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Common sweetener linked to brain vessel damage, stroke risk

Beware the fine print: Lankato's Monkfruit Sweetner contains erythritol (Image: Mark Frauenfelder)

A team of scientists from the University of Colorado, Boulder just published an article, "The non-nutritive sweetener erythritol adversely affects brain microvascular endothelial cell function," in the Journal of Applied Physiology, warning about the potential risks of the sweetener erythritol. — Read the rest

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