What is Xylitol?
Xylitol is an all-natural sweetener found in many fruits and vegetables looks and tastes like sugar. Its good for your teeth, stabilizes insulin and hormone levels, promotes good health and has none of the negative side effects of white sugar or artificial sweeteners. Xylitol looks like sugar, tastes like sugar, and is the same sweetness as sugar - making it the ideal natural sugar replacement. Each PÜR Gum contains 1 gram of Xylitol and only 2.4 calories per gram, and is slowly absorbed as a complex carbohydrate.
Health benefits:
Xylitol is a natural insulin stabilizer, meaning it doesn't cause a spike in blood sugar
and actually helps reduce sugar and carbohydrate cravings perfect for diabetics and
those suffering from Celiac disease.
Plus, Xylitol is a dentist's dream. It reverses all these destructive effects of sugar on oral health. This dental superhero helps to restore proper alkaline/acid balance in the mouth, inhibits plaque formation and prevents tooth decay by 80 per cent.
Xylitol is approved for use by:
* The U.S. Food and Drug Administration
* Health Canada
* The World Health Organization's Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives
* American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
* The European Union's Scientific Committee for Food
* The California Dental Association
* Calorie Control Council, and many others
| Glycemic Index of Sweeteners |
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| The glycemic index is a numerical index that ranks carbohy- drates on how quickly they convert to glucose in the body. |
| * Xylitol 7 * Maple Syrup 54 * Backstrap Molasses 55 * Honey 62 * White Sugar 68 * High Fructose Corn Syrup 100 * Glucose 100 *Taken from www.glycemicindex.com |
Xylitol is a natural insulin stabilizer, meaning it doesn't cause a spike in blood sugar
and actually helps reduce sugar and carbohydrate cravings perfect for diabetics and
those suffering from Celiac disease.
Plus, Xylitol is a dentist's dream. It reverses all these destructive effects of sugar on oral health. This dental superhero helps to restore proper alkaline/acid balance in the mouth, inhibits plaque formation and prevents tooth decay by 80 per cent.
Xylitol is approved for use by:
* The U.S. Food and Drug Administration
* Health Canada
* The World Health Organization's Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives
* American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
* The European Union's Scientific Committee for Food
* The California Dental Association
* Calorie Control Council, and many others
