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Chloe Taylor

Calorie-free sweetener linked to heart attacks, strokes and blood clots, study finds

An unseen person sprinkles sugar onto a bowl of cornflakes. (Credit: Peter Dazeley/Getty Images)

Artificial sweeteners are growing increasingly prevalent in the U.S.—but according to new research, the impact they’re having on our health might not be so sweet.

In a peer-reviewed paper published in the scientific journal Nature Medicine on Monday, experts from universities in the U.S., Germany, Saudi Arabia and the Czech Republic noted that little was known about the long-term effects of common artificial sweeteners on cardiovascular health.

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