Erythritol and gut tolerance

What 2 graded rows on erythritol agree on for gut tolerance, and where they differ. Counted side by side, never averaged.

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What the rows agree on

Each block and row is one graded row from the Erythritol page, with its PubMed record.

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2 rows · 101 people

Split. 1 row found a worse outcome and 1 had mixed results.

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Each block is one evidence row, sized by how many people it enrolled, with its grade inside. Red: a worse outcome. Outlined: mixed results.

From the rows

The best-graded row, grade C, is a randomized trial of 64 people (2007) and reported mixed results.

The rows run from 37 to 64 people, published from 2007 to 2011: 2 single studies.

1 worse · 1 mixed

Grade DGut symptoms when erythritol is drunk with fructose · Worse
Crossover RCT · n 37 · 2011 · Healthy, non-diabetic adults
33.3 g erythritol in one drink · Single test days, symptoms recorded for 24 hours
Breath hydrogen was twice as high with fructose plus erythritol as with fructose alone, watery stools were more frequent and gut tolerance was worse, suggesting erythritol made fructose harder to absorb.
Row on the Erythritol page · PubMed 22118754 (opens PubMed)
Grade CGut symptoms after one large dose in a drink · Mixed
RCT · n 64 · 2007 · Healthy students aged 18 to 24 at the University of Salford (UK)
Single doses of 20, 35 and 50 g · One test day per dose, 7-day washouts
20 g and 35 g of erythritol did not increase gut symptoms. 50 g increased nausea and borborygmi (gut rumbling) compared with sucrose. Erythritol caused significantly fewer watery stools than xylitol at every level tested.
Row on the Erythritol page · PubMed 16988647 (opens PubMed)