tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981302778811905104.post7528642467203499158..comments2019-12-25T14:55:36.666-08:00Comments on Okanogan Valley Real Estate Blog: January Real Estate Update for the Okanogan ValleyTinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08848737905460379655noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981302778811905104.post-19499184551980748072011-02-02T06:58:24.149-08:002011-02-02T06:58:24.149-08:00Thanks Kristen:)Thanks Kristen:)Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08848737905460379655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981302778811905104.post-67657591376902613142011-02-02T05:39:05.863-08:002011-02-02T05:39:05.863-08:00I love how you put recipes in with the real estate...I love how you put recipes in with the real estate news. It makes it all more friendly.Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14679600158510598106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981302778811905104.post-62580152618257798772011-02-01T09:47:36.377-08:002011-02-01T09:47:36.377-08:00Xylitol is good stuff - it looks like granulated s...Xylitol is good stuff - it looks like granulated sugar. I found it and the coconut flour at www.azurestandard.com. It is great for your teeth (used in a lot of chewing gum) and safe for diabetics! <br /><br />Here is what Wikipedia says about xylitol: Xylitol is a sugar alcohol sweetener used as a naturally occurring sugar substitute. It is found in the fibers of many fruits and vegetables, including various berries, corn husks, oats, and mushrooms.[2] It can be extracted from corn fiber,[3] birch, raspberries, plums, and corn. Xylitol is roughly as sweet as sucrose with only two-thirds the food energy.One teaspoon (5 gm) of xylitol contains 9.6 kilocalories (Cal), as compared to one teaspoon of sugar, which has 15 Cal. Xylitol has virtually no aftertaste, and is advertised as "safe for diabetics and individuals with hyperglycemia." This tolerance is attributed to the lower impact of xylitol on a person's blood sugar, compared to that of regular sugars[8] and also has a very low glycemic index of 13 (glucose has a GI of 100).[9] Xylitol is a "tooth-friendly," nonfermentable sugar alcohol.[11][12] A systematic review study[13] on the efficacy of xylitol has indicated dental health benefits in caries prevention, showing superior performance to other polyols (polyalcohols). This is because the structure of xylitol contains a tridentate ligand, (H-C-OH)3 that can rearrange with polyvalent cations like Ca (II). This interaction allows for Ca (II) to be transported through the gut wall barrier and remineralize enamel before dental caries form.[14] Early studies from Finland in the 1970s found that a group chewing sucrose gum had 2.92 decayed, missing, or filled (dmf) teeth compared to 1.04 in the group chewing xylitol gums.[15] In another study, researchers had mothers chew xylitol gum when their children were 3 months old until they were 2 years old. The researchers found the mothers in the xylitol group had "a 70% reduction in cavities (dmf)."[15] Recent research[16] confirms a plaque-reducing effect and suggests the compound, having some chemical properties similar to sucrose, attracts and then "starves" harmful micro-organisms, allowing the mouth to remineralize damaged teeth with less interruption. (However, this same effect also interferes with yeast micro-organisms and others, so xylitol is inappropriate for making yeast-based bread, for instance.) This is because cariogenic bacteria prefer fermentable six carbon sugars, or disacharrides such as sucrose, as opposed to the nonfermentable xylitol, whose antimicrobial properties then "starve" the bacteria, reducing their growth and reproduction.[17]Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08848737905460379655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981302778811905104.post-39506122381965636932011-02-01T09:29:23.235-08:002011-02-01T09:29:23.235-08:00okay, what is Xylitol? Some kind of oil? The rec...okay, what is Xylitol? Some kind of oil? The recipe sounds good - but coconut can make nearly anything taste good to me.ronandrosi.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18017561625133075475noreply@blogger.com