A New Sweetner!?!?!?

[melissac]

Hi,

Has anyone heard of Xylatol? My mom works for a health/nutrition company, and apparently this is the new sweetner. Has anyone heard of it? It looks and feels more like sugar, and is made from tree bark if memory serves me correctly. I don't really know how it tastes since I'm afraid that it may be too close to sugar. Xyaltol is used instead of sugar, that I know for sure, I'm just wondering how it compares to Splenda...
Anybody able to shed any light on this??

[Isabeau]

Re: A New Sweetner!?!?!?

I don't know much about it. I think it comes from birch trees?

[punkett]

Re: A New Sweetner!?!?!?

Don't know anything about it apart from that Trident puts it in their new tropical gum(used to buy prior to atkins).

[Elizellen]

Re: A New Sweetner!?!?!?

Here are a couple of links found by googling for 'xylitol'
http://www.caloriecontrol.org/xylitol.html
http://www.xylitol.org/

[mirna05]

Re: A New Sweetner!?!?!?

It is a sugar alcohol like maltitol

[fawn]

Re: A New Sweetner!?!?!?

I love to use xylitol. It is from the birch tree and smints uses it as their sweetener. It is also supposed to aid with ear infections! Just a little fact I heard once.

[melissac]

Re: A New Sweetner!?!?!?

Thanks for all the replies!So does anyone know how it compares to Splenda carb wise? I recently found out that having too much Splenda can cause your hair to fall out, and whether or not it's paranoia onmy end, I think that may be happening. So, it's time to look at some other options.

[Moochiecat]

Re: A New Sweetner!?!?!?

You are limited to 3 servings of sweetener a day, whether it's splenda or not, so be mindful of that.

One of the side effects of losing weight can be hair loss. Generally it's a temporary thing and it'll slow down.
There's a sticky on it in the Women's Forum (just follow the directions on the description of the forum to join)

Here's a cut and paste:

http://www.lowcarbluxury.com/newsle...3-no06-pg7.html

Here's the article:

Dear Donna,

What you describe is called "Telogen Effluvium". The good news is, it's normal in about 10-15% of dieters. The better news is, it's temporary.

Telogen effluvium is when a stress (such as dieting/weight change) causes noticeable shedding of hair after the stressful event. The hair loss is always delayed, usually 3–4 months after the "stressful event".

The event can be a physical stress such as an illness (especially with a fever), sudden weight changes (the most common), or a major surgical procedure. Sudden severe emotional stress can also trigger telogen effluvium, including the death of a loved one, a divorce, or a job termination.

It's all about something called "Transition to Resting Phase". In telogen effluvium, the stressful event causes a high proportion of hair follicles to halt their growth phase prematurely, and to begin a transition to the resting phase at the same time. 3–4 months after the stressful event, a high proportion of follicles shed their hairs all at about the same time, as they prepare for a new cycle of growth.

The confusion comes in here –– What triggers the hair loss begins 3–4 months before the loss of the hair actually occurs. Usually, the person losing hair has recovered from the event (or stabilized from the weight change or dietary change), and then they start shedding their hair in clumps! The condition is almost always temporary, and new hairs soon grow back in. Within a few more months the normal random cycle of hair follicle growth and rest resumes.

Usually telogen effluvium results in random hair loss from all over the scalp. Often the effect is not noticeable to others, although seeing the increased quantities of shed hairs is disturbing to their owner. Treatment for telogen effluvium includes waiting for the new hairs to grow in, and styling to give a fuller look in the meantime.

Rest assured this phenomenon is not restricted to low-carbing, and in fact because our diet is high in protein, we often recover more quickly. Make sure your diet is TRULY TOTALLY sugar free. Sugar greatly exacerbates the condition. It also helps to do the following:
Up your protein by 15% each day over whatever levels you've been eating.
Make SURE you are taking in at least 1500 calories per day.
Drink LOTS of water. 64 ounces is a minimum per day.
Take your supplements! At a minimum, you should be taking:
A good multivitamin with NO iron
CoEnzyme Q10 – 75-150 mg per day.
Acetyl L-Carnitine – 1000 mg per day
A good Essential Fatty Acids supplement if you don't
eat some form of salmon, tuna, or olive oil every day.
Hope all of this is of some help, Donna. I know it feels scary, but it's not as abnormal as it may seem. I've seen people go off their diets because of it and then attest that after going off and eating "normally" their hair came back. Of course it would have come back anyway, but because these cycles are delayed, they draw the wrong conclusion. You'll find posts all over the web about how this or that diet caused their hair to fall out so the diet is DANGEROUS. They scare a lot of people with misinformation. I appreciate that you took the time to come to me and ask.