Andrew Huberman· PhD
now you can also find some literature on other proposed benefits of Xylitol such as you know improving overall microbiome uh such as reducing inflammation in other tissues besides the gums and within the mouth there is some evidence that it can support the gut microbiome because of course the oral microbiome and the gut microbiome are contiguous they have different compartments I mean you might even be surprised to learn that within your mouth there are different niches as they're called for instance there's different microbiota that live on the gums versus the hard pallet versus the soft pallet back in the throat and then as you descend into the gut Etc and it does appear that Xylitol has certain positive benefits for all of those different gut microbiome niches but the literature on that is less well substantiated than for instance the literature showing that if xylitol is put in as a surrogate sugar substrate for strep mutans that it disables strep mutans and can prevent the formation of cavities