Common low-calorie sweetener linked to heart attack and stroke, study finds (xylitol)

CNN ^ | 6/6/24 | Sandee LaMotte

[CaptainK]

A low-calorie sweetener called xylitol used in many reduced-sugar foods and consumer products such as gum and toothpaste may be linked to nearly twice the risk of heart attacks, stroke and death in people who consume the highest levels of the sweetener, a new study found.

“We gave healthy volunteers a typical drink with xylitol to see how high the levels would get and they went up 1,000-fold,” said senior study author Dr. Stanley Hazen, director of the Center for Cardiovascular Diagnostics and Prevention at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute.

[CaptainK]

Is there such a thing as a safe artificial sweetener.

[Right Brother]

The only thing ‘safe’ is the vaccine and marijuana. Or so I’ve been told.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Xylitol is poisonous to dogs, too.

https://search.brave.com/search?q=xylitol+poisoning+in+dogs+timeline&source=web&summary=1&summary_og=e512696560296e7511acf9

[rarestia]

Literally put a piece of gum in my mouth when I read this article, looked at the gum, first ingredient: xylitol.

Is nothing sacred?

[crosdaddy]

Killed my next door neighbors Plott hound, who I would dog sit for, miss that ‘ol hound dog girl

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Key take-away: don’t eat toothpaste for breakfast.

[grimalkin]

Just drink water and eat bugs. /sarc

[CaptainK]

A Doctor just recommended a xylitol spray for drymouth. So many products use this sweetner, what will they switch to?

Maybe it wasn’t the vax but xylitol that’s causing all the “ sudden deaths”

[BradyLS]

“We’re all gonna die of somethin’. —Jocelyn Elders

“Life’ll kill ya.” —Warren Zevon

[j.havenfarm]

I had just paid $400 to have my lab Lucy’s stomach pumped and vitamin k treatment after she’d gotten into rat poison in the neighbor’s garage. I saw she’d eaten some of my xylitol gum, per online probably sub-fatal dose. I sat down next to her, put my arm around her, and said “Girl, we’re going to have to ride this one out.” Fortunately nothing came of it

[COSIllinois]

I look to CNN FOR ALL my nutritional health needs. WHO FUNDED THE STUDY! COME ON FOLKS!!!!!

[Gene Eric]

that wasn’t very nice of you

[CheshireTheCat]

Hasn’t Xylitol, especially that used in nose spray, been shown to inhibit viruses?

Hmm.

[Dr. Sivana]

Xylitoli is not artificial.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Xylitol is poisonous to dogs, too.

So is Chocolate and Onions.

[glorgau]

xylitol in gum is good for cavity prevention. I’m sticking with it.

[Dr. Sivana]

Get Bazooka gum or Double Bubble. Even Juicy Fruit has Aspartame these days.

[BradyLS]

“We gave healthy volunteers a typical drink with xylitol to see how high the levels would get and they went up 1,000-fold,” said senior study author Dr. Stanley Hazen, director of the Center for Cardiovascular Diagnostics and Prevention at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute.

Nothing about that sentence makes sense to me. What is a “typical drink?” What is a “high level?” A “thousand-fold” sounds hyperbolic.

[lee martell]

Conclusion: Everything good is bad.

[Duke C.]

100% of people who drink water will die. It is time to ban water!