Re:Eating Foods with Xylitol Can Be a Risk to Your Heart
by iLoveOncall on Sunday July 28, 2024 @10:28AM
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They kind of do:
> In studies performed by Dr Hazen’s team, healthy volunteers were given a drink sweetened with 30 grams of xylitol. That’s similar to the amount found in a single scoop of keto-friendly ice cream or several cookies marketed for people with diabetes.
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> In every volunteer studied, platelets were significantly more prone to clot after consuming xylitol.
> In studies performed by Dr Hazen’s team, healthy volunteers were given a drink sweetened with 30 grams of xylitol. That’s similar to the amount found in a single scoop of keto-friendly ice cream or several cookies marketed for people with diabetes.
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> In every volunteer studied, platelets were significantly more prone to clot after consuming xylitol.