Conclusion: These findings suggest that xylitol acts as an anti-inflammatory agent in THP-1-derived macrophages infected with live P. gingivalis, which supports its use in periodontitis.

Side effects. If you take large amounts of xylitol, such as 30 to 40 grams, you may experience diarrhea or gas. Increasing the dose gradually may help minimize these effects.

If you have irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or an intolerance to FODMAPs, be careful with sugar alcohols and consider avoiding them altogether. Xylitol may cause digestive upset in some people, but high doses are well tolerated by others.

Symptoms of xylitol poisoning in dogs include vomiting, followed by symptoms associated with the sudden lowering of your dog’s blood sugar, such as decreased activity, weakness, staggering, incoordination, collapse and seizures.

What are the symptoms of xylitol poisoning in dogs? After ingesting xylitol, dogs typically develop symptoms within 30 minutes (although they can be very rapid or take up to 12 hours).

This can be very dangerous, but can be corrected by providing intravenous dextrose (a.k.a sugar) at a veterinary hospital. Dogs who become hypoglycemic after eating xylitol will need dextrose supplementation in a vet hospital for 12 to 24 hours, sometimes longer.

Xylitol is so highly toxic to dogs that even a couple of pieces of gum or a couple of breath mints will cause acute hepatic necrosis, hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), liver failure, kidney failure and death.

What to Do If Your Dog Eats Gum. If you know that your dog has ingested gum with xylitol in it, bring them to their vet or an emergency vet clinic immediately. The vet may run blood tests to determine if your dog has decreased blood glucose levels and/or elevated liver enzymes.

According to the Veterinary Poisons Information Service, there were 250 reported cases of xylitol poisoning in 2016 – mostly due to chewing gum. At least one dog sadly died.

Common sources of xylitol include: Chewing gum such as Trident®, Icebreakers®, Stride®, Orbit®, Pure®, Mentos®, and Spry®. Please note that some Trident® gums do not contain xylitol so please check the ingredients.

Your Sugar-Free, Guilt-Free Taste Sensation Not only does Mentos Pure Fresh sugar-free gum offer you the freshest minty or fruity chew, but that powerful Mentos chill is also sugar-free. The delightfully refreshing guilt-free taste sensation features xylitol, a natural sweetener that also helps prevent tooth decay.

Other Name(s): Birch Sugar, E967, Meso-Xylitol, Méso-Xylitol, Sucre de Bouleau, Xilitol, Xylit, Xylite, Xylo-pentane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol.

Glee Gum. This natural gum is free of artificial flavors, coloring, sweeteners, and preservatives, and it’s also verified as a non-GMO product. Glee Gum’s sugar-free flavors contain xylitol, which you can’t digest, Keatley points out, so it just passes through you.

Not all sugar free gum contains xylitol. A search online eventually uncovered an ingredient list. The artificial sweetener in the gum they ate was maltitol. Maltitol is a sugar alcohol like xylitol, but I was not familiar with it.

Sorbitol, Gum Base, Xylitol, Glycerin, Natural and Artificial Flavor; Less than 2% of: Acesulfame Potassium, Aspartame, BHT (to Maintain Freshness), Mannitol, Red 40 Lake, Soy Lecithin, Sucralose. Contains soy. Sugar free gum with xylitol.

Starburst fruity mixies, which are described as a mix between chewing gum and sweets, contain particularly high levels of xylitol.

Gum: IceBreakers IceCubes is readily available at drug stores. It contains enough xylitol (about 1g per piece) to be beneficial unlike many other sugarless gums that contain mostly sorbitol and only small amounts of xylitol. Chew 1 piece for 5-10 minutes then spit it out. Repeat up to 5 or 6 times daily.

Each piece of sugar free gum contains enough xylitol to make a small dog deathly ill. The poison acts quickly and can cause seizures and complete liver failure in a matter of hours. Dogs that ingest xylitol can become sick in as little as 10 minutes.

Some health food companies have begun to add the artificial sweetener Xylitol to their Peanut butters. While this is great for health conscience humans, it can be harmful to dogs. Some brands that we know contain Xylitol are: “Go Nuts”, “Hanks Protein Plus Peanut Butter”, “Krush Nutrition”, Nuts’n More”, and “P28”.