Inā ʻike ʻoe iā ʻoe iho nalo me ka ʻole o ka nau ʻana, mai hopohopo! Aia kekahi mau ʻano o ka ʻōpala i kūpono me ka meaʻai ketogenic:
ʻO ka mea like ʻole o kēia mau ʻāʻī a pau ʻo kā lākou mea ʻono nui, ʻo ka xylitol, he waiʻona kōpaʻa kūpono me ka meaʻai keto ʻaʻole i helu ʻia i kāu palena ʻai i kēlā me kēia lā. Ma ke ʻano he hopena ʻaoʻao maikaʻi e ʻike ʻia, ua ʻike kekahi mau haʻawina ʻo ka nau ʻana o ka xylitol-based gum ma hope o ka ʻai ʻana hiki ke hoʻomaikaʻi i ke olakino niho:
Hoʻonui ka nau ʻana i ka ʻōpala i nā kaʻina hoʻomaʻemaʻe waika a me ka lawe ʻana i nā molekala calcium phosphate pono e hoʻomaʻamaʻa hou i ka enamel niho. ʻO ka manawa i ʻōlelo ʻia e nau ai i ka ʻōpala ma hope o ka ʻai ʻana he 20 mau minuke. ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka xylitol gum no ka ʻoi aku ma mua o 3 mau pule e alakaʻi i kahi hōʻemi pōkole a lōʻihi hoʻi i ka pua pua a me ka plaque.
ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻaʻole maikaʻi nā ʻano ʻē aʻe o ka gum. E mālama i nā ʻōpala i loaʻa ke kōno ka mea, he mea ʻole lākou i ka ʻai keto. E pale pū i nā hōʻailona i loaʻa maltitol, he mea ʻono ʻole keto. Ma waho aʻe o nā xylitol-based brands, ʻo ka hapa nui o ke kōpaʻa ʻole i loaʻa nā mea ʻono i makemake ʻole ʻia e like me aspartame a me ka sorbitol, ʻaʻole ia he mea ʻino loa, akā ʻaʻole kūpono inā hiki iā ʻoe ke koho i kahi kāpī maikaʻi loa no kāu ʻai keto.
