Is Erythritol Safe?

In case you prefer watching a video over reading :)

Erythritol is a very popular sugar substitute; It tastes and feels just like regular sugar without all the calories and blood sugar spikes. It’s also generally recognized as safe by the FDA.

However, a study came out in 2023 bringing to light potential correlations between Erythritol consumption and a higher risk of cardiovascular events, such as heart attack and stroke.

Many people have written about this (including Peter Attia), attesting that even though there’s correlation, there’s no evidence that supports causation and that more research is needed.

Nevertheless, that study took the news by storm, and it pushed a lot of people away from erythritol just to be safe, and I don’t blame them. There’s other options like allulose and monk fruit extracts.