They think that erythritol increases platelet activity which may cause thrombosis. They have proven that erythritol does affect platelet reactivity. However the study doesn't prove it adequately to say that it definitively causes thrombosis. That would require a follow up study. They have some correlation in data from people with cardiac disease, but it's not surprising to see erythritol there because a lot of cardiac disease is caused by type 2 diabetes.
Without further study there is no way to say if there is an increased risk of thrombosis from this data alone. Just enough to say they should perform further studies to make a determination. In most cases with these studies, the increased risk of thrombosis would so low that you could offset it by taking a walk once a week.
I personally won't stop my consumption of erythritol on this data alone, but there ARE other sweeteners. I mostly use Stevia myself.
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They think that erythritol increases platelet activity which may cause thrombosis. They have proven that erythritol does affect platelet reactivity. However the study doesn't prove it adequately to say that it definitively causes thrombosis. That would require a follow up study. They have some correlation in data from people with cardiac disease, but it's not surprising to see erythritol there because a lot of cardiac disease is caused by type 2 diabetes.
Without further study there is no way to say if there is an increased risk of thrombosis from this data alone. Just enough to say they should perform further studies to make a determination. In most cases with these studies, the increased risk of thrombosis would so low that you could offset it by taking a walk once a week.
I personally won't stop my consumption of erythritol on this data alone, but there ARE other sweeteners. I mostly use Stevia myself.