The Sweet and Sugar Free

Sugar alcohols are the star ingredient in some of the most popular zero calorie sugar alternatives out there and you can find them in everything from sugar-free gum to “clean” protein bars and guilt-free keto brownies. They sound kind of science-y, but also somehow natural. And if you’re trying to cut sugar, stabilize your blood…

It’s murdering our brain cells and stroking us out. The University of Colorado Boulder just confirmed that erythritol seriously damages our brain’s microvascular endothelial cell function leading to a drastically higher risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events. And that’s in amounts found in your standard-sized artificially sweetened drinks. University of Colorado Boulder’s researchers treated human cells…