Popular Sugar Substitute Linked to Brain Damage and Stroke Risk
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Popular sugar substitute linked to brain damage and stroke risk
A widely used sugar substitute found in everything from keto snacks to diet drinks may not be as harmless as it seems. New research shows that erythritol can disrupt brain blood vessel cells, reducing their ability to relax, increasing harmful oxidative stress, and impairing the body’s ability to break down clots. These changes create conditions that could raise stroke risk, even at typical consumption levels.
Physiologists from the University of Colorado in Boulder have shown, in a study published in 2025 in the Journal of Applied Physiology, that a very widespread false sugar is damaging the cells of the blood vessels of the brain. These calorie-free products reassure diabetics and diet lovers, but their action on the brain circulation remained poorly known. The sweetening erythritol is enough, at the dose of a single drink, to rock these cells to a…
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