Gut Bacteria, Artificial Sweeteners, and Glucose Intolerance
Wednesday, September 17, 2014 - 12:30
in Health & Medicine
Artificial sweeteners have long been promoted as diet and health aids. But breaking research from the Weizmann Institute shows that these products may be leading to the very diseases they were said to help prevent: scientists have discovered that, after exposure to artificial sweeteners, our gut bacteria may be triggering harmful metabolic changes.