Study: Artificial sweeteners toxic to digestive gut bacteria

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Post by shawn » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 11:44 PM UTC

Study: Artificial sweeteners toxic to digestive gut bacteria
cnbc.com

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Post by wattengard » Thu, Oct 04, 2018, 1:02 PM UTC

I'm not a mouse...

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Post by pieter_mj » Thu, Oct 04, 2018, 1:10 PM UTC

Currently a perfect diabetes, obesitas (and also cancer & alzheimer's) storm is brewing.

My gut instinct (pun intended) tells me it mainly has dietary causes which are not limited to increased portions alone.

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Post by vezycash » Thu, Oct 04, 2018, 1:13 PM UTC

wattengard wrote: post #2

I'm not a mouse...

>I'm not a mouse...

Expanded: Animal studies are just a start. Human trials might get opposite results.

E.g. The drug Indocid or Indocin is safe for human consumption but kills rats. It's a cheap rat killer.

If rats were tested first, we'd assume they'll kill humans. The reverse applies as well.

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Post by oxymoran » Thu, Oct 04, 2018, 1:13 PM UTC

Perhaps this an avenue towards a new type of antibiotic?

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Post by vezycash » Thu, Oct 04, 2018, 1:15 PM UTC

pieter_mj wrote: post #3

Currently a perfect diabetes, obesitas (and also cancer & alzheimer's) storm is brewing. My gut instinct (pun intended) tells me it mainly has dietary causes which are not limited to increased portions alone.

Some books I've read say increased portions are a symptom of something else. E.g. Inability to feel satisfied.

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Post by WhiteSage » Thu, Oct 04, 2018, 1:23 PM UTC

The title is slightly misleading. The study is only about neotame, and not artificial sweeteners in general.

EDIT: Nevermind, only one article was linked. Thank you for linking the rest below.

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Post by ceejayoz » Thu, Oct 04, 2018, 1:28 PM UTC

WhiteSage wrote: post #7

The title is slightly misleading. The study is only about neotame, and not artificial sweeteners in general. EDIT: Nevermind, only one article was linked. Thank you for linking the rest below.

Huh? The second paragraph says "six common artificial sweeteners", and the third says:

> Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore tested the toxicity of aspartame, sucralose, saccharine, neotame, advantame, and acesulfame potassium-k. They observed that when exposed to only 1 milligram per milliliter of the artificial sweeteners, the bacteria found in the digestive system became toxic.

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Oct 04, 2018, 1:29 PM UTC

WhiteSage wrote: post #7

The title is slightly misleading. The study is only about neotame, and not artificial sweeteners in general. EDIT: Nevermind, only one article was linked. Thank you for linking the rest below.

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Post by nervousvarun » Thu, Oct 04, 2018, 1:30 PM UTC

pieter_mj wrote: post #3

Currently a perfect diabetes, obesitas (and also cancer & alzheimer's) storm is brewing. My gut instinct (pun intended) tells me it mainly has dietary causes which are not limited to increased portions alone.

Processed foods + sedentary lifestyles = perfect storm.

Pretty obvious "something" happened in the 70s and we've been on this ride ever since: https://nchspressroom.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/obesity.gi...