You may have seen xylitol in the ingredients list on some of your favorite products, but what is it and how can it be used as ...

Dear Doctors: I read your column about dry mouth. One of the recommendations was to use gum or candy that has been sweetened with xylitol. I was surprised because I have read that xylitol can have a ...

Xylitol is the latest sugar substitute to be linked to potential negative health impacts. In a study from the Cleveland Clinic, published Thursday in the European Heart Journal, researchers found ...

Here's what you need to know. A new study published in the European Heart Journal is shedding light on the potential association between consuming the common low-calorie sweetener xylitol — often ...

At first glance, a claim that a sweetener derived from the bark of birch trees can prevent cavity formation might seem far-fetched. It can't be true, some might reason. Sugar causes cavities. Not only ...

CHICAGO -- A low-calorie sweetener called xylitol used in many reduced-sugar foods and consumer products such as gum and toothpaste may be linked to nearly twice the risk of heart attacks, stroke and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. High blood levels of xylitol is associated with an increased risk of suffering a heart attack, stroke or other heart event within ...

The low-calorie sweetener was associated with incident major adverse cardiovascular event risk, according to one study. Higher amounts of the sugar alcohol xylitol were associated with increased risk ...

Xylitol linked to incident MACE risk in initial untargeted metabolomics study and confirmed in validation cohort. (HealthDay News) — Xylitol is associated with incident major adverse cardiovascular ...

Contrary to a widely shared claim online, Xylitol, a sugar substitute that can be toxic for dogs, is not an ingredient of McDonald’s soft serve ice cream product, McDonald’s USA told Reuters. “If you ...

Q I read your column about dry mouth. One of the recommendations was to use gum or candy that has been sweetened with xylitol. I was surprised because I have ...

The popular sugar substitute xylitol, commonly used by those wanting to lose weight or who are diabetic, is associated with an increased risk of a cardiovascular event such as a heart attack and ...