date:Jan 04, 2019
2 diabetes and other metabolic diseases. Mice fed plain water or water with regular sugar didnt develop the glucose intolerance.
When scientists manipulated the gut bacteria in the mices stomachs and killed most of it off, they found that the glucose intolerance disappeared.
Based on what they found in mice, scientists conducted a small trial on humans that measured the gut bacteria of healthy people who consumed artificial sweeteners. They found that after just one week, participants started