(Taiwan English News / Zhu Mingzhu comprehensive foreign report) The artificial sweetener “erythritol” (erythritol) has the advantage of approaching zero calories, and is often regarded as a sugar substitute for people who love sweets but are obese and diabetic Taste. However, the latest research has found that “erythritol” can cause excessive activation of platelets, induce blood clots, and increase the risk of heart disease and stroke.
Excessive sugar intake will increase the risk of obesity, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, cancer and other diseases, so will artificial sweeteners also have health concerns?
A research team from the Cleveland Clinic in the United States analyzed the blood samples of more than 4,000 people in the United States and Europe who are undergoing heart disease risk assessment, and found that people with high levels of erythritol in their blood were more likely to develop major heart disease within 3 years. The risk of heart disease and stroke is 2 times higher, and the researchers also confirmed this argument in mouse experiments.ShouldResearchPublished in the journal Nature Medicine on February 27.
“We also found in the study that when subjects drank a drink containing a lot of erythritol , the level of erythritol in the blood was significantly increased, even higher than the level that would increase the risk of blood clots.
Cardiovascular disease is one of the most common causes of death globally and is the result of years of injury, so we want to make sure that what we put in our stomachs doesn’t contain hidden health risks, he said.
However, Hazen emphasized that further research is still needed to confirm the long-term effects of erythritol on the human body, especially in high-risk groups of cardiovascular diseases; in addition, current studies only show that erythritol is associated with heart disease and stroke, but it does not represent There is absolute cause and effect.
The sweetness of erythritol is 70% of that of sucrose, and it is mainly fermented from corn. Because it has almost no calories, and its sweetness and taste are similar to sucrose, it is widely used in food additives, as well as low-carbon and ketogenic diets. Sugar substitutes for obese and diabetic patients. After ingestion, it can be quickly absorbed by the small intestine into the blood, and is mainly excreted through urine, with little change in blood sugar, so it is a very popular artificial sweetener in recent years.
The artificial sweetener “erythritol” does not contain calories, but American studies show that it may increase the risk of heart disease and stroke
