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Xylitol is harder to digest than [[sucrose]] and other common sweeteners.  This makes it a better sweetener for people to eat, since more energy is spent in the digestive process, thus providing a lower net amount of energy.  This difficulty of breaking xylitol down is even more helpful for dental health.  The bacteria which live in the mouth will capture sugar molecules and digest them for energy as you eat.  When they detect xylitol, they see it as a sugar and capture it.  However, they are often unable to use it, and literally run out of energy trying to break it down.  Therefore,  it helps to remove [[plaque]]-generating, cavity-causing bacteria from the mouth.<ref>"About Xylitol." Xylitol. Web. 1 Dec. 2015. <http://xylitol.org/about-xylitol>.</ref>

Xylitol is harder to digest than [[sucrose]] and other common sweeteners.  This makes it a better sweetener for people to eat, since more energy is spent in the digestive process, thus providing a lower net amount of energy.  This difficulty of breaking xylitol down is even more helpful for dental health.  The bacteria which live in the mouth will capture sugar molecules and digest them for energy as you eat.  When they detect xylitol, they see it as a sugar and capture it.  However, they are often unable to use it, and literally run out of energy trying to break it down.  Therefore,  it helps to remove [[plaque]]-generating, cavity-causing bacteria from the mouth.<ref>"About Xylitol." Xylitol. Web. 1 Dec. 2015. <http://xylitol.org/about-xylitol>.</ref>