Last month, headlines announced that xylitol is “linked to higher risk of heart attack and stroke.” The study is a textbook false alarm. Three faults turn a large observational study into a warning that no consumer, company, or regulator has reason to act on. The new case study on the site takes the headline apart, fault by fault, with every source named: Xylitol and Heart Disease.
Xylitol and Heart Disease
Healthy Skepticism · Issue 2
