The same group from Cleveland Clinic recently raised similar concerns about another sugar alcohol called xylitol.

克利夫兰诊所同一组，最近对另一种叫“木糖”糖提出了类似担忧。

Other sweeteners, such as xylitol, which is commonly used in chewing gum, are comparable in sweetness to sugar.

其他甜味，香糖中常用木糖，甜度与糖相当。

When dogs and cats ingest xylitol, it’s not processed the way it is in humans.

当狗和猫摄入木糖时， 其处理方式与人类不同。

Xylitol poisoning has been better studied in dogs, since dogs are more likely to eat sweet things that they aren’t supposed to.

木糖中毒在狗身上得到了研究，因为狗有可能吃它们不应该吃甜食。

It's used as a low-calorie sweetener in everything from soft drinks to snack bars, and there are lots of different kinds, like erythritol, xylitol, or sorbitol.

在很多食物中，它被用作一种低卡路里甜味，从饮料到零食，而且它有不同种类，比说赤藓糖，木糖，或者是山梨糖。

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has approved some of the health claims food manufacturers have made about sweeteners such as xylitol, sorbitol and sucralose.

欧洲食品安全局 ( EFSA) 已批准食品制造商对木糖、 山梨糖和三氯蔗糖等甜味做出一些健康声明。

It’s used as a low-calorie sweetener in everything from soft drinks to snack bars, and there are lots of different kinds, like erythritol, xylitol, or sorbitol.

从软饮料到小吃店， 它都被用作低热量甜味，种类繁多，赤藓糖、木糖或山梨糖。

Toothpaste, along with sugar free gum and mints, often contains a sweetening ingredient called xylitol that’s been found to be extremely toxic to both dogs and cats.

牙膏以及无糖香糖和薄荷糖通常含有一种叫做木糖甜味成分，这种成分被发现对狗和猫都有剧毒。