Are Erythritol and Stevia Safe? A Review of the Sensational Media Coverage
According to the media coverage of a recent study, eating erythritol is dangerous and may give you a heart attack.
There’s a major detail omitted form this sensational media coverage: obese and metabolically unhealthy people convert glucose and fructose into erythritol.
Is the association with high blood levels of erythritol and cardiovascular events a result of underlying metabolic dysfunction or from high dietary intakes of erythritol? (My guess is the former, not the latter.)
Here’s a quick breakdown of science:
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00:40 Blood levels of erythritol were independently associated with a higher risk for having a future cardiovascular-related event over the course of the study.
02:40 The study did not test for erythritol consumption, just blood levels and outcomes.
05:58 Preloading with a stevia-sweetened beverage before lunch decreased post meal glucose and reduced appetite.
06:30 Consuming stevia and monk fruit favorably effects blood sugar control.