XYLITOL

Product Description

Healthcare purposes of xylitol pharmaceuticals

Xylitol pharmaceuticals are the therapeutic agent, nutritional agent and the best sweetener of diabetics. As the third most powerful killer following AIDS and caner, diabetes enlisted by the medical circle, diabetes is also known as sub-cancer. Result of the resident census carried out by Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine (CAPM) on over *0,**0 *****-year-old residents in *1 provinces (municipalities) nationwide shows that, incidence of diabetes is 3.*2%; persons with impaired glucose tolerance account for 4.*6%; and there are *0,**0,**0 *0,**0,**0 persons in total who suffer from diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance in China, among whom, less than 5% patients are fallen into the scope of Type I, which mostly happens to children and young people and occurs acutely due to serious lack of insulin in body; and over *5% patients are fallen into the scope of Type II, which mostly happens to the elder and easily causes ignorance and missed diagnosis due to its mild occurrence. It is not afraid of suffering from diabetes, but of the complications arising therefrom, such as acute complications, mainly including ketoacidosis, high osmosis coma and lactic acidosis, and chronic complications, mainly including cardiovascular, retina, kidney and neuropathy. Complications not only bring pains to patients, but also danger their life in case of seriousness. Xylitol is an ideal medicine for diabetes treatment, and also an ideal sweet food for people with abnormal glucose metabolism.

 

Application of xylitol1. It may be used in chewing gum, gum confection, Toffee, soft sweets, jellies, chocolates and buccal tablets, with the functions of throat-soothing, tooth-cleaning and tooth decay prevention.
2. With non-fermentation, it may replace sucrose to be applied in drinks, milk, bread, preserved fruit, biscuits, yogurt, jams and rice puddings to strengthen their good taste and lasting sweetness.
3. Xylitol is capable of moisturizing and improving rough skin exactly like glycerin, and makes people feel fresh and cool rather than tacky when applied. Therefore, it may be used in various skin care products and toothpastes.
4. Xylitol can provide ideal sugar substitutes for diabetics. Juices, drinks, coffee, milk, ice cream, bread and candy may use xylitol in replace of sucrose, and xylitol may also take replace of sucrose when cooking sweet and source spare ribs, sweet and sour fish, etc. In a word, diabetics may use xylitol just like normal people use sucrose. However, daily total dosage should preferably not exceed *0g for adults, and such a quantity should be halved for children.