New Study Shows Erythritol is Linked to Heart Attack and Stroke

A new study has found a strong association between consumption of erythritol (a zero calorie sweetener used in many sugar-free products) and blood clotting, stroke, heart attack and death. Listen in this week as Dee talks about the details of this study and what it means for your health.Reference:Witkowski, M., Nemet, I., Alamri, H., Wilcox, J., Gupta, N., Nimer, N., Haghikia, A., Li, X. S., Wu, Y., Saha, P. P., Demuth, I., König, M., Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., Cajka, T., Fiehn, O., Landmesser, U., Tang, W. H., & Hazen, S. L. The artificial sweetener erythritol and cardiovascular event risk. Nature Medicine (2023). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-023-02223-9