Dentistry's best kept secretHave you heard of Xylitol yet?
Xylitol is a sweetener that occurs naturally in the human body everyday. It can also be found in foods such as berries, fruit, vegetables and mushrooms. An important difference between Xylitol and other sugars is how it is structurally made up. Xylitol is a 5 carbon polyol sweetener, a sugar alcohol. It differs from other sweeteners such as Sorbitol, Fructose and Glucose because the Xylitol molecule has 5 instead of 6 carbon atoms and the caries-causing bacteria are not able to effectively use Xylitol for growth.
Xylitol is primarily noted for its ability to prevent cavities. Bacteria is unable to utilize Xylitol for growth, thus Xylitol actually helps to prevent cavities while other sugars actually help promote them.
Xylitol is absorbed very slowly which allows it to become one of the best kept secrets within the diabetic community since it produces negligible changes in insulin levels.
Xylitol has the same degree of sweetness as ordinary sugar, but 40% less calories.
So why should I use Xylitol?
- Xylitol inhibits plaque growth and dental cavities by 60%
- It improves breath odour
- It helps reduce infections in the ear, nose and mouth
- It retards the demineralisation of tooth enamel
- Xylitol increases saliva production
- It relieves dry mouth symptoms
- Excellent taste and comparable sweetness to sugar
- Low Calorie
- Low glycemic index
- Xylitol has a minimal effect on blood sugar and insulin levels
- Xylitol produces a slow, steady release of energy
- It helps increase the absorption of B vitamins and Calcium
Available from our reception we have
- Zapp™ Chewing Gum in 5 cool flavours for 50p a packet
- Spry™ mints in 3 mouth watering flavours for £6.95 a tub
- Xylitol Spry™ toothpaste for £4.50 a tube
- Xylitol Spry™ dry mouth spray for £9.50
But don't take our word for how good they are, try some today!