Zero calorie sweetener linked to blood clots and risk of heart disease, study finds

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12. It had LESS of those side effects--not zero. 10% of erythritol is still fermented/metabolized in the lower

intestine, leading to issues in those sensitive. I know. I see patients in the ER with severe side effects from eating too much of these products (and yes, that includes erythritol) --granted with seemingly minor issues compared to the explosion of issues in some patients related to the Wegovy/Ozempic/GLP-1 drugs--(the less common but severe side effects are mind-boggling to those who were not warned about them).

Don't believe someone that sees it daily, then read this notice from this review committee, which while generally underscoring the RELATIVE safety of erythritol compared to other sugar alcohols clearly states what I mention above--even while including the input of General Mills (conflict of interest) researchers:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9824470/

In general, excessive intake is of sugar alcohols is associated with undesirable gastrointestinal effects, including nausea, abdominal bloating, and diarrhea. These side effects are attributed to the fact that sugar alcohols are poorly absorbed, thus they induce an osmotic effect and water retention in the intestine [25]. In addition, unabsorbed polyols can undergo fermentation by intestinal microbiota resulting in gas formation. However, most of an erythritol load is absorbed with relatively minimal amount reaching the colon [37]. Consequently, erythritol is better tolerated and is associated with less gastrointestinal side effects than sorbitol and xylitol at comparable doses [37]. The tolerance upper limits for erythritol are higher than for other polyols (0.66 gm/kg/day in men and 0.80 gm/kg/day in women) [39]. However, larger doses (1 gm/kg/day) are reported to be well-tolerated [40].