Xylitol
That shit is killing dogs too. Should’ve been banned long time ago.
It’s basically anti-freeze to dogs. Kills them quickly and painfully from even relatively small amounts
are we dogs?
or are we dancer 🎶
In small quantities it massively helps periodontal disease, which has way worse risks. Banning something for one reason without context hurts others.
It is important to note that this was an observational study, meaning it can only show an association between higher xylitol levels and cardiovascular events, rather than proving that xylitol directly caused them, and further research is needed. But it is not a green light to have more sugar instead, as we still need to reduce our free sugar intake
Correlation vs Causation caveat is strongly needed here
Nearly all dietary studies are correlation studies, unfortunately.
It would make a great tag for such posts, if tags existed.
They’re referring to Xylitol. Xylitol.
Oh that makes it much clearer than the headline. Is it some sort of floor cleaner?
No more than Hydrox is for laundry.
Isn’t this the ingredient In a lot of foods that are said to be diabetic friendly?
I complain to my wife all the time that sugar alcohols shoild be banned from food products.
I swear I’ve seen companies advertise “no artificial sweeteners” while using things like stevia or monk fruit. Maybe I’m misremembering, but it’s so irritating that you just have to know an increasingly long list of sweeteners to check for.
OK now this could explain the issues I’ve been having, like unexpected dying.
(using xylitol for a few years now and the root cause has not been found)
Xylitol? The sweetener that kills pets? I’m shocked, Shocked I say!
