Xylitol Its main ingredient
Xylitol is a natural sweetener, human consumption of xylitol at least 500 years of history. In the cold climate of the Nordic region rich in the so-called "birch syrup", the main component is xylitol. Almost all rural people in the Nordic countries make homemade birch syrups (boiled with birch wood chips), which can replace sugar for desserts and beverages. In the nature of the strawberry, raspberry and plum and other fruits and white birch, corn and chicory plants such as the highest content of xylitol. By the way, the body will produce a small amount of xylitol (which is the intermediate product of the sugar metabolism process, is one of the human body inherent substances). Xylitol has a cool taste, sweet close to the sugar. More importantly, xylitol produces only 40% of the calories of sugar, and after eating will not make blood sugar immediately increased, very suitable for diabetes as a special food sweetener. The same time as
Over the past decade, some scholars in the West have done a lot of exploratory experiments and studies on the pharmacological effects of xylitol. According to foreign published literature and technology reported that xylitol has a variety of pharmacological effects. First of all, xylitol has excellent antibacterial effect, especially for dental caries caused by "Streptococcus mutans" have a good antibacterial effect, it can be used to control dental caries and periodontal disease and other common oral diseases. Second, xylitol on children with otitis media caused by the main pathogens "Streptococcus pneumoniae" also has a strong antibacterial effect. A foreign company has been listed on the development of a children with otitis media dedicated to xylitol as the main raw material nasophane. According to foreign reports, women often take xylitol, can prevent nasty vaginal candidiasis (ie, fungal vaginitis). US and European countries have now developed a variety of xylitol-containing mouthwash, toothpaste and other oral hygiene products. The same time as
In addition, xylitol in foreign countries has long been used as a variety of candy, chewing gum and other food or soft drinks sweet additives to replace the food will make people fat sugar. Xylitol can also be processed directly into tablets, chewable tablets or oral liquid and other products. It is understood that xylitol is very safe for the human body, the West has reported that the maximum dose of volunteer subjects 80 grams of xylitol after oral administration of no side effects. A small number of people taking xylitol can cause diarrhea, but as long as the stop can be returned to normal. It is reported that Danish medical researchers have submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Health, the proposed government will take xylitol (dose of 30 to 60 grams per person per day) as middle-aged women to prevent osteoporosis of the main measures. Because so far xylitol is the best natural anti-osteoporotic food found by people. The same time as
It is understood that the incidence of osteoporosis in elderly women in China is not optimistic. China has rich corn and other agricultural and sideline products resources, and Shandong, Hebei and other provinces have already established xylitol production base, and the formation of large-scale production. Suggested that China's health sector will be xylitol prevention of women with osteoporosis as one of the key issues, and directly by the government to allocate research funding to study, to promote the development of our elderly women's health cause.