Sweet X

 

Xylitol

The Sweetest X

Cycle 1

Day 51

Dear Diary,

Xylitol is another sweetener (a sugar alcohol) aside from Stevia that is allowed in The Virgin Diet.  It also helps with weight loss.
Everyday, is a challenge especially finding clean foods. Yesterday,

I bought a 1 lb. of Xylitol from the health food store.  On the front of the bag clearly stated 100% Xylitol. I turned the bag over and tried to find the ingredients on the back but the ingredients were not listed. I asked the store clerk to see if she would help me find the ingredients listed on the bag of Xylitol. She carefully looked at the bag with eyes moving from left to right, searching for a list of ingredients. Then said, "There nothing here, but on the front is Xylitol 100% Pure, so it must be Xylitol. 

I purchased it and bought it home. Reviewing the information on the back of the package again, I still did not find the product information or ingredients listed.

Finally, I noticed a toll-free number at the very bottom of the bag of  Xylitol. A note near the number instructed that I should call if there were any questions, so I did. After 4 or 5 tries,  I got  through and a human voice, a gentleman answered the phone. I proceeded to tell him about the Xylitol that I had purchased, and that I could not find the ingredients listed on the package. He was a pleasant man, "I'll be happy to help you" he said. Okay, I said, could you please tell me what your Xylitol is made from? He answered, "Our Xylitol is made from fine corn husk".  He started to continue, when stopped him, thanked him for the information and hung up the  phone. I thought,  Corn husk? Why, that's one of the 7 forbidden foods that I am not allowed to have with The Virgin Diet.

I 'll will try and get it online.

It's incredible!  Look..., even though I read the labels and searched the labels for a list of ingredients, I still ended up making a telephone call to find out what was in the Xylitol that I had purchased. I'll return it to the health food store on my next trip and exchange it for pure a Xylitol product.

My sister said that she has had issues too with hidden or non listed ingredients on some foods and had to called the manufacturer as well.  It's a challenge, but well worth it.

Sometimes, I feel like Sherlock Holmes when I'm searching for and reading product labels look for the list of 

I am taking a magnifying glass along and wearing a Sherlock Holmes hat(well, the hat might be a bit much) on my next health food visit.  
Anyway, it is sort of like being a detective.

Diary, it's been real.

Until later,