The popular artificial sweetener erythritol, which is used as a sugar substitute in many low-calorie, low-carb and keto products, has been linked to heightened risk of heart attack, stroke and death, according to a study published in Nature Medicine.
. “Sugar-free” products with erythritol are often recommended to individuals with obesity, diabetes or metabolic syndrome — who are already at risk for such cardiovascular health problems, the paper’s authors note., a cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic, called for more research into alternative sweeteners. “Cardiovascular disease builds over time, and heart disease is the leading cause of death globally,” he said. “We need to make sure the foods we eat aren’t hidden contributors.
Hazen wrote in an email that his team did not set out to study artificial sweeteners, but was rather looking to find chemicals in the blood that identified “who was at risk for a future heart attack, stroke or dying in the next three years.” The compound that predicted this “ended up being Erythritol.” His team then developed a test for it, independently tested their hypothesis and replicated the findings.
, said many “natural” labels amount to “misleading marketing,” noting that people assume, “If it occurs in nature, it’s probably not as bad for us.” Neely said the Cleveland Clinic study is “extremely important, and it will likely trigger immediate changes in what we consume,” emphasizing that researchers went in “without any specific agenda.” The study highlights that “we don’t fully understand what the health consequences of industrialized food have been, and just because something is sold as ‘natural’ doesn’t mean it is safe or good for us to consume at an industrial scale.
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