Seeing this “study” going around? It’s a flawed basic understanding of biology and tests. Plus click-bait headlines tying this to dietary xylitol, when the very testing methodology has nothing to do with that. The data in the report says higher BLOOD xylitol linked to 57% elevated incidence of heart attack and stroke. The headline says “xylitol found in gum linked to higher heart attack risk” This is so bad. The blood test for xylitol is done FASTED. Dietary xylitol has been shown to have a 15-20 MINUTE half-life in your body. This means that dietary xylitol is literally long-gone by the time the test is collected. The xylitol measured in these results is what the BODY MAKES. That simple fact is baked right into the method of data-collection. But why bother checking into those kinds of things these days? Fear-maxxing is a better strategy for reach. And accountability is all but zero. The actual story here? The body makes about 10g of xylitol a day in the normal course of business. Kidney disease or reduced kidney function increases blood xylitol. So does liver failure, insulin resistance, and oxidative stress. You know… the things we’ve well established as connections to heart disease and stroke.