Hospital Nurse Practitioner, Dr. James Q. Simmons, joined Inside South Florida to share a new study's findings about Erythritol, an artificial sweetener.
“It is a sugar alcohol filler. Erythritol, as a chemical compound, is actually something that our body makes naturally in super small doses,” says Simmons. “A recent study came out potentially linking really big doses of it to a higher risk of cardiovascular events, like stroke, heart attack, and even death.”
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