Xylitol

According to the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, “71% of children 2 to 5 have dental decay in in their primary teeth” (Poor oral health of both the caregivers and the child can cause Early Childhood Caries, a common chronic infectious disease that affects a child’s quality of life. Streptococcus mutans, which includes seven related species of pathogenic bacteria called mutans streptococci, is considered the main cause of Early Childhood Caries and dental decay. These…

Carbohydrates are the sugars, starches and fibers found in fruits, grains, vegetables and milk products. Carbohydrates — one of the basic foods groups — is important to a healthy life. - Carbohydrates, together with fats and proteins, provide the necessary energy needs for humans, and constitute, therefore, an integral part of a normal diet. Diet affects the integrity of teeth; quantity, pH and composition of saliva; plaque pH. Sugars and other fermentable carbohydrates after being hydrolyzed…

therefore according Peckham and Awofeso (2014) the need for CWF and it’s accompanying risks are an unnecessary subjugation by the New Zealand government, as preventions for tooth decay can be obtained through non-fluoridated products; examples being Xylitol and probiotics. This leads on to ethical principals that many New Zealander’s feel have been violated; and given the multitude of research and debates (whether credible or not), ethics of being medicated with fluoride through CWF without…

Leukemia There is a disease that affects 54,000 people each year and is responsible for about 24,000 deaths. Almost everyone has either known a friend, a family member or an aquaintance that has been affected by this dreadful disease known as Leukemia. This paper is going to inform you on what leukemia is, how to recognize this disease, the side effects on all parts of the body, includ-ing oral effects. Leukemia is a malignant progressive disease, in which the bone marrow and other…

Does Coconut Oil Whiten Teeth? You’re strolling through the aisles of the store and right alongside the toothpaste, brushes, and floss are a mystifying range of products. Strips, trays, tubes of gel, pens and wands – every single one of them promising a Hollywood smile. Should you buy one of these products? I can’t really blame you for being tempted to. Advertising gets the best of us all sometimes. You might be confused as to what tooth whitening product to buy because you’ve bought into…

Fast Facts • Current evidence shoes that artificial sweeteners do not increase cancer risk, even among high intake users.1 • Current evidence shows that artificial sweeteners do not increase disease risk. In fact, these sweeteners may be used for individuals managing calorie and/or carbohydrate intake.1 • The average American consumes ~22 tsp. of added sugar/day according to the 2001–2004 NHANES study.2 Twenty-two tsp of added sugar adds to about ~352 calories per day. 2 • The NHANES study…

Roquette were set-up in Lestrem in 1933 by Dominique and Germain Roquette. In 1940s, the company diversified its range to include corn starch. During the 1950s, the company invested in the development of a range of Polyols (such as sorbitol, mannitol, xylitol, maltitol) and while 1980s, the company launched the production of wheat starch. Lately in 2008, the Roquette group has been involved in the micro-algae sector. It has been ranked No.1 in France and India, No.2 in Europe and No.5 in the…

Food is important to all life on Earth. Food is needed for energy, without energy there is no life. It also used in many cultures around the world, and brings all different people together, but if food is so important, why have we stopped caring about how our food is prepared? There are many different types of technology that have changed the food industry as a whole. Pasteurization, processing, factory farming, and genetically modified foods are a few ways the industry has been changed.…

Overall Assessment: Provide an overview of this person’s current state of “Healthy Eating” At this time in Willow’s life, she can most definitely work on her healthy eating habits. She and her husband usually eat at a burger joint three to four times out of the week, when time is short, which is harmful to one’s health. By Willow eating fast food three to four times a week, it’s placing a huge risk to not only her health, but her family’s health as well. Willow and her husband’s bad habits of…

Normally when one material is taken out of something, there has to be a substitute. "If you eat lots of so-called "sugar-free" foods, they may have replaced sucrose (sugar) with sweet tasting substances like sorbitol, mannitol, xylitol, isomalt, and hydrogenated starch hydrolysates" states Joslin Diabetes Center (Can). The substances that were listed, that many have probably never hear of before, are called sugar alcohol. Sugar alcohol is where the substances are not sugar but are…