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I would be very interested in a broader study of a human population. It is my understanding that sugar alcohols have been popular in Japan far longer than in the USA and EU, and Japan is the longest living population to my knowledge.

I do not doubt that there is some connection, but might the risks be elevated with some other aspect of diet, habits, and so on? What would explain the discrepancy between populations?

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>It is my understanding that sugar alcohols have been popular in Japan far longer than in the USA and EU, and Japan is the longest living population to my knowledge.

Would it illuminate much? Seeing that Japan also has much different dietary habbits and much less obesity than the US, so it's not like there's "everything else being equal".

Well you wouldn't necessarily expect to see lowered lifespans, as much as increased heart attacks and strokes(both caused by blood clots). Maybe lifespan would be lowered as an average, but that might be hard to separate from other trends

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