Ellie Phillips on the need to alkalize your mouth by destroying Strep Mutans via Xylitol
Xylitol is a 5 ring carbon, not a six ring carbon - so the Strep Mutans bacteria starve from xylitol after the bacteria try to eat it....You can WASH plaque off your teeth without even brushing...and xylitol feeds your good bacteria...
Xylitol just needs to be put on the back of your tongue and since xylitol is hygroscopic - it PULLS the salvia out of the top back molars - where the salivary glands are....
Strep Mutans plaque can drop to 0.2% only in the mouth after six months!!
Streptococcus mutans is a primary bacterium responsible for dental caries. It colonizes the mouth and produces sticky glucans that bind to tooth surfaces, forming the biofilm known as dental plaque. It thrives by metabolizing sugars into lactic acid, which erodes tooth enamel
Xylitol doesn’t directly kill Streptococcus mutans in the way an antibiotic would, but it effectively starves them. When the bacteria ingest xylitol, they cannot process it for energy. This triggers a "futile energy cycle" that stunts their growth and prevents them from producing tooth-decaying acids. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]Over time, this process causes the bacteria to lose their stickiness, making them easier to wash away with regular brushing and significantly reducing their numbers in your mouth.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3434645/
The S. mutans and S. sobrinus counts of the saliva samples decreased significantly (p = 0.01 and p = 0.011, respectively) in the xylitol gum group but not in the sorbitol gum group.
wipe xylitol over lesions in the mouth....
Yes, Streptococcus sobrinus is one of the primary bacterial species that causes cavities and tooth decay in humans. Working alongside Streptococcus mutans, it thrives on sugars in your diet, producing acids that dissolve tooth enamel and cause decay. [1, 2]While S. mutans is more common, S. sobrinus is often considered more potent. It produces acid much more quickly and is highly associated with the onset of decay on smooth tooth surfaces
Chemically, pure xylitol is nearly neutral, with a pH of roughly 5.0 to 7.0. However, it actively promotes an alkaline environment in your mouth. Because oral bacteria cannot ferment it into decay-causing acids, it neutralizes mouth acidity and stimulates saliva flow, pushing oral pH above 7.0 to help remineralize tooth enamel.
In vitro tests demonstrated the xylitol concentration of 12.5% was required for inhibiting the growth of S. sanguinis; however, S. mutans was inhibited significantly at a xylitol concentration of 1.56% (24). Kontiokari et al. (31) showed in vitro effectiveness of xylitol in reducing S. mitis. This is incompatible to the finding of the present study, which suggested that xylitol chewing gum consumption did not effect on in vivo growth of S. mitis. It is possible that xylitol selectively affects and reduces S. mutans and S. sobrinus levels without altering load of S. mitis and S. sanguinis, the bacteria implicated in development of oral health.
Bacteria make up the active, living portion of a cavity, but they rarely exceed 1% to 5% of the total mass of the dark, decayed tissue. The rest of the black cavity consists of demineralized tooth structure (collagen), food debris, and mineral stains...The bulk of the cavity is dead, softened dentin and decalcified enamel....
Chromogenic Bacteria: Some people naturally host "good" chromogenic bacteria (like Actinomyces) that form harmless, thin black lines along the gum line, often despite excellent oral hygiene
Arrested Decay: If a cavity stops growing and remineralizes, it can turn dark and hard, meaning the S. mutans bacteria are no longer actively eating the tooth structure
During the first 5 days without food, a person may lose 1–2 kilograms (2.2–4.4 pounds) of body weight each day. Most of this weight loss is related to dehydration and electrolyte imbalance. Over several weeks of starvation, changes in the body usually cause weight loss to slow down to an average of 0.3 kilograms (0.7 pounds) per day.
The more fat stores available, the longer a person can typically survive during starvation. Once the fat stores have been completely metabolized, the body then reverts back to muscle breakdown for energy
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