Vegusto Orignal Xylitol

Xylitol is an amazing natural sweetener. Xylitol is 100% natural, low in calories, looks crystalline and tastes like sugar. Xylitol can be used in just the same way as sugar in hot drinks, for baking, or over your favourite cereal. Just replace the sugar in any recipe 1:1 with Xylitol. The only two differences are that Xylitol will not brown like sugar and cannot be used with a yeast (e.g. in bread making). Xylitol can be used just as sugar, but without sugar’s disadvantages. Xylitol is safe for diabetics, beneficial for the teeth and prevents cavities, while ordinary sugars promote cavities!

Since the early 1970s, the Finnish Professor Kauko Mäkinen has been exploring the cavity-preventive sugar substitute Xylitol at the University of Dentistry in Turku, Finland. Already at that time, the university carried out clinical studies (nowadays known as the Turku sugar studies) which proved a highly significant reduction of dental caries by Xylitol. As the bacteria in our mouth can’t use Xylitol for food, the bacteria starve to death and thus the production of harming cavitiy-causing acids is inhibited. Not only does it inhibit tooth decay, Xylitol may actually help our teeth to repair minor cavities caused by dental cavity. Conclusion of the study: With Xylitol, cavities can be reduced!

Also periodontal diseases are said to disappear with the help of Xylitol. And moreover, Xylitol can significantly reduce the risk as well as the symptoms of middle ear infections, particularly when children are concerned, subdues the feeling of hunger, inhibits the desire for sweets and is also associated with a striking increase in bone density. In addition, Xylitol could in the long run ameliorate the bacterial flora so that even Candida communities are kept in rein.

Xylitol bears many advantages for diabetics as well. Unlike other sugars, Xylitol is metabolized without insulin. It therefore creates a significantly lower glycemic effect when consumed. It's GI (glycemic index) is only 7, compared with a whopping 100 of regular sugar. Diabetics using Xylitol as an alternative to table sugar enjoy more steady blood sugar levels, in contrast to the dangerously fluctuating blood sugar levels they would otherwise suffer from.

Find out more about the health benefits of Xylitol and it’s use in dental care:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylitol
http://www.angelfire.com/az/sthurston/xylitol_natural_sweetener.html

Xylitol is produced from the natural remnants of harvested corn or birchbark. By nature, Xylitol occurs in many vegetables (e.g. cauliflower) and fruits (including prunes, strawberries, raspberries). In addition, Xylitol arises quite naturally in the human body as an intermediate in glucose metabolism.

Xylitol looks and tastes exactly like table sugar and has just half as many calories. It makes an excellent substitute owing to its many advantages over table sugar and other sweeteners. The all-natural sweetness of Xylitol can be used for example in baking or sweetening hot and cold dishes.

Xylitol is free of chemicals, is low in calories and has neither a dominant taste nor an aftertaste. Xylitol is a wonderfully simple solution for people who want to kick the sugar habit or seek a healthier alternative.

Please note that an excessive consumption of any sweetener can cause diarrhoea.