A sugar replacement called erythritol — used to add bulk or sweeten stevia, monkfruit and keto reduced-sugar products — has been linked to blood clotting, stroke, heart attack and death, according to a new study. Dr. Dhruv Khullar joins "CNN This Morning" to discuss the study's findings.
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Erythratol has been in the military MREs for decades. But we didn’t eat them all the time. I have been using Stevia a lot 10 packs a day. Time to taper off.
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The Stevia I use is just pure Stevia, nothing else.
@Connie Garvie I have pure Stevia, green powder, and it tastes nasty.
@James C. you don’t want to use green stevia – i agree, its nasty. you want to use stevia extract. KAL is a good reputable brand. I understand if its not available by you, but please don’t order these types of things from Amazon.
Great information, but don’t you think that there should be a link to the actual study? I mean, it wouldn’t add on any more time to what you noted in the about section. A link to an actual study would give it credibility you know.
@Deborah Freedman I didn’t watch the video, I just knew it’d trigger some trumpistas and maybe some libertarians
@Cheesehead 🧀 – “they need to do better because you’re too lazy to take 2 seconds and google it?”
Two seconds? Did you think that your comment doesn’t carry enough weight, and you needed to exaggerate to make it seem worth presenting.
– “Holy hell the irony. 🤣”
Yes. Pretending to bring sense to the discussion, while actually not doing so, but laughing like a fool. It’s one of the basics in journalism to present your source, and preferably do so in an easily accessible way. Why force thousands of people see the trouble when one person (who gets paid for it) can do it for everybody? We all make mistakes – it’s understandable –, but to brainlessly defend a mistake is less understandable.
@Ado Atero 🤣🤣🤣
Your Google broken, or are you just lazy?
@SGT. NMI – Okay. From now on all you’ll get on news will be titles like “Something is up with X”, “There’s news bout Y”, “A terrible incident in Z” and so on. When you ask “Hey, what is this? Why don’t you tell me more?”, you’ll be answered “Your Google broken, or are you just lazy?” 😉 You may be tempted to say to me “that’s unfair, you are exaggerating!”. Yes, I am, but just as an attempt to make it impossible for you to not see the point. The difference between my exaggerated suggestion and the one you made in your comment (in sarcastic tone) is only quantitative, not qualitative.
Before everybody starts saying otherwise, erythritol is a natural substance. It occurs in certain fruits, molasses and even occurs in the human body too. Just because something is natural doesn’t make it good. Just because something is artificial doesn’t make it bad.
@Diego motta Most cholesterol is synthesized by the body. You can cut cholesterol completely out of your diet, and still have high levels.
Exactly, arsenic is natural, it’s found in apple seeds, for example. But you would not want to put a heaping tablespoon in your coffee every day.
@Diego motta BS. Where do you get your science from? Many oils which are mono and polyscharides are healthful, like olive oil. And everything taken in moderation. The calcium in spinach is 100% good for you. Small amounts of cheese and dairy contain healthful components, ESPECIALLY if they are pastured where they then contain higher levels of CLA which protects your heart. You need some animal products in your diet, because you can only get vitamin K2 from animal sources, and it helps your liver and heart function correctly. And certain essential amino acids; those not produced in the human body ARE ONLY FAT SOLUBLE. If you have no fat in your gut when you consume these essential nutrients, they pass right through you instead of being absorbed. BTW, that myth of “cholesterol causes heart disease” has been debunked, and it’s because the sugar industry paid researchers to say it was fat/cholestrol and the medical community bought it for decades. Sugar causes more damage to your heart. Eat a wide variety of foods, mostly plants, whole grains, seeds/nuts, high quality pastured/wild animal proteins as a side dish (not the main course, that’s veggies/grains), and some dairy and healthy fats, and don’t eat processed foods.
And on the same note, just because it’s “natural” or “found in nature” does not mean it’s safe.
Both natural and artificial can lead to dangerous consequences. A blood potassium level above 6.0 mmol can be deadly and requires immediate treatment. Eating bananas is not equally healthy as taking a vitamin.
“It’s correlation, not causation.”
That should be one of the first things we read/hear, not click-bait titles meant to induce concern or even fear.
Agreed.
Sadly, most people won’t even get that far into the video and even if they did, their vocabulary would be insufficient to comprehend the phrase. Lol
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It doesn’t say causes anywhere in the headline. It says a study finds a link. A correlation is also a link. Your inferences are the problem.
@Boingo Doingo I disagree. Most people now-a-days would assume that the wording of this video’s title means causation. Media knows this and absolutely exploits it. The inference isn’t incorrect in this instance.
@Leo King correlation can be coincidental lmao
As a diabetic, I’ve been advised to either skip soda altogether or use the regular soda in small amounts. You can get 4 Oz. cans of soda. I usually go for unsweetened ice tea.
@Andy Smitty That’s the point. They ARE toxic, we have just been conditioned to think drinking a chemical shitstorm beverage is “normal.”
“From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Matthew 4:17
“Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.” Matthew 5:38-39
“And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.” Matthew 6:5-6|
@D K lol yup! I agree 100%. I remember soda tasting so good, only had maybe 6 in the last 4 years and every time I’ve drank one in the last 4 years, it taste like a chemical more then something tasty.
Why the need for soda drinks? Same way there is no need for processed food products including meat. All contain chemicals that cannot do good for humans when consumed daily
@Tom thumb I’m sure there are other things contributing to that though as well
Damn. My boss just died of a heart attack and he would always rant and rave about being on the Keto diet for the past few years. I wonder if this did him in? He wasn’t even that far long in age (just 62 years old).
“From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Matthew 4:17
“Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.” Matthew 5:38-39
“And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.” Matthew 6:5-6|
Nahhh… more likely the COVID-19 Vaccine. ❤️🙏
Dr. Aitkins died of a heart attack too.
@patrapper7as someone above wrote, this chemical is specifically IN STEVIA. Stevia has additives to it – it is not one ingredient. You may want to look into it or use stevia less.
@Jennifer McGoldrick Atkins @ 72 years old & 258 pounds later! 🤔
Corn derivative. You will find 50+ names for corn and corn derivative in damn near anything. You have to read all labels to avoid corn. Most common name… Maltodextrin. Heck they use it in toothpaste, lotion, medications for anti caking, laundry detergent, meat like ham or per seasoned meat, bread… Life is hard without corn. Imagine not being able to take a common allergy med.
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I need to avoid wheat and corn and you are correct, some derivative of corn is in about everything. I found out about maltodextrin by trial and error.
In this country, all you need is a lobbyist and a stack of C-Notes, and you can market just about anything you want.
The one single reason corn is in nearly everything but whole foods is: It’s subsidized by the federal government. That’s right, farmers that produce the toxic production corn (not the kind you buy in the produce section and cook, because you can’t eat the one they use to make maltodextrin—it tastes horrible on the cob) get paid by our government, yet no one is subsidizing broccoli or spinach, or apples. Our government is paying industry to make us sick.
Huh. So now it’s sweetener. And eggs. And grapefruit. And exercise. And video games.
*And not the obvious thing that’s causing this spike in heart attacks.*
There is no spike in heart attacks. That is, unless you’re listening to supplement salesmen.
Fact: 99% of people who died in car accidents cleaned their teeth that morning. That’s why I don’t clean my teeth anymore, too risky 😮😮😮
lol
That’s not a controlled study. There’s a difference.
That didn’t include people from Alabama obviously.
Water is lovely, sugar now and then, at least we know for sure that nature sussed out how to metabolise those pretty well. ☺️
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The fact that he thought that AI could be useful in treating mental health issues makes me completely discredit any report he made on Stevia.
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Basically, it sounds like this sweetener is the opposite of a modern blood thinner medication. If someone is taking a blood thinner, then this sweetener could be countering the benefit of the medication. If someone is in a risk category that would benefit from taking a blood thinner, then this sweetener could add to that risk.
I tried stevia once, and found that my taste buds largely failed to detect any sweetness. I was adding as many as 5-6 packets to a cup of coffee before the bitter taste of the coffee was going away a bit, but it still did not make the coffee taste sweet in the normal sense.
I tried all of them only once.
They left a bad aftertaste in my mouth.
Long live honey. Everything in moderation.
I learned a long time ago that if you want to sweeten something, just use real sugar, or maybe honey. I don’t know much about agave but I hear it’s good too. Your body is designed to process natural sugars, the problem is we eat too much of it.
Anything artificial is bad for you no matter how much they try to say it’s healthy. Remember, these people have products to sell and they’ll tell you whatever you need to hear to buy it.
Exactly, it’s not that eating cane sugar in itself is bad, it’s how we eat it and how much we eat it, in conjunction with all the other simple carbs that our bodies process as sugar, like white bread, snack cakes, potato chips and so on. It’s better to eat a little bit of cane sugar with a meal that consists of fruits, veggies, whole grains/seeds/nuts and healthy proteins and oils. If you eat say a teaspoon of sugar in your coffee with a whole grain English muffin topped with pastured eggs, spinach and mushroom saute, and sprinkled with a little bit of cheese, it will absorb slow.
Damn, this whole time I thought it was safe and effective.
This and other stories I have heard in the media leave several questions unanswered. Is Stevia the same as Erythritol? Does Erythritol contain Stevia? Does Stevia contain Erythritol? If a product says Stevia or Stevia root, does this mean it’s link to heart attacks and stroke?
Stevia and Erythritol aren’t the same.
Exclusively different.
Literally, I get physically i’ll from all artificial sweeteners-stevia, equal, sweet & lo, and especially the one in diet cokes-doesn’t matter which one as soon as it hits my stomach my body rejects it violently-like if someone gave me a diet drink by mistake at a restaurant situation. Artificial sweeteners are what contributed to my late mother’s organ failure at 65 bc she wouldn’t give up diet cokes after 30 years of drinking them. This has happened a lot more than anyone will ever talk about.
– “Literally, I get physically i’ll from all artificial sweeteners-stevia, equal, sweet & lo, and especially the one in diet cokes-doesn’t matter which one as soon as it hits my stomach my body rejects it violently-like if someone gave me a diet drink by mistake at a restaurant situation.”
I don’t think that kind of reactions are normal or common. Perhaps you should go to see a doctor to make sure that you don’t have a serious underlying health condition, just to be sure.
– “Artificial sweeteners are what contributed to my late mother’s organ failure at 65 ”
Is that official, or just your own thinking?
– “This has happened a lot more than anyone will ever talk about.”
How do you know it happens more than it’s talked about?
Simple answer to avoiding this sweetener in other sorts of zero calorie ones like Splenda or Stevia. Use the liquid drops versions of them, which also eliminates the maltodextrin that is also used to bulk up the dry versions of these products. The Splenda drops has neither erythritol nor maltodextrin so this criticism of that product isn’t accurate.The dry or granular version has maltodextrin and only the stevia version has the erythritol which is most likely used to counter the slight bitter aftertaste most stevia products have.
Every other day there’s a “new study” claiming various foods have a negative or even positive impact on health. Then many of them are later contradicted. I guess moderation and not being too alarmed about every “study”, is key.
News can be a HUGE stressor if you consume too much… I’m just saying… (but seriously).