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Xylitol, sugar substitute causes mouth bacteria to die and spurs enamel growth.

submitted by MaryXmas to whatever 10 monthsAug 20, 2024 13:01:46 ago (+21/-1)     (whatever)

You can dip your toothpaste in it or add a bit to gum. It will help to heal cavities.


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[ - ] PotatoWhisperer2 6 points 10 monthsAug 20, 2024 15:29:42 ago (+6/-0)

Careful where you put it. Xylitol is incredibly deadly to dogs.

[ - ] AlexanderMorose13 1 point 10 monthsAug 20, 2024 17:34:36 ago (+1/-0)

The only reason that I don't keep any around. I heard about this a long time ago, and my doggo gets into nearly every food that I have, either intentionally or not.

[ - ] VitaminSieg 0 points 10 monthsAug 21, 2024 01:06:33 ago (+0/-0)

Is it a lab? Labs are garbage dogs. So smart yet so dumb.

[ - ] PygmyGoat 4 points 10 monthsAug 20, 2024 14:31:15 ago (+4/-0)

I chew gum made with it because I don’t want the aspartame. Just something about pickling your liver with formaldehyde when aspartame metabolizes…

[ - ] jfroybees 4 points 10 monthsAug 20, 2024 14:14:51 ago (+5/-1)

Why would you want to kill off bacteria? When you do that, you kill the good along with any bad.

https://www.biogaia.com/products/prodentis?srsltid=AfmBOooEYyEgwXNGP-YKyRWpHtdmt3msD7WmznQK25nXP8yd5bOMPKbi

[ - ] BoozyB 3 points 10 monthsAug 20, 2024 15:25:41 ago (+3/-0)

Snake oil. Especially if it's "recommended by dentists".
Why would they put their boat and McMansion payments at risk?
Your teeth are made of hydroxyapatite. Teeth test 5 on the Mohs hardness scale. Iron tests 4.
Except for physical damage, acid is the only thing that can harm your teeth.
All bacteria, "good or bad" excrete acid. Call it bacteria poop.
Hydrogen Peroxide is the easiest and best way to keep your mouth healthy.

[ - ] PostWallHelena 1 point 10 monthsAug 20, 2024 18:05:20 ago (+1/-0)

Hydrogen peroxide is not a perfect solution either. It causes oxidative damage and potentially could cause cancer if you used it enough.

[ - ] BoozyB 0 points 10 monthsAug 20, 2024 19:21:59 ago (+0/-0)

I have used peroxide daily for 25-30 years.
I have visited a dentist once in that time to have a broken tooth repaired.
I was told that a cleaning was "optional".
No plaque, no decay, no heart disease that can originate in the mouth, no bad breath, bleached white teeth, healthy gums....all that for less than 5 cents a day.
I'll keep doing what I've been doing.

[ - ] Moravian 0 points 10 monthsAug 20, 2024 20:47:07 ago (+0/-0)

What amount and strength do you use?
Thanks.

[ - ] BoozyB 1 point 10 monthsAug 20, 2024 22:38:25 ago (+1/-0)

3% right out of the brown bottle. Just a little sip, swish it around for 20-30 seconds spit it out, then brush.

[ - ] Moravian 1 point 10 monthsAug 21, 2024 01:01:56 ago (+1/-0)

Thanks. My grandmother used to swish a little sip of 80 proof slivovice every night and spit it out. She also had good teet till she died at 96.

[ - ] BoozyB 1 point 10 monthsAug 21, 2024 19:37:45 ago (+1/-0)

Alcohol probably kills bacteria as well as Peroxide. The old timers knew how to take care of themselves.

[ - ] jfroybees 0 points 10 monthsAug 20, 2024 16:26:59 ago (+0/-0)

That's why I take these: https://www.pureencapsulationspro.com/calcium-mcha.html

I brush w/ apagard royal and premio, drink raw milk, raw milk kefir, raw cheeses, and generally just eat healthy. Mouthwashes are not good for the mouth except on the rare occasions. I do rinse my mouth with filtered water several times a day, but never crap storebought rinses/washes.

I on occasion brush with a little h peroxide. Everyone does for themselves what works best, eh? BUT, someone here shared an annoying video of a lady and her routine of the best oral hygiene. Everything she did was not for me save brushing the gums to stimulate one's own creation of HA.

[ - ] PostWallHelena 3 points 10 monthsAug 20, 2024 16:13:16 ago (+3/-0)

Often drugs/compounds will favor certain kinds of bacteria and somewhat selectively eliminate others. This seems to be true with some of the artificial sweetners. Xylitol may not wipe out all of the mouth biome. I dont know.

[ - ] jfroybees 0 points 10 monthsAug 20, 2024 16:51:35 ago (+0/-0)

https://archive.md/j3jsu
I bet it can cut cocaine just like mannitol, baby laxative. It's just too sketchy for my liking. Anything that has a known and often experienced side effect of the big D and gut issues, I tend to shy away from. Yes, I know dosage is key, but still, artifical sweeteners' unknowns and potential downsides make me not want to put any of it inside of me.
https://www.endocrine.org/news-and-advocacy/news-room/2017/low-calorie-sweeteners-promote-fat-accumulation-in-human-fat

While doing a brief research it now seems the vaxxed xylitol should avoid the xylitol and its cousins.



[ - ] PostWallHelena 1 point 10 monthsAug 20, 2024 18:08:09 ago (+1/-0)

Good article. Didn’t know it was hydrogenized.

I know it causes a diabetic crisis in dogs. I don’t understand why. But if it does just a little of what it does in dogs to us, maybe its not so safe. Most stuff that kills dogs is not good for people.

[ - ] DitchPig 0 points 10 monthsAug 20, 2024 17:36:54 ago (+0/-0)

No. That's not how it works.

oral probiotics are total nonsense. kek, buddy.

[ - ] Spaceman84 4 points 10 monthsAug 20, 2024 14:00:17 ago (+5/-1)

Sugar alcohols are not good for you.

[ - ] _Obrez 0 points 10 monthsAug 20, 2024 16:27:52 ago (+0/-0)

Not quite.

It's about knowing how to moderate the consumption, as with all things.

"Don't mix any types of sweeteners in a given snack or meal" is a good general rule and don't consume more than one or two servings of any things with alcohol sugars in them in a day.

If you are at risk of blood clots swear off of alcohol sugars.

Gum has such negligible amounts within it that it's basically a non issue.

[ - ] Fascinus 4 points 10 monthsAug 20, 2024 13:13:06 ago (+5/-1)

These are great for kids.

I like their story too.

[ - ] Spaceman84 3 points 10 monthsAug 20, 2024 14:01:14 ago (+3/-0)

Wrong. Causes insulin spike and insulin resistance.

[ - ] Fascinus 2 points 10 monthsAug 20, 2024 16:06:58 ago (+2/-0)

You don't let them sit there and eat the whole tin.

A small chip after brushing teeth before bed helps protect their teeth while they sleep.

Lots of things cause insulin spike/resistance and life's full of tradeoffs.

For example, out of all of our many children, many have had these and only one has ever had undiluted fruit juice (we sometimes offer a small amount in water).

Talk about an insulin spike.

[ - ] PostWallHelena 3 points 10 monthsAug 20, 2024 16:07:56 ago (+3/-0)

It will kill your dog, I try not to have it around for that reason.

[ - ] BoozyB 3 points 10 monthsAug 20, 2024 13:32:38 ago (+3/-0)

Or peroxide just straight up kills the bacteria.

[ - ] observation1 1 point 10 monthsAug 20, 2024 18:41:16 ago (+1/-0)

Some mouth bacteria is good.

[ - ] jfroybees 0 points 10 monthsAug 20, 2024 22:01:28 ago (+0/-0)

It is essential.

[ - ] NoRefunds 1 point 10 monthsAug 20, 2024 16:48:30 ago (+1/-0)

This is in children's toothpaste