Anti-Microbial Effects of Artificial Sweeteners in Humans - 2/3rds of a Can of Diet Coke May Have a Sign. Effect on the Gut Microbiome, but the Relevance is Questionable
2/3 of this can may suffice to make a difference. Whether this difference is (a) relevant or (b) irrelevant is yet as questionable as whether the changes the scientists observed will (i) have a negative (ii) a positive or (iii) no effect. As a SuppVersity user you know that the whole craze about aspartam and sucralose is overblown. You will also know that any potential "pro-insulinogenic" effects occurred only in less than a handful of human studies. If they did, though, they occurred in response to the ingestion of artificial sweeteners and glucose or other insulinogenic carbohydrate sources ( learn more ). Against that background it's also not surprising that in clinical trials vs. observational bogus, artificial sweeteners have been shown to help people with weight problems lose body fat ( learn more ). The one thing about the myth of the bad sweetener that has yet not been completely debunked, though, revolves around their negative effects on the human gut mic...