How 12 Popular Sweeteners Reshape Your Gut Microbes
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A wealth of recent scientific research - including landmark work in Molecular Systems Biology by the Medical Research Council (MRC) Toxicology Unit in Cambridge - has demonstrated that artificial sweeteners act directly on the gut microbiota. They are not merely inert molecules that pass through the digestive tract but instead alter bacterial production levels, modify microbial biodiversity, and interact in unintended ways with drugs and other additives.