I have been chewing xylitol gum a lot lately. Would you recommend getting the xylitol powder. How do I know what is good and what is bad xylitol? Would chewing a lot of the gum have the same affect? I have more access to the gum over here in where I am living. I am working in Korea, and they have tons of xylitol gum. I think it is helping my oral candida, but I am not sure yet. It hasn't been cleared. It is still there, so it is too early to say. I've been taking coconut oil as well, and I hope I get cleared within a couple of months, because four months seems like a very long time to be on a candida diet. It's tough on me.