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2023-02-28 Science & Technology

Sugar substitute linked to heart attacks, stroke, death; 'stay away,' lead researcher advises

[Blaze] Erythritol, a popular zero-calorie sugar substitute, has been linked to blood clotting, stroke, heart attack, and death, according to a study published online in Nature Medicine journal Monday.

"The degree of risk was not modest," lead study author Dr. Stanley Hazen, director of the center for cardiovascular diagnostics and prevention at the Cleveland ClinicLerner Research Institute told CNN.

"For people who are at risk for clotting, heart attack and stroke — like people with existing cardiac disease or people with diabetes — I think that there’s sufficient data here to say stay away fromerythritol until more studies are done," Hazen also said.

"This certainly sounds an alarm," Dr. Andrew Freeman, director of cardiovascular prevention and wellness at Denver's National Jewish Health hospital told the outlet. Freeman was not involved in the research.

"There appears to be a clotting risk from using erythritol," Freeman also said.

WHAT DID THE STUDY FIND?
"Our findings reveal that erythritol is both associated with incident MACE risk and fosters enhanced thrombosis," the authors say in their study.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-02-28 05:54|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ] Top

#1 And sugar is healthy?

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-02-28 08:20|| 2023-02-28 08:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Since 1990, erythritol has had a history of safe use as a sweetener and flavor-enhancer in food and beverage products, and is approved for use by government regulatory agencies of more than 60 countries.

Erythritol is absorbed rapidly into the blood, with peak amounts occurring in under two hours; the majority of an oral dose (80 to 90%) is excreted unchanged in the urine within 24 hours.

Apparently, the study showed...high but considered safe doses of erythritol were shown to be associated by heightened blood clotting ... .

So don't overdo the stuff, or you'll get vax symptoms. Hey! I wonder if the study controlled for vaccination status?

Posted by Bobby 2023-02-28 08:21|| 2023-02-28 08:21|| Front Page Top

#3 But don't worry about the mRNA jabs that do the same things.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-02-28 08:43|| 2023-02-28 08:43|| Front Page Top

#4 I wonder if the study controlled for vaccination status?

"Hey, shut up!", they explained. "We're scientists."

Posted by SteveS 2023-02-28 08:43|| 2023-02-28 08:43|| Front Page Top

#5 Mylady's kisses are sweet enough.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-02-28 09:14|| 2023-02-28 09:14|| Front Page Top

#6 I have ignored all the health hysteria during my lifetime and somehow, by some inexplicable miracle, have made it to 74.

Posted by Tom 2023-02-28 10:14|| 2023-02-28 10:14|| Front Page Top

#7 Sooner or later we will all die. The only question is when and how. I prefer later and not from diabetes or morbid obesity so I avoid sugar like the plague.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-02-28 11:48|| 2023-02-28 11:48|| Front Page Top

#8 I can get by nicely without the artificial crap too.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-02-28 11:48|| 2023-02-28 11:48|| Front Page Top

#9 A BS article? I tried looking up "fromerythritol" and found scant information on it. Even Wikipedia doesn't have an article on this.

And there's no mention of what brand name(s) the sweeter is sold under.

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2023-02-28 12:17|| 2023-02-28 12:17|| Front Page Top

#10 From the cited study, an 'oh, by the way' - Many observational epidemiological studies report that artificial sweetener use is associated with various adverse health outcomes including CVD mortality, while others do not.

One possible explanation for these conflicting findings is the difficulty in reliably quantifying that vascular disease and thrombosis are multifactorial phenotypes. [You mean, like, complex relationships? Ya think?]

The association of circulating erythritol levels with incident CVD event risks and enhanced thrombosis formation in preclinical models may thus involve factors beyond platelet responsiveness.

Like spike proteins, perhaps? Family history? Genetic makeup? SO 'more study' is suggested.

Posted by Bobby 2023-02-28 12:21|| 2023-02-28 12:21|| Front Page Top

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