Diabetes of the 2nd type faces to fans of diet fizzy drinks do not contain sugar. To such conclusion scientists from Adelaide medical school in Australia. According to experts, the risk of diabetes when consuming such beverages increases due to the effect on the body artificial sweeteners.
Scientists carried out the experiment, told the publication DailyMail. It was attended by 29 people.
Participants were divided into two groups. One of them, the people took capsules with sweeteners – Sucralose and acesulfam. The quantity of sweeteners used by volunteers on a daily basis, was equivalent to four banks of diet drink a day.
When testing was completed, researchers found that diet drinks with sweeteners impair the body’s control of blood sugar, thereby increasing the likelihood of diabetes. It turned out that the volunteers who consumed these sweeteners in the composition of the intestinal microbiome have been adverse, changed, and dropped production of the hormone GLP-1, important for the regulation of the concentration of glucose in the blood.
Medicfarm previously wrote about the fact that Israeli scientists have discovered a new threat the quality of artificial sweeteners.