Dear Customer,

At the beginning of the year, nearly everyone is set on improving their health, either through exercise, eating better or both. What better time of the year to start reducing the amount of sugar in your diet, and replacing it with all natural XyloSweet. You won’t miss the flavor because XyloSweet tastes like sugar, and you certainly won’t miss sugar’s extra calories and carbohydrates. Please read this month’s Xlear Perspective from Dr. John Peldyak, DMD, on some other ways to incorporate xylitol into your life.

Happy New Year from Xlear, Inc. We hope you enjoy a healthy and prosperous 2007. We look forward to your comments and questions throughout the coming year.

This is the time of year when New Year’s resolutions are made to maintain and improve health.

Some of these resolutions involve drastic changes and may prove difficult to implement. They often involve sacrifice and denial. Many of these good intentions will fail to produce desired improvements and eventually be abandoned.

Ideally, healthy changes do not have to involve be difficult, expensive, or uncomfortable. One easy way to begin is to consider a “health upgrade” on some common sweetened products your family already uses. Xylitol is a natural, health-promoting sweetener that can replace sugar in many applications. Overall costs are similar, and there is no sacrifice or denial involved.

Please read the rest of this article at Xlear.com/perspective.

Xylitol and Xlear in the News

The Practical Use of Xylitol, RDH, Jan. 2007
http://rdh.pennnet.com/display_article/281612
“The ways in which to incorporate xylitol usage into daily life has taken hold. What started as a discovery developed into knowledge through research, and has now spawned a way of life that I feel good about. And I feel good about passing it along to my patients.”

Candy Gets a Health Billing, Miami Herald, Jan. 9, 2007
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/16408384.htm (free reg. required)
“ Sweetened with 100 percent pure xylitol (a natural sugar made from corn cobs and birch trees), bite-sized SparX candies are said to reduce cavities, inhibit plaque formation and reduce gum inflammation. They're no substitute for brushing or flossing, but at 70 calories and 0 grams of fat per tube they can tame a sweet tooth in a pinch. Available in fruit, citrus and berry flavors.”

Sweet without Sugar, thestar.com.my, Dec. 27, 2006
http://thestar.com.my/health/story.asp?file=/2006/12/27/health/16401100&sec=health

Finland Shows what Integrity is, The Korea Times, Dec. 24, 2006
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/special/200612/
“ If asked to pick the most familiar thing about Finland, a large majority of Koreans will undoubtedly say ‘xylitol,’ the popular chewing gum with ingredients preventing tooth-decay that is imported from Finland.”

Dental Hygienist Makes Her New Year’s Resolutions, Ventura County Star, Jan. 1, 2007
http://www.venturacountystar.com/vcs/county_news/article/
Some simple alternatives to flossing.

Cooking with Xylitol

This xylitol recipe is courtesy of the revised and expanded xylitol cookbook "Sweeten Your Life the Xylitol Way," by Karen Edwards, PhD. The recipe book is available through Xlear.com.

Chocolate Cake Squares

2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
4 TBS unsalted butter, melted
1/2 cup water
6 TBS prune puree (1/2 cup pitted prunes, 1 cup water – blended on high for several minutes until smooth)
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
3/4 cup reduced-fat sour cream
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 eggs, separated
1 3/4 cups xylitol

Combine flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt in medium bowl and set aside. In another bowl, mix together melted butter, water, prune puree, applesauce, sour cream, vanilla extract and egg yolks. In a large bowl, beat egg whites with mixer until soft peaks form; gradually add xylitol and beat until peaks are stiff but not dry. Using a spatula, gradually fold dry ingredients into beaten egg whites alternately with liquid ingredients, and stir just until batter is smooth. Transfer the batter to a 9”x13” baking pan that has been buttered, lined with parchment paper, and buttered again. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Yield: 24 servings.

Note suggested cream cheese frostings that go well with this cake are Crème de Methe, Mocha, Peanut Butter or Vanilla. Xylitol cream cheese frosting recipes are available in Karen Edward’s book.

Per serving: Calories: 99.3, Carbs: 19.9g; Fiber: 1.1g, Fat: 3.6g, Sodium: 165.1mg, Net Carbs: 6.5g

Try this recipe, and send in your comments to recipes@xlear.com. Also, if you have a favorite recipe, and we use it in the monthly Cooking with Xylitol section of our newsletter, we'll send you a free, one-pound bag of XyloSweet. Email recipes to recipes@xlear.com.

Buy Xylosweet today: Available in single-serve packets, 1-pound, and 3-pound sizes.

Xlear Product Testimonials

“What can I say, XyloSweet is great! I lost over 30 LBS. My teeth look better. I do not crave regular sugar anymore. In fact, it tastes terrible. I’m telling everybody I know about this stuff. A lot of people bought a lot from me. They love it. I will stay with XyloSweet for the rest of my life. Thanks so much.

“Bryan”

“Makers of Xlear,
“ I have been using Xlear nose spray for about 8 months now and it has helped not only with my nose but I notice my ears are better also. I was using just Nasal Moisturizing Spray, to keep healthy sinus but Xlear is so much better and it helps me from getting colds also.

“Thanks for a good product.
“ J. Johnson”
California

Would you like share your product testimonials with fellow Crystal Xlear readers, please let us know by emailing us at CrystalXlear@xlear.com. If we use your testimonial in our newsletter, we'll send you a free 10-piece pack of Spry gum!

Customer Feedback

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