And Now Xylitol

Peter Attia had an interesting post about this study - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;peterattiamd.com&#x2F;xylitol-and-cvd&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;peterattiamd.com&#x2F;xylitol-and-cvd&#x2F;</a>

Just a public service announcement: xylitol is <i>incredibly</i> toxic to dogs. Way more than chocolate.<p>Since it&#x27;s commonly added to candies and even some forms of peanut butter, please be careful when leaving these things around your kitchen. A few pieces of Ice Breakers sugarless gum can kill a 50lb dog.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.fda.gov&#x2F;consumers&#x2F;consumer-updates&#x2F;paws-xylitol-its-dangerous-dogs" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.fda.gov&#x2F;consumers&#x2F;consumer-updates&#x2F;paws-xylitol-...</a>

Interesting to me that xylitol is used for dental health (especially among some Asian populations), and dental health is associated with cardiovascular health, but the data suggests problems anyway.

Discussion on the paper (54 points, 19 days ago, 67 comments) <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=40596089">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=40596089</a>

&gt; Note that I am discounting the years of hyperventilating messages about aspartame (in particular) leading to supposedly sweeping epidemics of cancer, autism, seizures and what have you. These are not based on any solid evidence, and after the original trials and forty years on the worldwide market, there would be solid evidence by now if any such things were happening.<p>Glad to see a balanced perspective on this. Everything in moderation.<p>&quot;Lard&quot; is &quot;completely natural&quot; and is bad in massive quantities, just like aspartame would be.

After a couple of years without taking a single one, a couple of months ago I bought a Smint lemon package, I used to love them as a kid so why not taking one for nostalgia&#x27;s sake.<p>Since I&#x27;m not that used to artificial sweateners ( I dont drink coke or anything related to sugar ), the taste was noticiable inmediatly, it didn&#x27;t bother me, it was just a curious feeling of being able to detect it so quickly. I ate like 3 or 4, those things were addictive.<p>What bothered me was what happened a couple of hours later, I had a massive stomach bloat and ache, higher than normal body temperature and generally felt like I was gonna throw it up and I couldn&#x27;t hold it. After an hour of lying in the sofa I said that it was enough and indeed, threw up my dinner that night.<p>To my list of things I don&#x27;t eat, xylitol was added inmediatly, I have never felt so sick, so fast in so little time.

I feel like xylitol was never a particularly viable candidate as an artificial sweetener; as the article mentions, you experience digestive distress when consuming enough to sweeten a soda. Whether or not it&#x27;s bad for you over time doesn&#x27;t matter, it&#x27;s already not a very good artificial sweetener. The sweetness to calorie ratio isn&#x27;t very good either. It does taste pretty good, however, especially in things like mint candies that already have a cooling effect. (I was very excited about xylitol when I first heard about it. Excited enough to order a bunch of candy and eat far too much of it in one go. Didn&#x27;t make that mistake again!)

Allulose FTW!

I never trusted this xylitol shit. Or really any artificial sweeteners. Seems like it’s best to avoid them altogether and avoid developing a sweet tooth.

The top Google result on xylitol is from WebMD and states: &quot;Overview. Xylitol is a natural sugar alcohol found in plants, including many fruits and vegetables&quot;<p>Why should anyone worry about this substance in low doses?