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Sweetener used in chewing gum and jam linked to strokes and heart attacks (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 167 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Xylitol

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  • [–] 41 points 2 days ago (5 children)

    That shit is killing dogs too. Should've been banned long time ago.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    chocolate kills dogs too

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  • [–] 31 points 2 days ago (3 children)

    They don't sneak chocolate into peanut butter and people use peanut butter as a dog treat it as a way to hide medication from dogs.

    Xylitol shouldn't be used in any product a dog might be tempted to eat. And dogs love peanut butter.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    It's amazing that you can actually buy peanut butter that is just strictly peanut butter, no additives. 🤷

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  • [–] 7 points 2 days ago

    There is a bit of a price difference, isn't there? And the all peanuts stuff isn't as good at hiding pills in, is it? Because it is so oily it doesn't form around the pill like the cheap stuff, right?

    So it's amazing and you have to pay more for something absolutely useless for the task at hand. But maybe you didn't know that. Maybe you were being clever but lacking the experience to be helpful.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    Dogs eat shit, therefore my shit should be illegal? Think about that, if we banned it because dogs might eat it there's alot of things we would ban because a pet might eat it.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    Your shit isn't immediately toxic to dogs. But you really should learn to use a toilet and stop leaving shit everywhere.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago

    It’s so common now that it’s a meme trope, but right before a location legalizes THC usage, there is always a maaaaaaaaaassive scare campaign about how literally every single pet is going to eat a thousand weed gummies and die as soon as legalization happens.

    …and then for years after legalization that just never fucking happens because it turns out people love their pets and don’t just casually leave out poison for them.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 days ago

    The fatal dose is significantly lower for xylitol. If my 90 lb dog ate a few pieces of chocolate, he might be miserable for a few days and need a vet visit, but it would take a lot to be fatal. If he ate a few pieces of gum, it could make him much, much sicker or kill him.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

    Xylotol in small amounts tastes sweet and kills the bacteria breaking you teeth. In large quantities it makes you shit hit liquid.

    Edit: hit should have been hot as in burning, 37C not erotic. ;)

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  • [–] 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    In large quantities it makes you shit hit liquid.

    I guess I’ve never had a large quantity as I don’t know what it’s like to shit hit liquid.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    I ate too many gummy bears and my toilet afterward went triple platinum

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  • [–] 11 points 2 days ago* (2 children)
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  • [–] 6 points 2 days ago

    Fun (?) fact, the reason why those sugarless Haribo Bears are so infamous isn’t because of Xylitol - but rather Maltitol.

    I’m pretty good with most artificial sweeteners, but anything more than ~10g of Maltitol over the course of a day creates the sort of farts that clears rooms - and anything approaching 20g causes such horrendous diarrhoea that I wouldn’t even wish it upon my most constipated enemies.

    Not to mention that Maltitol is also a bit of a bastard in that it still partially raises blood sugar levels - so most strict keto diets either abstain or count it as ~50% carbs.

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