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Not for aspartame, which is the primary sweetener used in diet sodas > So far, only saccharin and sucralose (NNSs) and stevia (NS) change the composition of th
by sumeno 5y ago
Not for aspartame, which is the primary sweetener used in diet sodas
> So far, only saccharin and sucralose (NNSs) and stevia (NS) change the composition of the gut microbiota.
- matthewdgreen 5y agoThe results are all over the place. Some articles says continuous low-dose aspartame has effects [1], others say that aspartame has other effects on quorum sensing [2]. I'm not in this area so I can't judge any of this work, I just think it's interesting. [1] https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0109841 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal... [2] https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/22/18/9863 https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/22/18/9863
- perl4ever 5y agoPeople talk a lot about stevia, and it's prominently displayed on packaging, but then when I look at the ingredients, the sweetener is actually mostly sugar alcohols. Is stevia ever used alone? If it's just a "fig leaf" so to speak, then perhaps the health effects of the sugar alcohols would be more relevant.