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From: Snowshoe	6/8/2024 4:04:18 AM
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Eating Foods With Xylitol Can Be a Risk to Your Heart health.clevelandclinic.org June 7, 2024 Xylitol in processed food can increase risk of heart attack and stroke — but there’s no danger in xylitol in oral care products If you’re watching your sugar intake, you’re probably already well-acquainted with sugar-free packaged snacks and sweets. All the taste, none of the sugar or calories! It’s like a miracle. But how do they do it? In many of these products, the answer is sugar alcohols. They’re manufactured sugar substitutes that give foods the sweet, sweet taste of sugar but without spiking your glucose levels — adding taste without any calories. But what was once hailed as a major win for your sweet tooth is increasingly coming under scrutiny. Because recent research on xylitol, a frequent sugar substitute in processed foods, is showing that the full story on sugar alcohols may not be so sweet. “Our studies show that elevated blood levels of xylitol contribute to heightened platelet reactivity and are associated with an enhanced risk for cardiovascular events, like heart attacks and strokes,” says physician-scientist Stanley Hazen, MD, PhD. He is the senior author of a study that’s bringing light to the dark side of xylitol. Full story: health.clevelandclinic.org

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