Xylitol: A Sweetener For Health.

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On a food label you might find xylitol classified as a carbohydrate but it is actually a natural sugar alcohol known more specifically as a polyalcohol. Learn what it does, where it comes from and how it can help you!

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[Joka]

The majority of that article was Plagiarized.

Shame on the author.

Originally Posted by Joka

The majority of that article was Plagiarized.

Shame on the author.

Shame on you Joka! We need articles on natural sugars for diabetics & weight loss.

[G.W. Hayduke]

From where exactly? I wrote this article and used many seperate sources. I think that when writing research articles there is bound to be similarities since the science will be the same. I guarantee that any perceived plagiarism is a coincidence.

[Joka]

Originally posted by Aeternitatis
From where exactly? I wrote this article and used many seperate sources. I think that when writing research articles there is bound to be similarities since the science will be the same. I guarantee that any perceived plagiarism is a coincidence.

Perceived plagiarism???

You plagiarized, plain and simple. If you took information from other sources and failed to acknowledge those sources, then you have plagiarised. The work is not yours. Just through a simple search i have been able to find several sources from which you have Copied and pasted into to create this article, such as xylitol.org

[G.W. Hayduke]

Okay, I'm not trying to start an argument. I just find it strange that you say I copied and pasted segments from xylitol.org when that website wasn't even one of my sources. Though upon review of the website, much of the information is familiar. I think the site may have been created after I wrote the article.

In any case, I maintain that any plagiarism is a coincidence, hard as that is to believe. I did A LOT of reading when preparing the Xylitol article.

How about this. If you can show me where I "copied and pasted" then I will rewrite the entire article with including expanded sources and information.

[Joka]

Originally posted by Aeternitatis
Okay, I'm not trying to start an argument. I just find it strange that you say I copied and pasted segments from xylitol.org when that website wasn't even one of my sources. Though upon review of the website, much of the information is familiar. I think the site may have been created after I wrote the article.

In any case, I maintain that any plagiarism is a coincidence, hard as that is to believe. I did A LOT of reading when preparing the Xylitol article.

How about this. If you can show me where I "copied and pasted" then I will rewrite the entire article with including expanded sources and information.

I dont think you understand what plagiarism is. It is not enough to simply re-word information that you have taken from another source, for they are not your orginal thoughts or ideas.

It is still plagiarism if you extract another person's concepts, experimental results, or conclusions and fail to acknowledge those sources.

In all honesty, i dont really care, but there should atleast be a minimum standard that these articles should adhere to. I would hate to think people just wrote such articles to simply gain the supplement credits.

[G.W. Hayduke]

You're right, I should've included a bibliography. The only reason I didn't is because I hate writing out those stupid things (bad excuse, I know). If you're up for it, give me a couple of guidelines to work by. I will use these for future articles as well as my planned "remodeling" of some of my old articles.

I still maintain though that I did not knowingly plagiarize anything. I'm almost 100% sure that the website xylitol.org wasn't even up when I wrote my article. I'll bet that's hard to believe but it is the truth.

In any case, I'll be sure to include sources for all my future articles and see about fixing the problems with my old ones.

I'm diabetic and think Xylitol is helping to keep my sugar levels low.

I hope more research will be done. I've tried to talk to my health care team about it,but none want to listen.

I hope you will post any new findings and keep me up to date on whats going on.

I am very happy to come across your article while doing my own research. Take no notice of miserable people who just look to make trouble.

Thank you and bless you jacqueline.

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