The Market Ticker - Psst.... Yes, Xylitol

Some of you may remember my Ticker from early December in which I had pointed out a random find I had made related to Xylitol and oral health — specifically, that there was evidence that Xylitol is a selective poison for certain specific bacteria, most-interestingly the strains that cause both gum disease (gingivitis and worse) along with cavities.

One of the problems with any sort of antibiotic is that they are relatively broad-spectrum things.  That is, they don’t target just the bacteria you want to kill; they kill good bacteria as well.

There are an utterly enormous number and species of bacteria in our bodies all the time, and in fact some of them are necessary for normal metabolic processes.  As such indiscriminate targeting of bacteria is generally not…….

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