Researchers found a link between a blood clot risk and a type of sugar alcohol. (Getty Creative) They’re sweet — but they’re not sugar. Artificial sweeteners and sugar substitutes are everywhere, but ...

The latest "villain" in the never-ending war against sugar substitutes is erythritol, a sugar alcohol. Is this a sugar? An alcohol? Steve and Irving, our miserable hosts of The Dreaded Chemistry ...

Cleveland Clinic researchers have been studying the effects of the sugar substitute “erythritol” on the body. And what they previously found is that it could put a person at risk for cardiovascular ...

They’ve soured on this sugar substitute. Consuming foods that contain erythritol, a popular artificial sweetener and common ingredient in keto diet products, increases the risk of heart attack and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Long thought safe, the sugar substitute erythritol could increase your risk of stroke. Researchers at the University of Colorado ...

A new study indicates that erythritol, a sugar substitute you might find in various products or use to sweeten homemade drinks and food, can increase the risk of blood clotting. Erythritol seems to ...

Since the invention of the very first sugar substitute saccharin in 1879, scientists have been continuing to look for ways to create the sweet taste of sugar without the calories it has. Recently, ...

Found in everything from protein bars to energy drinks, erythritol has long been considered a safe alternative to sugar. But new research suggests this widely-used sweetener may be quietly undermining ...

They’re sweet — but they’re not sugar. Artificial sweeteners and sugar substitutes are everywhere, but they also come with concerns that they may contribute to health problems down the road. Now, a ...

Long thought safe, the sugar substitute erythritol could increase your risk of stroke. Researchers at the University of Colorado, Boulder found that the sweetener impairs certain functions of blood ...