https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-023-02223-9
I assumed they had been secure, esp b/c some sugar alcohols (like trehalose) are pro-longevity, however this sophisticated issues…
Can also somebody PDF this text?
Subsequent focused metabolomics analyses in unbiased US (n = 2,149, NCT00590200) and European (n = 833, DRKS00020915) validation cohorts of steady sufferers present process elective cardiac analysis confirmed this affiliation (fourth versus first quartile adjusted hazard ratio (95% confidence interval), 1.80 (1.18–2.77) and a couple of.21 (1.20–4.07), respectively).
Then Hazen’s group carried out different research that confirmed that erythritol appeared to trigger clotting of blood in laboratory experiments, and that the compound appeared to extend the chance of clotting in sure genetically engineered mice. Coronary heart assaults and strokes typically start as clots in blood vessels.
After that, researchers gave eight volunteers 30 grams of erythritol in a drink, in regards to the quantity that is likely to be present in a pint of low-sugar ice cream. They discovered that blood ranges of the compound persevered.
“This isn’t one thing we present in just some folks,” mentioned Hazen. “This was a really sturdy sign.” Each the human observational research and the research of human platelets, that are concerned in clotting, and in animal fashions all appear to recommend that greater erythritol ranges point out greater threat of clotting.
If it JUST impacts clotting, then it’s a short-term fairly than long-term factor that solely impacts those that are already at excessive threat, and doesn’t essentially have an effect on core charge of growing old, so I’m not too involved but. I don’t have a excessive consumption of it, although I sometimes do bask in keto bread and power drinks.
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Yikes – I’m genetically at excessive threat for clotting and eat the stuff on a regular basis!!! What a drag
Again to the drafting board ![]()
You need to use Scholar if it’s not on sci-hub to request a PDF.
Looks like the chance is overhyped : Extra hype than substance: erythritol and cardiovascular threat
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This is a vital article as a result of it’s a nice instance of the issue with observational research.

