“In this observational work, however, it appears that xylitol has a negative long-term effect on cardiovascular events in the general population. As with all observational studies, causalities are difficult to infer, but this work shows that further studies are mandated into this societally important topic.”
This is important, because the outcome of the study is: we need more studies. It is not that xylitol has been shown to be dangerous, a jump so many comments have made.
There was an observed effect in people who had “high blood levels of xylitol”. But there were few if any other controls:
The researchers also highlighted that the association was independent of underlying factors such as body mass index, hypertension, diabetes and lipid levels, which might predispose people to low-calorie products.
It’s been known for a while that extremely high levels of xylitol can act as a diuretic, but that’s true of a lot of other things, too. That’s also not relevant here. It’s important to not jump to unwarranted conclusions until more proper studies are conducted.
Just pointing out the obvious. A shill for xylitol (tobacco, diesel cars, coal power plants, Israel . . ) would say the exact same thing - “more study is needed . . .”
If you deny the scientific method because you fear everyone is a shill, you’re probably gonna have a bad time.
Xylitol? The sweetener that kills pets? I’m shocked, Shocked I say!
Chocolate also kills pets.
If you read the article, you’ll see the authors of the study literally saying that not many conclusions should be drawn from it.
What sort of diet leads to high blood levels? My guess is the xylitol in my mouthwash or toothpaste that I spit out isn’t causing a high level in the blood and still benefits my oral health. Any studies on that?
It is important to note that this was an observational study, meaning it can only show an association between higher xylitol levels and cardiovascular events, rather than proving that xylitol directly caused them, and further research is needed. But it is not a green light to have more sugar instead, as we still need to reduce our free sugar intake
Correlation vs Causation caveat is strongly needed here
Nearly all dietary studies are correlation studies, unfortunately.
It would make a great tag for such posts, if tags existed.
Xylitol
Xylotol in small amounts tastes sweet and kills the bacteria breaking you teeth. In large quantities it makes you shit hit liquid.
In large quantities it makes you shit hit liquid.
I guess I’ve never had a large quantity as I don’t know what it’s like to shit hit liquid.
I ate too many gummy bears and my toilet afterward went triple platinum
Fortunately for you, you can read about the experience instead of living it.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/sugarless-gummy-bears-are-not-safe-for-humans/
https://www.boredpanda.com/hilarious-comments-sugarfree-haribo-gummies/
and flat out kills your dog
I didn’t know it was in jam as well. It’s potent dog poison. Not sure about cats. Should be outlawed, it’s not like we don’t have other sweeteners that aren’t dog poison.
That shit is killing dogs too. Should’ve been banned long time ago.
are we dogs?
chocolate kills dogs too
They don’t sneak chocolate into peanut butter and people use peanut butter as a dog treat it as a way to hide medication from dogs.
Xylitol shouldn’t be used in any product a dog might be tempted to eat. And dogs love peanut butter.
The fatal dose is significantly lower for xylitol. If my 90 lb dog ate a few pieces of chocolate, he might be miserable for a few days and need a vet visit, but it would take a lot to be fatal. If he ate a few pieces of gum, it could make him much, much sicker or kill him.
It’s basically anti-freeze to dogs. Kills them quickly and painfully from even relatively small amounts
Dammit. I chew a lot of gum and there is no good option. I have to start looking for sugared gum.
FYI chewing gum is made of plastic. So there’s that.
I’ve been using TrueGum which is made from natural gums. But it has Xylitol.
Avoid sugared gum. I also used to chew a lot of gum and was trying to stick with sorbitol because xylitol gave me stomach pains. That limited me to Wrigley’s. Anyway, due to my confusion after it went out of stock, I was buying sugared gum instead, and finally ended up having to fill 6 cavities before I checked the label and made the connection. All that sugar sitting on my teeth all day was not good, to say the least. I quit cold turkey after that (and also gum).
Reminds me of that one actress from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory who got 13 cavities from being required to constantly chew gum on set.
I had not heard that one. That’s horrible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMlZJlw9Cck&t=81s
Doesn’t seem like it was all that bad for her.
Search for chewing gum that uses sorbitol as sweetener instead. Luckily for me my favorite brand, Airwaves, uses that and not xylitol.
Isn’t it just another sugar alcohol? I’m sure it’s up next on the list, just not as popular.
It is a sugar alcohol, but also naturally occurring in apples and pears, so it at least seems safer.
Xylitol also occurs naturally in plums, strawberries, raspberries, rowanberries, and bananas among others. And our livers even produce small amounts when breaking down sugars.
Not necessarily. The naturolistic fallacy exists for a reason.
PUR gum uses xylitol, which is also good for your teeth.
Xylitol is what they’re talking about in this article
If you had one single job to do before posting a comment, what do you think that job would be? 🤡🤦
- Read headline
- Read comments to see if link is worth opening.
- Respond to interesting comments
- Maaaybe open the link.
This is what everyone does, right?
Read the article please.
xylitol is not good for your dog. Eating your left over chewed gum could be enough to kill a dog. It’s a potent poison. And a nasty death I hear.
Thank you.
JFK Jr to demand it be added to more US products in 3….2…1…
More like ban it outright. Anything that is generally seen as safe, but with some caveats, gets RFK jr. to foam at the mouth about how dangerous it is.
Wasn’t foaming at the mouth his default mode for the past few years anyway?
I complain to my wife all the time that sugar alcohols shoild be banned from food products.
I swear I’ve seen companies advertise “no artificial sweeteners” while using things like stevia or monk fruit. Maybe I’m misremembering, but it’s so irritating that you just have to know an increasingly long list of sweeteners to check for.
Well yeah because stevia and monk fruit aren’t artificial, they’re natural alternatives to sweeteners.
I’m not making health claims but they do grow in the ground hence non artificial.
But yeah I don’t really like them, so I would wish it would say low sugar, and also no added sweetener alternatives or something, since that’s what I like and I will see low sugar and then buy it and it’s sickly sweet with the fake ones…
“No added sugar” but then the ingredients list extra juice concentrate is another pet peeve.
Heard this about Erithrytol as well. Not sure if that one is as confirmed. Cove Soda uses it, and I’m reluctant even though it’s tasty and Canadian.
That one gives me crazy digestive issues, I’m always checking if it’s in the ingredients now.
If I’m blocked up I drink two sips of a diet coke…while sitting on the can. Aspartame clears everything out…right…fucking…now.
Uh oh.
