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Wolfgang Miesbach: Sweeteners – Not Always So Sweet for Your Heart!
Jun 25, 2025, 14:03

Wolfgang Miesbach: Sweeteners – Not Always So Sweet for Your Heart!

Wolfgang Miesbach, Professor of Medicine at Frankfurt University Hospital, shared a post on X:

“Sweeteners: Not always so sweet for your heart! What appears to be a safe choice turns out to be not safe but a new disease driver:
Artificial and natural sweeteners (Aspartame, Sucralose, Stevia, Erythritol, Xylitol…)

  • Up to 10,000x sweeter than sugar
  • Found in many foods & drinks

New findings:
· Erythritol & Xylitol in blood →  Gut microbiome shift
· Promote platelet activation:
o ↑Ca²⁺ release
o ↑ P-selectin
o ↑ Aggregation

Higher risk of clot, stroke, heart attack (esp. in obesity and diabetes)
Great presentation by Dr. Marco Witkowski from Germany at ISTH 2025.”

Wolfgang Miesbach: Sweeteners - Not Always So Sweet for Your Heart!

Wolfgang Miesbach: Sweeteners - Not Always So Sweet for Your Heart!

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