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Can you tell me how could artificial sweetener cause atherosclerosis and high blood pressure?
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Build up of fatty ma: It causes build up of fatty material along the walls of the artery, which leads to high cholesterol and high bp, according to a study in 2011 published in molecules and cells.
Answered 3/31/2014
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