The popularity of the keto diet has spawned a list of new products in grocery stores that promise to provide a healthier sugar or carbohydrate alternative.
Easter is Sunday and some people might indulge in sweets like candy and desserts to celebrate the holiday.
A recent study, however, has linked a sugar replacement called erythritol -- used to add bulk or sweeten stevia, monk fruit, and keto-reduced sugar products -- to blood clotting, stroke, heart attack, and death.
Dr. Fahmi Farah, a cardiologist with Bentley Heart Health, joined Ask the Expert on Friday to explain how the frequent substitution of regular sugar for erythritol in a person's diet affects their heart long term.
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