You may have seen some headlines this week that a widely used sweetener (erythritol) might increase the risk of thrombosis (blood clotting) and serious CVD events like strokes and heart attacks. The article itself was published in Nature Medicine which is a journal that has a reputation for publishing high quality science. I read through the methods of the paper and was like “yo, really?”, and was so annoyed by how weak it was (THEY DIDN’T EVEN MEASURE ERYTHRITOL INTAKES) I did a
Australia the same, with even less funding!