Urgently give up the habit of drinking diet soda. 6 artificial sweeteners that are used in a range of soft drinks and foods that are toxic to intestinal bacteria.
Contained in the diet soda artificial sweeteners may damage the population of intestinal bacteria, according to researchers from Israel and Singapore. They found 6 of sweeteners approved for use in foods and beverages in Europe and the United States, which is toxic to intestinal microbes. Among them are aspartame, earned a mixed reputation and has been the focus of numerous critical reports and studies, which lasted for several decades. That is aspartame used in diet coke.
The study authors warn that these data provide further evidence that artificial sweeteners are dangerous to health. A healthy intestinal microbiome is associated with many aspects, ranging from the normal regulation of hormones and absorption of nutrients, digestion and ending with the functionality of the immune system. And now it is established that aspartame is dangerous for intestinal bacteria.
In addition to aspartame in the list of unfriendly intestinal bacteria artificial sweeteners got Sucralose, saccharin, neotame, Acesulfame potassium and advantan. The studies all 6 of the sweeteners affect the bacteria commonly found in the human gut. Their genetically modified for the introduction of fluorescent components that glow when they detect toxins. The researchers found that the toxins are excreted when the intestinal bacteria are exposed to sweeteners in the laboratory. Moreover, this effect required the smallest doses of these sweeteners. (READ MORE)