Marilynn Larkin TOPLINE:Consuming nonsugar sweeteners (NSS) leads to significant changes in both stool and duodenal microbial diversity and composition and levels of circulating inflammatory markers. METHODOLOGY:Researchers analyzed samples from the REIMAGINE (Revealing the Entire Intestinal Microbiota and its Associations with the Genetic, Immunologic, and Neuroendocrine Ecosystem) study to assess the potential effects of NSS consumption...
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Artificial Sweeteners Alter the Duodenal Microbiome
Marilynn Larkin TOPLINE:Consuming nonsugar sweeteners (NSS) leads to significant changes in both stool and duodenal microbial diversity and composition and levels of circulating inflammatory markers. METHODOLOGY:Researchers analyzed samples from the REIMAGINE (Revealing the Entire Intestinal Microbiota and its Associations with the Genetic, Immunologic, and Neuroendocrine Ecosystem) study to assess the potential effects of NSS consumption...
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Could artificial sweeteners alter your microbiome?
by Dennis Thompson You may think that artificial sweeteners can help you lose some weight, but a new study finds they are no good for your gut’s microbiome. People who use aspartame (Equal), sucralose (Splenda), saccharin (Sweet’N Low), or stevia leaf extract tended to have intestinal bacteria colonies that differed significantly from those of people...
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Chemical in Artificial Sweetener May Damage DNA
Kimberly Drake June 01, 2023 Image by AB-7272 via Shutterstock Results of a new study on sucralose-6-acetate — a compound that forms during the manufacture and digestion of sucralose — have scientists questioning the safety of the commonly used artificial sweetener. Sucralose, sold under the brand name Splenda, is an artificial sweetener about 320 to...
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Can a Common Artificial Sweetener Fuel Anxiety?
Megan Brooks December 20, 2022 Aspartame, an artificial sweetener commonly found in diet drinks and food, may raise the risk for anxiety, early research suggests. In a new preclinical study, investigators observed that mice that drank water containing aspartame exhibited pronounced anxiety-like behaviors in a variety of maze tests. This behavior occurred at aspartame doses equivalent to less than...
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Artificial sweetener erythritol linked to increase in heart attacks, strokes
BY GARRETT BEHANNA MARCH 26, 2023 / 5:22 PM / CBS PITTSBURGH PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A commonly used artificial sweetener is associated with an increased risk of heart attack and stroke, according to Cleveland Clinic research. The sweetener is called erythritol. Dr. Stanley Hazen of the Cleveland Clinic said the sweetener is made inside our bodies...
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Cleveland Clinic study finds common artificial sweetener linked to higher rates of heart attack and stroke
CLEVELAND CLINIC IMAGE: NEW CLEVELAND CLINIC RESEARCH, LED BY DR. STANLEY HAZEN, SHOWED THAT ERYTHRITOL, A POPULAR ARTIFICIAL SWEETENER, IS ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASED RISK OF HEART ATTACK AND STROKE. CREDIT: CLEVELAND CLINIC Monday, February 27, 2023, Cleveland: New Cleveland Clinic research showed that erythritol, a popular artificial sweetener, is associated with an increased risk...