Drinking or eating a lot of artificial sweeteners might increase your chances of having a stroke or a mini-stroke, according to a study of over 100,000 French adults followed for nearly a decade.

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Artificial sweeteners and risk of cardiovascular diseases in the prospective NutriNet-Santé cohort

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2022 Sep 7

The study looked at how artificial sweeteners affect stroke risk in French adults and found that people who consumed more had an 18% higher risk, just like the claim says.

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Artificial sweeteners and risk of cardiovascular diseases in the prospective NutriNet-Santé cohort

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DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2022-071204

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