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The price of ‘sugar free’: are sweeteners as harmless as we thought?
Elinav’s findings on sucralose and saccharin go against decades of public health orthodoxy, which says artificial sweeteners have no effect on blood sugar. What’s more, all four sweeteners tested were found to alter the human microbiome – bacteria in the gut – in ways associated with high blood sugar. These changes were not seen in the control groups. What this tells us, Spector explained, is that none of these sweeteners are “inert” in the human body, as was previously thought. “They do affect our gut microbes, even stevia, which may be the best of a bad lot,” said Spector.#sugar #sweetener #artificial #sugartax #stevia #aspartame #sucralose #saccharin #diabetes #insulin #bloodsugar
