More on Xylitol (Low Glycemic Sweetener)

[liveonearth]

Here's it's chemical structure:


And here's a very informative article:
http://www.uniquesweet.com/673.asp?c=1177469896781&k=/717.asp&m=/&p=no&s=0

Unfortunately, it doesn't taste anywhere near as good as honey. I missed the flavor of honey in my mate tea blends, and started using it again. My tooth pain has subsided after just a week of no sugar and increasing my frequency of using a fluoride mouth rinse.

Comments

Re: A.K.A. "Birch Sugar."

[liveonearth.livejournal.com]

Cool! I didn't know it's called birch sugar. I have read that it is present in berries. It IS sweet, so it works just fine as a sugar substitute....Where do you find the xylitol gum? What brand is it? I want to try it.

Re: A.K.A. "Birch Sugar."

[b-vainamoinen.livejournal.com]

It's just normal Trident Chewing Gum. I get the bubblegum flavor because I like to blow bubbles.

According to what I've read -- these days they don't get it from birch trees. I've read that these days its extracted from corncobs.

Birch sugar is what they call it in Finland.