to > Nutrasweet and consumed tons of it for about 12 or more years - as > did my folks. I just don't want Xylitol to be the next nutrasweet - > the > deceptive wonder sweetener that is later found to be hazardous to our > health. > > So, is it really as good for you as they say? Or is it all marketing > hype? I've read that you should only consume it if it's made from > birch. But what is the process from birch to consumption? If is > sounds too good to be true... > > Thanks for your input, > Skeptically, but hopefully yours, > Rhonda > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 Donna, Just curious, what makes you say that about NOW products? Janney family <kjanney2@...> wrote: Hi, I have bought NOW brand xylitol and it is supposed to be from corn. Why should we only get the xylitol from birch if it is really the same substance in the end? NOW has been a pretty reliable brand which tries to get the best products available. Can anyone answer this? Thanks. Donna _____ From: Coconut Oil [mailto:Coconut Oil ] On Behalf Of Alobar Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 1:47 PM Coconut Oil Subject: Re: Xylitol - Safe or Not? Hi Rhonda, I am a diabetic who controls my blood sugar thru diet an supplements -- no meds. So I am *very* sensitive to any foods which boost my blood sugar. I can eat heavy cream because it has no carbs. Likewise eggs. But when I make an eggnog with cream and sugar, the taste is wretched without sweetener. So I tried xylitol. The spike in blood sugar is not nearly as high as it is with sugar. Much better. But the blood sugar levels do spike. Same thing with stevia. Now I do not know if either stevia or xylitol actually make sugar somehow, or if their presence in my blood somehow fools my meter. But I don't like to see the meter go up. I have read that large-scale use of xylitol is not good for the absorption of certain vitamins, but if one uses it in moderation, I doubt that would be a problem. If I did not have diabetes, I would definitely be using xylitol. Alobar Xylitol - Safe or Not? > Anyone really KNOW the skinny on Xylitol? > > I've just spent a little time on Onibasu looking up xylitol. It's > looks > long and I woke up with a migraine and don't want to spend hours > trying > to figure this out. I skimmed through the Nexus article: > http://www.nexusmagazine.com/articles/xylitol.html and it looks > pretty > promising. > > Before I endorse this with my 73 year old (74 in Aug) Mom, I really > just > need the bottom line on this. She has tried Stevia to no avail. She > has been fighting candida for many years - she has Sarcoidosis and > was > on high dose Prednisone about 10 years ago. I mentioned Xylitol to > her > about a week ago and she was ready to buy some then. > > I tend to be on the more cautious side, given that I was drawn in to > Nutrasweet and consumed tons of it for about 12 or more years - as > did my folks. I just don't want Xylitol to be the next nutrasweet - > the > deceptive wonder sweetener that is later found to be hazardous to our > health. > > So, is it really as good for you as they say? Or is it all marketing > hype? I've read that you should only consume it if it's made from > birch. But what is the process from birch to consumption? If is > sounds too good to be true... > > Thanks for your input, > Skeptically, but hopefully yours, > Rhonda > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 , When I lived up North in Delaware, the owner of my local health store who had been manager for years of a co-op in another town carried the entire line of products. He said he had researched the company and he is the one that told me that. He said they had great integrity and had a quality product at a good price. I use many of the products. Donna _____ From: Coconut Oil [mailto:Coconut Oil ] On Behalf Of claudia diltz Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 9:41 PM Coconut Oil Subject: RE: Xylitol - Safe or Not? Donna, Just curious, what makes you say that about NOW products? Janney family <kjanney2@...> wrote: Hi, I have bought NOW brand xylitol and it is supposed to be from corn. Why should we only get the xylitol from birch if it is really the same substance in the end? NOW has been a pretty reliable brand which tries to get the best products available. Can anyone answer this? Thanks. Donna _____ From: Coconut Oil [mailto:Coconut Oil ] On Behalf Of Alobar Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 1:47 PM Coconut Oil Subject: Re: Xylitol - Safe or Not? Hi Rhonda, I am a diabetic who controls my blood sugar thru diet an supplements -- no meds. So I am *very* sensitive to any foods which boost my blood sugar. I can eat heavy cream because it has no carbs. Likewise eggs. But when I make an eggnog with cream and sugar, the taste is wretched without sweetener. So I tried xylitol. The spike in blood sugar is not nearly as high as it is with sugar. Much better. But the blood sugar levels do spike. Same thing with stevia. Now I do not know if either stevia or xylitol actually make sugar somehow, or if their presence in my blood somehow fools my meter. But I don't like to see the meter go up. I have read that large-scale use of xylitol is not good for the absorption of certain vitamins, but if one uses it in moderation, I doubt that would be a problem. If I did not have diabetes, I would definitely be using xylitol. Alobar Xylitol - Safe or Not? > Anyone really KNOW the skinny on Xylitol? > > I've just spent a little time on Onibasu looking up xylitol. It's > looks > long and I woke up with a migraine and don't want to spend hours > trying > to figure this out. I skimmed through the Nexus article: > http://www.nexusmagazine.com/articles/xylitol.html and it looks > pretty > promising. > > Before I endorse this with my 73 year old (74 in Aug) Mom, I really > just > need the bottom line on this. She has tried Stevia to no avail. She > has been fighting candida for many years - she has Sarcoidosis and > was > on high dose Prednisone about 10 years ago. I mentioned Xylitol to > her > about a week ago and she was ready to buy some then. > > I tend to be on the more cautious side, given that I was drawn in to > Nutrasweet and consumed tons of it for about 12 or more years - as > did my folks. I just don't want Xylitol to be the next nutrasweet - > the > deceptive wonder sweetener that is later found to be hazardous to our > health. > > So, is it really as good for you as they say? Or is it all marketing > hype? I've read that you should only consume it if it's made from > birch. But what is the process from birch to consumption? If is > sounds too good to be true... > > Thanks for your input, > Skeptically, but hopefully yours, > Rhonda > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 2, 2005 Report Share Posted July 2, 2005 I used to think NOW was a good company, but one of the NOW people is telling us not to worry about CODEX. He is either misinformed, or he has sold out. A while back, NOW had a really great buffered vitamin C powder with bioflavanoids. Then they " improved it " . I cannot handle the wretched taste of the " improved " version. When I contacted NOW, telling them I thought the batch was spoiled, they did not give me any assurances or tell me I could get a refund. When I contacted General Nutrition where I bought the buffered C, I was told about the " improved formula, that NOBODY liked the new formulation, and that I could return the unused portion to the store for a full refund. The fact that NOW did not tell me any of this does not make me think of NOW as a very excellent company. Alobar RE: Xylitol - Safe or Not? > , > > > > When I lived up North in Delaware, the owner of my local health store who > had been manager for years of a co-op in another town carried the entire > line of products. He said he had researched the company and he is the one > that told me that. He said they had great integrity and had a quality > product at a good price. I use many of the products. > > > > Donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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