{"id":841121,"date":"2026-09-08T23:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T23:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/841121\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T23:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T23:42:13","slug":"heart-attack-chewing-gum-sweetener-xylitol-tied-to-57-higher-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/841121\/","title":{"rendered":"Heart attack: Chewing-gum sweetener xylitol tied to 57% higher risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MNT also posed the same question to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.memorialcare.org\/providers\/cheng-han-chen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Cheng-Han Chen<\/a>, MD, a board certified interventional cardiologist and medical director of the Structural Heart Program at MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center in Laguna Hills, CA, who was also not involved with the study.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen possible, I recommend choosing naturally sweet foods, such as whole fruit, which provide sweetness along with fiber and other beneficial nutrients,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Chen also noted that artificial sweeteners can still have a practical role for people with diabetes because they generally produce a smaller immediate increase in blood glucose than sugar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, avoiding a short-term <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/317215\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">glucose spike<\/a> does not necessarily mean that consuming large amounts of artificial sweeteners is beneficial for long-term health,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bigger picture matters: overall dietary quality, portion sizes, physical activity, weight management, and blood glucose control are all important components of cardiovascular health,\u201d Chen concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MNT also posed the same question to Cheng-Han Chen, MD, a board certified interventional cardiologist and medical director&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":841122,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[97],"class_list":["post-841121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=841121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/841122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=841121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=841121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=841121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}