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

CNN ^ | 6/6/24 | Sandee LaMotte

[Bigg Red]

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[CaptainK]

I used that nose spray during the height of COVID. Never got COVID and I’m still standing.

[CheshireTheCat]

They are trying to get rid of X Clear because it works. There is a big difference between the amount of Xlitol, or whatever it is, with two squirts up your note compared to mainlining diet soda, gums, and sugar free candy.

[CaptainPhilFan]

Is it just me? Did I hit my head or breather in too much chlorine today? I don’t understand what this article is trying to convince people of.

Look at this - “blood levels went up 1000 fold”. WHAT levels went up? Surely not blood sugar, right?

>>> 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 <<<

Because further down we read “because xylitol doesn’t spike blood sugar levels”,

>>>“When you eat sugar, your glucose level may go up 10% or 20% but it doesn’t go up a 1,000-fold,” said Hazen ....

“It’s sold as a so-called natural sweetener, and because xylitol doesn’t spike blood sugar levels, it’s also marketed as low carb and keto friendly,” Hazen said. <<<

BUT in the middle we do read that “scientists are blaming blood clots and heart attacks on xylitol” but they don’t know how exactly that works.

>>> Additional lab and animal research presented in both papers revealed erythritol and xylitol may cause blood platelets to clot more readily. Clots can break off and travel to the heart, triggering a heart attack, or to the brain, triggering a stroke.

In the new study on xylitol, “differences in platelet behavior were seen even after a person consumed a modest quantity of xylitol in a drink typical of a portion consumed in real life,” said Dr. Matthew Tomey <<<<

[virgil]

I just spent over $500 so the vet could tell me my 15 y.o. cat is constipated.

[minnesota_bound]

They taste not like sugar but some chemical concoction.
xylitol and erythitol

You are safe. The FDA says so.....

The FDA has determined these sweeteners are safe, or not toxic, for the general public:

Aspartame.
Acesulfame potassium (Ace-K)
Sucralose.
Neotame.
Advantame.
Saccharin.