A sugar replacement called erythritol used to add bulk or sweeten stevia, monkfruit and keto reduced-sugar products has been linked to blood clotting, stroke, heart attack and death, according to a new study. The degree of risk was not modest, said lead study author Dr. Stanley Hazen, director of the Center for Cardiovascular Diagnostics and Prevention at the Cleveland ClinicLerner Research Institute. People with existing risk factors for heart disease, such as diabetes, were twice as likely to experience a heart attack or stroke if they had the highest levels of erythritol in their blood, according to the study, published Monday in the journal Nature Medicine. If your blood level of erythritol was in the top 25% compared to the bottom 25%, there was about a two-fold higher risk for heart attack and stroke. Its on par with the strongest of cardiac risk factors, like diabetes, Hazen said. Additional lab and animal research presented in the paper revealed that erythritol appeared to be causing 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.
Considering its used in some energy drinks, which have already been linked to heart attack and stroke, this could be a serious issue for some of us here.
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