Xylitol [Artificial sweetener] may affect cardiovascular health

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A recent NIH-funded study by a team of researchers, led by Dr. Stanley Hazen at the Cleveland Clinic,
suggested that an artificial sweetener called erythritol might exacerbate heart disease.

In their earlier study, the team found that blood erythritol levels were associated with future risk of major adverse cardiovascular events, such as heart attack or stroke. They also found that other sugar alcohols in the blood were associated with this risk, one of which they tentatively identified as xylitol. For the new study, the team examined a group of more than 2,000 people using a method to better distinguish xylitol from related compounds. Results appeared in the European Heart Journal on June 6, 2024.

The team found that people with the highest xylitol levels (top third) were about 50% more likely to have cardiovascular events over the next three years as those with the lowest (bottom third).

Blood components called platelets help blood to clot. In the group’s earlier research, erythritol made platelets more sensitive to blood clotting signals. In this study, the researchers exposed human platelets to xylitol to see if it had the same effect. Doing so increased the platelets’ sensitivity to blood clotting signals, much like erythritol did. Increasing blood xylitol levels also sped up blood clot.

“This study again shows the immediate need for investigating sugar alcohols and artificial sweeteners, especially as they continue to be recommended in combating conditions like obesity or diabetes,” Hazen says. “It does not mean throw out your toothpaste if it has xylitol in it, but we should be aware that consumption of a product containing high levels could increase the risk of blood clot-related events.”

Xylitol may affect cardiovascular health

Higher blood levels of the artificial sweetener xylitol were associated with increased risk of heart attack and stroke in people.

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[boingyman]

Not this shit again.... Also none of the packets in the photo contain sugar alcohols, let alone xylitol...

 

[lsa]

@Slobodan snorts xylitol
He is not a well person

 

[Madmick]

Not this shit again.... Also none of the packets in the photo contain sugar alcohols, let alone xylitol...

LOL, throw out your Trident!

Also, to reinforce your frustration, let's take a moment to remind everyone that as a matter of broad correlation, without controlling for people who moderate intake and keep their body mass levels at appropriate levels, sugar consumption is irrefutably associated with elevated rates of heart disease.

 

[Wilmer Digreux]

Stay away from anything sweet. It's all bad.

 

[Berserker13]

All the ones in the photos will actually provide digestion and blood sugar issues

 

[milliniar]

Was this in xyience?

 

[Osculater]

I use Splenda made from real sugar

 

[Osculater]

Was this in xyience?

It's its cousin

 

[I Am Legion]

These studies are such shit. I don't doubt this stuff will fuck with your system. Anything in large amounts can be harmful. I Use Stevia to sweeten my Green Tea. A dash of honey. I am watching my A1-C so I do need non sugar sweeteners.

 

[Your Salad]

Its bad for dogs. Don't give your dog Trident regardless of how much they beg.
I give my dog Juicy fruit.

 

[Belaya Smert]

I don’t get why to even use artificial.
If i want extra sugar add honey.
Limit sugars don’t look for new ways to add it to shit.

 

[Osculater]

I don’t get why to even use artificial.
If i want extra sugar add honey.
Limit sugars don’t look for new ways to add it to shit.

I don't need the extra calories when eating a country breakfast

 

[Belaya Smert]

I don't need the extra calories when eating a country breakfast

That much sausage you prob want to slather in Grade A Vermont Maple

 

[Osculater]

That much sausage you prob want to slather in Grade A Vermont Maple

 

[liner]

I use Splenda made from real sugar

I just tried some Splenda in my tea today. Disgusting
I'll stick with real sugar or honey

 

[Osculater]

I just tried some Splenda in my tea today. Disgusting
I'll stick with real sugar or honey

Do what you like

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

Tea? I get my daily sugar intake from a 6 pack of Dr Peppers...

 

[Thepaintbucket]

We all gotta die sooner or later. Don't be a 300 lb cow, don't drink all the time and maybe do a little exercise.

You're welcome

 

[GSP_37]

I used Chupa Melody pop to flavor my on the road ice water bottle and not sure if same bottle, but I noticed some white stuff in the water almost like paper. Also, the plastic lolipop stick doesn't really act as a whistle, it's just the lolipop itself shaped like whistle which works.

I thought xylitol and erithritol were safe and often drank Sobe Lifewater for Vitamins B for energy. I don't really see Sobe Water anymore. I need to see if Subway cookies use this stuff because I noticed quite a few times eating just one or two cookies made my heart beat too fast. I read this stuff accumulates in the body.