Erythritol linked to brain cell damage and stroke risk

Re:Erythritol linked to brain cell damage and stroke risk by esperent on Sunday July 20, 2025 @05:56AM (#44623508)

Erithritol is also produced endogenously from glucose in the lower intestine of humans.

I'm struggling to find a good source on this right now but I remember reading that it could be as high as 10% of all glucose is converted this way.

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Re:Erythritol linked to brain cell damage and stroke risk by jcynix on Sunday July 20, 2025 @10:14AM (#44625397)

>We report a previously unrecognized metabolism of glucose to erythritol, and given the association between erythritol and weight gain, research is needed to understand whether and how this pathway contributes to weight gain risk.

Erythritol is a pentose-phosphate pathway metabolite and associated with adiposity gain in young adults | PNAS https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1620079114

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