Comments on: Review: Sparx (sweetened with Xylitol) http://candyaddict.com/blog/2006/01/08/review-sparx-sweetened-with-xylitol/ Candy news, views, and reviews. All the candy that's fit to eat, and some that isn't. All candy, all the time. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:53:20 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: SALLY http://candyaddict.com/blog/2006/01/08/review-sparx-sweetened-with-xylitol/comment-page-2/#comment-99658 SALLY Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:56:55 +0000 http://candyaddict.com/blog/?p=189#comment-99658 I tried xylitol, just in tea and coffee so only about 1 and half teaspoons per day. I began to feel nauseous but figured I was detoxing after cutting out sugar etc. I kept up the xylitol as it does have anti-bac benefits but although I wd use more than 1.5 tsp per day on certain days and use in baking ie 1/2 cup to make 12 muffins - I got SEVERE cramps and actually had a test for food poisoning it was that bad. It caused inflammation in my intestines to the point that the OC that I use was not being absorbed so estrogen/progesterone cronically low. Thanks xylitol. NOT!!! I have given this stuff the elbow. I tried xylitol, just in tea and coffee so only about 1 and half teaspoons per day. I began to feel nauseous but figured I was detoxing after cutting out sugar etc. I kept up the xylitol as it does have anti-bac benefits but although I wd use more than 1.5 tsp per day on certain days and use in baking ie 1/2 cup to make 12 muffins – I got SEVERE cramps and actually had a test for food poisoning it was that bad. It caused inflammation in my intestines to the point that the OC that I use was not being absorbed so estrogen/progesterone cronically low. Thanks xylitol. NOT!!! I have given this stuff the elbow.

]]> By: Cliff Elfstrom http://candyaddict.com/blog/2006/01/08/review-sparx-sweetened-with-xylitol/comment-page-2/#comment-99507 Cliff Elfstrom Sun, 11 Jan 2009 06:15:28 +0000 http://candyaddict.com/blog/?p=189#comment-99507 Sure glad I read these replies on xylitol before I tried it! Reminds me of when I first tried nattokinase to thin my blood. My blood pressure went sky high which was the opposite effect I was expecting. I would have never tried it again except for the fact that it dramatically improved the circulation in my legs. So I waited 2 days until my blood pressure dropped back down and tried it again. My blood pressure shot up but not as high and the circulation in my legs got even better. Now I can take several pills a day and have no blood pressure rise at all as I am now using the nattokinase to dissolve the remaining fibrin in my scar tissue. Definitely getting to the point of diminishing returns. The point I am making is that I will start using xylitol very gradually so as not to be overwhelmed by any yeast die off symptoms and build up my tolerance at a comfortable rate. I suggest others do the same. I am hoping that xylitol will help me control my diabetes better and not contribute to insulin resistance like today's historically high intake of fructose has done to me. Sure glad I read these replies on xylitol before I tried it! Reminds me of when I first tried nattokinase to thin my blood. My blood pressure went sky high which was the opposite effect I was expecting. I would have never tried it again except for the fact that it dramatically improved the circulation in my legs. So I waited 2 days until my blood pressure dropped back down and tried it again. My blood pressure shot up but not as high and the circulation in my legs got even better. Now I can take several pills a day and have no blood pressure rise at all as I am now using the nattokinase to dissolve the remaining fibrin in my scar tissue. Definitely getting to the point of diminishing returns. The point I am making is that I will start using xylitol very gradually so as not to be overwhelmed by any yeast die off symptoms and build up my tolerance at a comfortable rate. I suggest others do the same. I am hoping that xylitol will help me control my diabetes better and not contribute to insulin resistance like today’s historically high intake of fructose has done to me.

]]> By: Dana Lou http://candyaddict.com/blog/2006/01/08/review-sparx-sweetened-with-xylitol/comment-page-2/#comment-99504 Dana Lou Sun, 11 Jan 2009 03:41:44 +0000 http://candyaddict.com/blog/?p=189#comment-99504 Usually with this kind of thing few people will get sick and its expected. Its just odd how many people have found this one website to post on and all have had problems with the Xylitol. It sounds like in its raw form for baking people react harsher to it. I would think muffins would at least have a cup or more of sugar. So from not having Xylitol at all to having atleast two muffins is extremely excessive. I think people that have admitted to slowly and gradually introducing themselves to this sugar substitute have the right idea. Anything in excess and extremes is bad for you whether it be food, alcohol or anything. I chew gum with Xylitol in it. It's raspberry mint Orbit. I love the stuff but I don't have a more then two pieces a day. I also don't chew gum everyday. I really feel bad for the woman with the son with the bad eczema problem it sounds like he's just completely allergic to it. I hope he's better because that is an awful thing to go through. Kid's do learn these things about themselves when there small so when there older they know what to expect for themselves. I just don't think something should be completely outed because a few people are allergic and have problems with it. Lots of people are allergic to strawberry's,tomatoes, wheat but nobody is taking that off the market because few people are. If we all should be worried about anything its the water. I am much more concerned about getting cancer from chemically tainted water then sugar substitutes. Usually with this kind of thing few people will get sick and its expected. Its just odd how many people have found this one website to post on and all have had problems with the Xylitol. It sounds like in its raw form for baking people react harsher to it. I would think muffins would at least have a cup or more of sugar. So from not having Xylitol at all to having atleast two muffins is extremely excessive. I think people that have admitted to slowly and gradually introducing themselves to this sugar substitute have the right idea. Anything in excess and extremes is bad for you whether it be food, alcohol or anything.
I chew gum with Xylitol in it. It’s raspberry mint Orbit. I love the stuff but I don’t have a more then two pieces a day. I also don’t chew gum everyday.
I really feel bad for the woman with the son with the bad eczema problem it sounds like he’s just completely allergic to it. I hope he’s better because that is an awful thing to go through. Kid’s do learn these things about themselves when there small so when there older they know what to expect for themselves. I just don’t think something should be completely outed because a few people are allergic and have problems with it. Lots of people are allergic to strawberry’s,tomatoes, wheat but nobody is taking that off the market because few people are.
If we all should be worried about anything its the water. I am much more concerned about getting cancer from chemically tainted water then sugar substitutes.

]]> By: Mary Winston http://candyaddict.com/blog/2006/01/08/review-sparx-sweetened-with-xylitol/comment-page-2/#comment-99322 Mary Winston Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:14:38 +0000 http://candyaddict.com/blog/?p=189#comment-99322 It is frightening me to read people's poor ability to reason about health. Xylitol is produced naturally in many living things. Even if you don't eat xylitol it is already in your system and it is a naturally occuring alcohol sugar in many foods.It is not an "artificial sweetner," in that it is found in nature and it has been proven to itself not be anything but good for the body. But what happens when it is consumed even in small amounts. Why do some not feel well? Most of us are full of bad germs throughout our bodies. If you eat something that kills the bad germs the death of the germ can cause a Herksheimer reaction (a die off reaction). This is beacause germs produce neurotoxins and release them slowly when they grow or quickly if they die off. The toxins produced by the 1- 2 pounds of bad germs in your body (candida fungus in your gut, bacterias, etc)are possibly one of the main causes of ill health. Most people who die from AIDS or cancer die from the effects of the toxins from the overgrowth of fungus that occurs when their immune systems fail. Something even most doctor's don't know is that not only do germs do bad things such as make us all the time a little bit sick (headaches, depression, arthritis, low immune low body temp...etc) and cold and lethargic, but they do quasi good things too like hold onto our heavy metals for us. Even if you kill only a few germs in your stomach (helicobacter pylori - infection rate in US up to 85% of us)it can release heavy metals (nausea, headache) and or cause your body to have an allergic reaction to the germ's toxins not the xylitol or garlic which you ate that killed them off (so maybe its not the natural xylitol its the mercury or neurotoxins from the die off). To help with understanding health which is super complicated please, you slightly trigger-happy bloggers, learn to write down your ideas and then research each word that is not 100% clear to you on the internet before you publish. That is one way you can really understand more. However, the more you learn the more confusing it all is so maybe you are all wiser to just reason things out in your own private universes. It is a problem in general on the internet that people type without researching enough on their own. Maybe this is wrong, but I hope this helps raise the bar on thinking together! Be well, all of us! Mary It is frightening me to read people’s poor ability to reason about health. Xylitol is produced naturally in many living things. Even if you don’t eat xylitol it is already in your system and it is a naturally occuring alcohol sugar in many foods.It is not an “artificial sweetner,” in that it is found in nature and it has been proven to itself not be anything but good for the body. But what happens when it is consumed even in small amounts. Why do some not feel well? Most of us are full of bad germs throughout our bodies. If you eat something that kills the bad germs the death of the germ can cause a Herksheimer reaction (a die off reaction). This is beacause germs produce neurotoxins and release them slowly when they grow or quickly if they die off. The toxins produced by the 1- 2 pounds of bad germs in your body (candida fungus in your gut, bacterias, etc)are possibly one of the main causes of ill health. Most people who die from AIDS or cancer die from the effects of the toxins from the overgrowth of fungus that occurs when their immune systems fail. Something even most doctor’s don’t know is that not only do germs do bad things such as make us all the time a little bit sick (headaches, depression, arthritis, low immune low body temp…etc) and cold and lethargic, but they do quasi good things too like hold onto our heavy metals for us. Even if you kill only a few germs in your stomach (helicobacter pylori – infection rate in US up to 85% of us)it can release heavy metals (nausea, headache) and or cause your body to have an allergic reaction to the germ’s toxins not the xylitol or garlic which you ate that killed them off (so maybe its not the natural xylitol its the mercury or neurotoxins from the die off).

To help with understanding health which is super complicated please, you slightly trigger-happy bloggers, learn to write down your ideas and then research each word that is not 100% clear to you on the internet before you publish. That is one way you can really understand more. However, the more you learn the more confusing it all is so maybe you are all wiser to just reason things out in your own private universes. It is a problem in general on the internet that people type without researching enough on their own.

Maybe this is wrong, but I hope this helps raise the bar on thinking together!
Be well, all of us! Mary

]]> By: Bonnie http://candyaddict.com/blog/2006/01/08/review-sparx-sweetened-with-xylitol/comment-page-2/#comment-99147 Bonnie Mon, 15 Dec 2008 05:52:43 +0000 http://candyaddict.com/blog/?p=189#comment-99147 I began putting xylitol in my morning coffee when I lived with a roommate who used it. I thought it sounded like the perfect natural sweetener. About a week later, I took a pregnancy test after getting nauseous EVER morning. I wasn't pregnant' it was the xylitol! I began putting xylitol in my morning coffee when I lived with a roommate who used it. I thought it sounded like the perfect natural sweetener.

About a week later, I took a pregnancy test after getting nauseous EVER morning. I wasn’t pregnant’ it was the xylitol!

]]> By: Annette http://candyaddict.com/blog/2006/01/08/review-sparx-sweetened-with-xylitol/comment-page-2/#comment-99125 Annette Sat, 13 Dec 2008 10:00:09 +0000 http://candyaddict.com/blog/?p=189#comment-99125 I am usually the first one to embrace natural products and was so excited to find Xylitol to possibly improve my son`s dental health. We used Xylitol chewing gum and the sugar crystals in some beverages and sprinkled on pancakes for example. We tried Xylitol toothpaste. It all works fine for me but what a nightmare for my child! Despite careful dosage, he broke out with horrible erosive (oral) eczema after a week of using Xylitol and each time his bowel seemed to be paralyzed. For weeks after he lost the feeling for normal bowel control and had blood in his stool. At this point and after elimination of any other causes, I know that Xylitol is the culprit. As much as I would have liked it to be the answer to any dental problems - I will never ever expose my child to it again. Erosive oral eczema in connection with Xylitol is only mentioned once on the internet. A guy in Japan had severe reactions. One day there may be answers for this. I wish there were statistics from Finland where Xylitol has been used fo so long. For now, though, we will stay away. I am usually the first one to embrace natural products and was so excited to find Xylitol to possibly improve my son`s dental health.
We used Xylitol chewing gum and the sugar crystals in some beverages and sprinkled on pancakes for example. We tried Xylitol toothpaste. It all works fine for me but what a nightmare for my child! Despite careful dosage, he broke out with horrible erosive (oral) eczema after a week of using Xylitol and each time his bowel seemed to be paralyzed. For weeks after he lost the feeling for normal bowel control and had blood in his stool. At this point and after elimination of any other causes, I know that Xylitol is the culprit. As much as I would have liked it to be the answer to any dental problems – I will never ever expose my child to it again.
Erosive oral eczema in connection with Xylitol is only mentioned once on the internet. A guy in Japan had severe reactions. One day there may be answers for this. I wish there were statistics from Finland where Xylitol has been used fo so long. For now, though, we will stay away.

]]> By: Rachel http://candyaddict.com/blog/2006/01/08/review-sparx-sweetened-with-xylitol/comment-page-2/#comment-99094 Rachel Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:31:00 +0000 http://candyaddict.com/blog/?p=189#comment-99094 Im glad that I found this site. I bought Ice Breakers Ice Cubes gum (with Xylitol)three days ago. I was sick the first day I ate it with nausea, more than frequent bowel movements , a headache and excessive gas. I thought that I was getting a stomach flu but I was fine the next morning. Sometime around noon the next day I had another piece of gum and again I got the same sickness and the only thing I had in common with the previously day was eating this gum at the time that I got sick. I started looking around and found that some people do not process Xylitol correctly. I know that it makes me feel like I have some kind of stomach flu. I was glad to stumble on this site and fine out that Im not alone. I discovered that you body does get used to it after some time but Im going to cut it out of my diet completely. I hate this feeling. Im glad that I found this site. I bought Ice Breakers Ice Cubes gum (with Xylitol)three days ago. I was sick the first day I ate it with nausea, more than frequent bowel movements , a headache and excessive gas. I thought that I was getting a stomach flu but I was fine the next morning.

Sometime around noon the next day I had another piece of gum and again I got the same sickness and the only thing I had in common with the previously day was eating this gum at the time that I got sick.

I started looking around and found that some people do not process Xylitol correctly. I know that it makes me feel like I have some kind of stomach flu.

I was glad to stumble on this site and fine out that Im not alone. I discovered that you body does get used to it after some time but Im going to cut it out of my diet completely. I hate this feeling.

]]> By: Astaroth http://candyaddict.com/blog/2006/01/08/review-sparx-sweetened-with-xylitol/comment-page-2/#comment-98982 Astaroth Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:20:14 +0000 http://candyaddict.com/blog/?p=189#comment-98982 I've been consuming Xylitol now for nearly 2days.i was actually looking for Stevia,but unfortunately the only shop who sells natural sweetners in my area was out of stock and i decided 2 give Xylitol a try.Im not planning to give it up yet but damn ppl,im bloated and giving off gas like a pregnant horse!and for an hour i had mild stomache cramps.im usually constipated,i was hoping Xylitol could help me have bowl movements but so far that aspect only improved slightly.the main reason i went looking for natural sweetner was cause i suffer from Candida,and ive got a sweet tooth.can any1 explain to me,is this bloating a sure sign my yeast problem is busy dying?and how long might these terrible symptoms last?oh,and i brush my teeth and floss religiously but yet i end up wit tooth decay at least twice a year,most likely due2 my sugar cravings.the other day i noticed one of my back teeth seems to hav chipped or lost small strip of enamel in the most weirdest place,above by the gumline.almost as if i flossed it out.im mortified!i dont have the money2 visit my dental hygenist for at least 2 mnths and i fear ill lose my tooth,for its starting to hurt a little.can anyone advice me pls,can Xylitol be my saviour?if Xylitol remineralizes teeth,and if i avoid cane sugar like the plague,could this possibly repair my tooth?oh,and i agree,Xylitol tastes gr8,but the flatulence sucks big time and the price is "pricey."A gr8 tip to those ppl who use Xylitol.make a chocolate drink to satisfy ur choco cravings.its fabulous.use 1 tsp raw cacao,200ml cold fat-free milk,2 ise-cubes and 3 tsp heaped Xylitol.shake it up so it becomes like a thick milkshake,and then indulge.gr8 for dieters.contains no more than 100 calories.plus the benefits of raw cacao is amazing,ranging from increasing collegen production,liver tonic,gr8 for nails and hair and a mood elevator amongst other things.yum! I’ve been consuming Xylitol now for nearly 2days.i was actually looking for Stevia,but unfortunately the only shop who sells natural sweetners in my area was out of stock and i decided 2 give Xylitol a try.Im not planning to give it up yet but damn ppl,im bloated and giving off gas like a pregnant horse!and for an hour i had mild stomache cramps.im usually constipated,i was hoping Xylitol could help me have bowl movements but so far that aspect only improved slightly.the main reason i went looking for natural sweetner was cause i suffer from Candida,and ive got a sweet tooth.can any1 explain to me,is this bloating a sure sign my yeast problem is busy dying?and how long might these terrible symptoms last?oh,and i brush my teeth and floss religiously but yet i end up wit tooth decay at least twice a year,most likely due2 my sugar cravings.the other day i noticed one of my back teeth seems to hav chipped or lost small strip of enamel in the most weirdest place,above by the gumline.almost as if i flossed it out.im mortified!i dont have the money2 visit my dental hygenist for at least 2 mnths and i fear ill lose my tooth,for its starting to hurt a little.can anyone advice me pls,can Xylitol be my saviour?if Xylitol remineralizes teeth,and if i avoid cane sugar like the plague,could this possibly repair my tooth?oh,and i agree,Xylitol tastes gr8,but the flatulence sucks big time and the price is “pricey.”A gr8 tip to those ppl who use Xylitol.make a chocolate drink to satisfy ur choco cravings.its fabulous.use 1 tsp raw cacao,200ml cold fat-free milk,2 ise-cubes and 3 tsp heaped Xylitol.shake it up so it becomes like a thick milkshake,and then indulge.gr8 for dieters.contains no more than 100 calories.plus the benefits of raw cacao is amazing,ranging from increasing collegen production,liver tonic,gr8 for nails and hair and a mood elevator amongst other things.yum!

]]> By: Misha http://candyaddict.com/blog/2006/01/08/review-sparx-sweetened-with-xylitol/comment-page-2/#comment-98948 Misha Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:23:55 +0000 http://candyaddict.com/blog/?p=189#comment-98948 Have returned a survived no ill effects from my first dose of xylitol. However I will go slowly replacing sugar gradually with xylitol so the body adapts re: the above comments. Have returned a survived no ill effects from my first dose of xylitol. However I will go slowly replacing sugar gradually with xylitol so the body adapts re: the above comments.

]]> By: Misha http://candyaddict.com/blog/2006/01/08/review-sparx-sweetened-with-xylitol/comment-page-1/#comment-98941 Misha Sat, 29 Nov 2008 09:25:19 +0000 http://candyaddict.com/blog/?p=189#comment-98941 I also have just consumed my first cup of coffee with xylitol (2 teasps) and was so excited to do so after earlier research showed its positive effects. I have just found the previous reviews on the product. I drink coffee with honey usually and welcomed the change. I will keep you posted if there are or are not any side effects worth reporting. Yes, it is expensive but hopefully the claims of kerbing the sweet tooth will slow down consumption. I do take heed in the previous mention of health costs for sugar problems which I do understand and was in my mind when purchasing. Anyway.....be in touch! I also have just consumed my first cup of coffee with xylitol (2 teasps) and was so excited to do so after earlier research showed its positive effects. I have just found the previous reviews on the product. I drink coffee with honey usually and welcomed the change. I will keep you posted if there are or are not any side effects worth reporting. Yes, it is expensive but hopefully the claims of kerbing the sweet tooth will slow down consumption. I do take heed in the previous mention of health costs for sugar problems which I do understand and was in my mind when purchasing.
Anyway…..be in touch!

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