In regards to the Erythritol scare, this is a rather long article but worth considering. (Link at the bottom after the quote.)

[Hallju]

“As Dr. Peter mentioned, despite what the Headlines are screaming, erythritol is not an artificial sweetener. It naturally occurs in plants and is even made by the human body, but it is also currently produced commercially by fermentation. It can also be detected in the plasma of humans that don’t even eat dietary erythritol. (This is an important fact to note as we discuss this recent study correlating plasma erythritol to heart attack and stroke, so keep it in your mind as you continue to read). Erythritol was even found in the plasma and urine of a child with an inborn error of the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) *Pub Med, NM Verhoeven et al. Am J Hum Genet. 2002 May. It has now been discovered that it is endogenously produced in healthy human erythrocytes from glucose via (PPP), which is a branch of glucose metabolism, present in all organisms *Pub Med, Katie C Hootman et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017. It is thought that enzymes expressed in the liver and kidney are the main contributors to erythritol in mammals *Pub Med, Lisa Schilicker et al. J Biol Chem. 2019. (A bit of nerdy stuff to help you know that erythritol does not need to be eaten to be seen in human plasma.)”trimhealthymama.com/so-its-...

[Autumn_Leaves]

Thanks. The headlines were misleading. The body can produce erythritol and it seems more evident in people with underlying health conditions that could make them more susceptible to cardiac events.

[MarkS]

Yes it is produced by the body in very small quantities but it is only at higher quantities that it becomes a problem and these levels can only be reached by using it as a sugar substitute. For more detail see: medscape.com/viewarticle/98...

The answer seems to be to cut both sugar and sugar substitutes out of your diet.

[2learn]

To frank, just give up sugar and sweeteners, you don't need them they are addictive and harmful to anyones health