Looks like they're trying to blame Erythritol and Xylitol for suddenly clotting. Anything but the clot shot!
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A friend sent me these hit pieces earlier today. The study is of course full of holes and not even statistically significant with just 20 people but of course there's plenty of scary word salad.
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/08/08/health/erythritol-blood-clotting-wellness
From my own research, erythritol and xylitol are fairly benign as sweetener alternatives. I've been eating/drinking them for years without issue. What is suspicious however is that they are sweeteners that don't eradicate the good gut bacteria in humans like sucralose does. So in my opinion, getting rid of sweeteners that don't constantly break down the immune system is a win/win in their ongoing depop campaign.
They're not artificial either, our bodies produce a bit of erythritol even. I keep seeing people falsely claim them to be synthetic.
Yeah, they're as natural as refined sugar in a lot of ways. There is also monk fruit extract.
Erythritol good. Some people don't tolerate it very well and it can cause gas and bloating as well as an upset stomach. Some people move past it though.
Good for keto. One of the better alternatives to sugar, does not have that weird taste that I find Stevia has either.
Sucralose on the other hand is not that great for you. Bad for your gut flora in particular.
I would drink it in a pinch or in smaller amounts, but I'd rather use erythritol. I tolerate it pretty well at this point and it helped a lot when I was losing weight. A blend with monk fruit isn't bad either.
Yeah I've been using monk fruit and stevia (with erythritol) as a 1:1 sugar substitute in baking, pancakes, coffee sweetener for some time now and never felt intestinal distress myself but I don't consume large amounts of it anyway since my tastebuds long ago re-sensitized to sweetness. Even if I use it to just replace half of the sugar in a batch of cookies or muffins it makes for a big drop in calories without affecting the taste.
My friend who was panicking about this wasn't comprehending that from the few numbers I could dig up about this "study" these people were essentially consuming enough to be equivalent to over a liter of soda a day which is terrible for you to begin with.