Comments by "Deborah Freedman" (@deborahfreedman333) on "New study finds popular zero-calorie sweetener linked to heart attack and stroke" video.

  1. It was published in Nature Medicine and called "The artificial sweetener erythritol and cardiovascular event risk". I just looked at it, and it seemed sketchy at best. It consists of two parts, an overall survey of people who consumed stevia, with a decent sample size, that showed a correlation between cardiac incidents and stevia consumption. They looked at people who had had heart attacks and strokes, and saw a good number consumed stevia. They did not see if healthy people also consumed stevia, and stayed healthy. They did one study with healthy people, but only 8 of them, and saw elevated erythritol levels somewhat correlated to higher platelet activity. But, a sample size of 8, where 5 people showed higher platelets, really isn't conclusive.
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  2.  @ursaltydog  I empathize. I couldn't understand why my A1C levels were always extremely low, but after having Covid-19 (in Feb. 2020) my A1C level briefly was in the pre-diabetic range. I couldn't understand it, until I read several papers that showed Covid-19 screwed up the pancreatic signaling mechanisms.
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  3.  @AkPacerPilot  The study correlated stevia use with heart attacks and strokes. It doesn't matter if the stevia is process, it is the erythritol they correlated with cardiac incidents. Take a science class or two. You're spouting nonsense.
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  4.  @AkPacerPilot  Sure, moderation in everything, but what about diabetics and those with gestational diabetes. With both of my daughter's pregnancies, she couldn't consume any metabolizable carbohydrates at all. For her, stevia was a god send. I hate the stuff, because it tastes like licorice to me, but understand why she was happy to have it.
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  5. Chocolate is dangerous for dogs, too. That should not prevent human consumption.
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  6. Did you read the study? It refers to all stevia products. And there are two glycosides in natural stevia, not just one.
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  7.  @eastafrica1020  Bad advice to a diabetic!
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  8.  @sganet_  Did you read the study? Because that is not what it said.
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  9. When was cigarette smoking considered harmless? Physicians saw the results, in black lungs filled with oat cells, since the advent of modern medicine. My dad insisted my mom stop smoking, in the 1940s, because as a physician, he knew the health risks.
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  10.  @teenahweenah2608  That makes no sense. You cannot produce proteins with out mRNA.
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  11.  @diegomotta4485  Most cholesterol is synthesized by the body. You can cut cholesterol completely out of your diet, and still have high levels.
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  12. Since I don't trust non-scientists to understand scientific studies, I looked for the paper, which was published in Nature. First, they saw a linkage between erythritol consumption and cardiac events, but did not demonstrate causality, just correlation. It would not be surprising if those who are overweight, both had more heart attacks, and tried to remedy that through use of non-nutrative sweeteners. There was some evidence, that higher erythritol blood levels also correlated to higher platelet activity. But, once again, it was just correlation, not proof of causation, and the sample size of that study was only eight individuals.
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  13.  @richinoable  Erythritol is a sugar alcohol, as you should be able to extrapolate from the name. If a name ends in "ose" it is a sugar, if it ends in "ol" it is an alcohol. Did you ever take a chemistry class? Shesh!
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  14. It was published in Science Medicine. But, it's behind a paywall.
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