{"id":241651,"date":"2026-07-27T20:04:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T01:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/one-common-sweetener-may-increase-stroke-risk-by-damaging-the-brains-protective-barrier"},"modified":"2026-07-27T20:04:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T01:04:24","slug":"one-common-sweetener-may-increase-stroke-risk-by-damaging-the-brains-protective-barrier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/one-common-sweetener-may-increase-stroke-risk-by-damaging-the-brains-protective-barrier","title":{"rendered":"One Common Sweetener May Increase Stroke Risk by Damaging The Brain\u2019s Protective Barrier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/one-common-sweetener-may-increase-stroke-risk-by-damaging-the-brains-protective-barrier.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The blood-brain barrier surrounds the blood vessels that run through the brain, letting in oxygen and nutrients while keeping out toxins and pathogens. It\u2019s an absolutely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/first-potential-treatment-to-repair-blood-brain-barrier-trialed-in-mice\">essential line of defense<\/a> that protects the brain from damage.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers now believe they have discovered a significant threat to this barrier and its stability \u2013 and from something we\u2019re willingly putting into our bodies.<\/p>\n<p>Erythritol has been used as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/artificial-sweetener-can-trick-your-brain-into-feeling-more-hungry\">an artificial sweetener<\/a> for decades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The blood-brain barrier surrounds the blood vessels that run through the brain, letting in oxygen and nutrients while keeping out toxins and pathogens. It\u2019s an absolutely essential line of defense that protects the brain from damage. Researchers now believe they have discovered a significant threat to this barrier and its stability \u2013 and from something [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-241651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241651\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}