Correction:
00:10 IMPORTANT NOTE: Though the observational data does appear rife (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFOOzHKXCxw) with reverse causation, a new study (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-023-02223-9.epdf) published interventional data in mice and in vitro on 2/27/23 that suggests erythritol may indeed be harmful, and so I urge everyone to stop consuming it until we know more.

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DESCRIPTION: The natural sweetener erythritol does not appear to carry the adverse effects associated with other low and non-caloric natural and artificial sweeteners and may actually have antioxidant potential. This is the third in a video series on sweeteners. See Friday's (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/aspartame-induced-fibromyalgia/) and yesterday's (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/diet-soda-and-preterm-birth/) NutritionFacts.org video-of-the-day about aspartame. Stevia is another natural sweetener that was launched in Japan, but it could have adverse effects at high doses. See Is Stevia Good For You? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-stevia-good-for-you/). I previously addressed erythritol in A Harmless Artificial Sweetener (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/a-harmless-artificial-sweetener/)--the too-good-to-be-true nontoxic, low-calorie, tooth friendly sweetener that may even act as an antioxidant. So what's the catch? I'll close out this series with three videos that address a few possibilities starting with Wednesday's video-of-the-day How Diet Soda Could Make Us Gain Weight (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-diet-soda-could-make-us-gain-weight/).

Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/erythritol-may-be-a-sweet-antioxidant/ and he'll try to answer it!

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