Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip to Health - Resources and discussion for everything health-related@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 days agoCommon sweetener [erythritol] found to significantly and immediately boost heart attack and stroke riskwww.earth.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up180arrow-down18
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minus-squarescytale@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 days agoRegardless of the methodology used for this study, I’ve switched to pure stevia now. I hate that a lot of stevia products actually use erythritol and just list it in small font.
minus-squareLudicrous0251@piefed.zipOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoI’ve been swapping half of my sugar in my morning coffee with a few drops pure liquid monk fruit. No idea if that’s better or worse than erythritol.
minus-squarescytale@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·7 days agoI’m not sure either, but I figured if it comes naturally from a plant, it might be safer.
minus-squareLudicrous0251@piefed.zipOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 days agoAgreed, but then again, so does arsenic…
Regardless of the methodology used for this study, I’ve switched to pure stevia now. I hate that a lot of stevia products actually use erythritol and just list it in small font.
I’ve been swapping half of my sugar in my morning coffee with a few drops pure liquid monk fruit. No idea if that’s better or worse than erythritol.
I’m not sure either, but I figured if it comes naturally from a plant, it might be safer.
Agreed, but then again, so does arsenic…