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  What Should We Know About Xylitol?
Xylitol is a sweetener found in many fruits and vegetables and is even produced by the human body during its normal metabolism of glucose.
 
   
 

Consumers Turning Back to Real Sugar (Sucrose) Safety, Taste, Baking Use, and All Natural Attributes Cited by Consumers

 
   
 

Stevia: Not Ready For Prime Time
More Research Needed To Answer Safety Questions About “Natural” Sweetener

 
   
 

Organic Consumers Association Urges California Attorney General to Investigate Splenda Advertising Campaign

 
   
 

Saccharine (Sweet 'N Low)
This product is
200 - 500 times sweeter than cane sugar, and thus very little is needed to properly sweeten foods.

 
   
 

Xylitol Candy - A Refreshing New Product Idea Crystallised Xylitol with a distinctive taste and mouth feel

 
   
 

Stevia Trouble Toxicologists Stevioside “seems to affect the male reproductive organ system,”

 
   
 

NIH Study Examines the Efficacy and Safety of Glucosamine and Chondroitin in Promoting Knee Joint Health

 
   
 

Splenda:
With increasing awareness about the dangers of chemical
sugar substitutes such as aspartame

 
   

 

       
 


Zsweet - All natural sweetener

 

ALL-NATURAL SWEETENER, ZSWEET™, BREAKS NEW GROUND  //  www.zsweet.com
Zsweet™ keeps blood sugar levels low, digests well and tastes good.
Zsweet™ has been favorably mentioned in the New York Times best selling book, “The Perricone Weight-Loss Diet” written by Nicholas Perricone, M.D. According to Dr. Perricone, artificial sweeteners and hidden sugars, such as fructose corn syrup, commonly found in beverages, are causing a host of serious health problems including obesity. To combat obesity and other such health problems, Perricone identifies Zsweet™ as an alternative all natural sweetener.

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Drink More Diet Soda, Gain More Weight?

"What didn't surprise us was that total soft drink use was linked to overweight and obesity," Fowler tells WebMD . "What was surprising was when we looked at people only drinking diet soft drinks, their risk of obesity was even higher."

  Diet Soda
 
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  Future sugar substitute under revision

Human studies also found erythritol to be well tolerated and safe. Erythritol is well absorbed and is excreted unchanged in the urine, 90 per cent within 24 hours.
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The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) recommends Xylitol use.

Dietary advice to patients should encourage the use of non-sugar sweeteners , in particular xylitol and erythritol in food and drink.
Patients should be encouraged to use sugar-free chewing gum , particularly containing xylitol or erythritol when this is acceptable.

  Xylitol
 
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Erythritol bulk sweetener growth forecast

Opportunities for suppliers and users of low-calorie bulk sweetener erythritol open up as Canada clears approval for inclusion of this natural sweetener in a range of food formulations from cream fillings to chewing gum.

  Erythitol
 
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Mexico, United States, Canada Combat Weight Loss Fraud

"International cooperation is the key to fighting weight-loss scams that target all consumers, regardless of geographic borders"

  FDA
 
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Tate & Lyle May Be Hurt by Wal-Mart Sucralose Brand

Wal-Mart's "Altern'' brand is priced 30 percent cheaper than Tate & Lyle's "Splenda,'' CSFB London-based analysts Charlie Mills, Guillaume Dalibot and Alex Molloy wrote in a report yesterday.

  Wal Mart
 
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