Xylitol

Each year more than 35 million people die from non-infectious diseases. In a recent report, The World Health Organization targeted tobacco, alcohol, and diet as the most significant risk factors in the development of non-communicable illness. Of the three, smoking and alcohol consumption are tightly regulated by government agencies around the world to protect public health; which means that one of the most important contributing factors to a growing worldwide health crisis remains uncontrolled.…

Chewing gum Chewing over gum is a delicate, iron substance expected for biting yet not gulping. People have utilized chewing over gum for no less than 3,000 years. Current chewing over gum was initially made of chicle, characteristic latex. By the 1960s, chicle was supplanted by butadiene-based manufactured elastic, which is less expensive to produce. Most biting gums are considered polymers. Cutting edge chewing over gum was initially created in the 1860s when chicle was brought from Mexico…

sugar is cancer’s staple. Cancer cells are junkies that scarf up all available sugar to support their glucose-dependent anaerobic requirements. Do not eat sweets, including honey and other natural sweeteners while you’re starving your cancer. Use xylitol as a healthy, natural sweetener with no nasty after taste. You can buy it at Whole Foods - or your favorite natural food store. I don’t know why more people don’t know about it. It’s a natural antibacterial substance that’s good for you. Sugar’s…

eating or drinking: ○ Caffeinated beverages. ○ Foods that are high in fiber, such as raw fruits and vegetables, nuts, seeds, and whole grain breads and cereals. ○ Foods and beverages that are sweetened with sugar alcohols, such as xylitol, sorbitol, and mannitol. ○ Spicy and fatty foods. • Have your child eat foods as directed by your child’s health care provider. This may include: ○ Starchy foods, such as rice, toast, pasta, low-sugar cereal, oatmeal, grits, baked…

Growing up, there was one product that I could not live without and this was chewing gum. I loved everything about it: the unwrapping of a new piece, the vibrant taste as you chew the fresh piece, and the challenge of stuffing the most amount of gum you could in your mouth to make the biggest bubble ever. This simple and ideal tradition is banned from most schools. If schools want students to feel comfortable, schools need to rethink their restriction. To begin, BBC News states that gum chewing…

Poison as Sweet as Sugar Introduction/Thesis There are many different alternatives to sugar that a person can use in their foods. Some of the most common are Aspartame (known as Nutrasweet or Equal), Sucralose (Splenda), Saccharin (Sweet Twin), and Xylitol or Sorbitol. Most artificial sweeteners are not a healthy alternative, and Aspartame is no different. This artificial sweetener, accidentally found by a researcher, known as James M. Schlatter, who was working on a treatment for stomach…

BENEFITS OF CHEWING GUM you will be surprised if I were to tell you that chewing gum is not a modern thing. It has been around for over three thousand years. Everyone from Neolithic times to the ancient Greek used to chew gum in some form. The earliest gum was made of latex, and then it shifted to bark of birch tree, then different gums from various plants and grasses and finally the more modern version of flavored sweetened gum. From the ancient times gum was used to treat dental illness, as it…

1. Identify and discuss potential factors related to the oral cavity that may impede the process of digestion of food. What dietary changes would facilitate food intake for those with oral cavity problems? A common problem that may impede this process is hyposalivation. This may occur for many different reasons, including dehydration and use of certain medications (Division of Oral Medicine and Dentistry, n.d. para. 3). One result of hyposalivation is a reduced output of enzymes and hence a…

Sugar-free gum sweetened with a substance called xylitol, sorbitol, and maltitol has been shown to actually reduce cavities and not cause tooth decay. The reason for this is because the material in this sugar free gum does not include the harsh substance of streptococcus mutans, which are bacteria that…

An 18-year-old Asian female presented for treatment at Missouri Southern State University Dental Hygiene clinic. The medical history reveals the patient had an ovarian benign tumor that was removed in 2003. The patient was under general anesthesia during the surgery and experienced no complications. Also, the patient has a diagnosis of low blood pressure. Another medical condition that the patient has is Dysautonomia, which is a dysfunction of the autonomic system. A contraindication for this…