How much Xylitol? We need resident researchers of HN to help us analyze the paper.
Or basically I’m hoping someone can tell me whether the paper is trustworthy or not so I can continue taking mints in peace.
Or basically I’m hoping someone can tell me whether the paper is trustworthy or not so I can continue taking mints in peace.
It was also shown to enhance clotting at the levels detected in fasting plasma (in 10 people) which provides a potential mechanism to explain the effects observed in the larger group.
As for how legit it is... The number of people is significant. My only complaint is they didn't measure xylitol directly, rather they tested for polyol or something.
> Subsequent stable isotope dilution LC-MS/MS analyses (validation cohort) specific for xylitol (and not its structural isomers) confirmed its association with incident MACE