{"id":1931,"date":"2023-03-22T11:17:47","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T11:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/?p=1931"},"modified":"2023-03-22T11:17:48","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T11:17:48","slug":"artificial-sweetener-may-increase-risk-of-heart-attack-and-stroke-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/?p=1931","title":{"rendered":"Artificial sweetener may increase risk of heart attack and stroke, study finds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Erythritol, a sugar substitute, may be linked to an elevated risk of heart attack and stroke in at-risk adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-46.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-1932\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-46.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-46.png 1000w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-46-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-46-770x434.png 770w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-46-293x165.png 293w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-46-390x220.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Consumption of erythritol, a popular sweetener, is being linked to a higher probability of having a heart attack or stroke.\u00a0(Image credit: Siriporn Kaenseeya\/EyeEm via Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A popular zero-calorie sweetener is being linked to an increased risk of heart attack and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/34801-stroke-warning-signs.html\"><u>stroke<\/u><\/a>, a new study finds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Known as erythritol, the sugar substitute occurs naturally at low levels in some plants, like grapes and mushrooms, but is also produced industrially and added to food at higher concentrations. In particular, it&#8217;s often used to sweeten low-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/52802-what-is-a-calorie.html\"><u>calorie<\/u><\/a>, low-carb and &#8220;keto&#8221; products, which are typically high-fat and low-carb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the study, which was published Feb. 27 in\u00a0(opens in new tab), researchers from the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio evaluated more than 4,000 Americans and Europeans who were undergoing cardiac evaluation and found that those with the highest blood concentration of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/are-artifical-sweeteners-bad-for-you\"><u>artificial sweetener<\/u><\/a>\u00a0were at an increased risk of experiencing a heart attack or stroke in the following three years, according to\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/02\/28\/well\/artificial-sweetener-heart-attack-stroke.html\" target=\"_blank\"><u>The New York Times<\/u><\/a>(opens in new tab). Notably, the majority of the participants already had some form of cardiovascular disease or exhibited risk factors for developing cardiac issues in the future, such as diabetes or high blood pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read more here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/artificial-sweetener-may-increase-risk-of-heart-attack-and-stroke-study-finds\">https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/artificial-sweetener-may-increase-risk-of-heart-attack-and-stroke-study-finds<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erythritol, a sugar substitute, may be linked to an elevated risk of heart attack and stroke in at-risk adults. A popular zero-calorie sweetener is being linked to an increased risk of heart attack and&nbsp;stroke, a new study finds. Known as erythritol, the sugar substitute occurs naturally at low levels in some plants, like grapes and mushrooms, but is also produced industrially and added to food at higher concentrations. In particular, it&#8217;s often used to sweeten low-calorie, low-carb and &#8220;keto&#8221; products, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1931"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1933,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931\/revisions\/1933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}