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Erythritol as a NNS is claimed/marketed not to effect the gut biome, indeed to pass through the body unmetabolized.

• ta988 4y ago
  This is a bit more complicated, it is not really metabolized but it does have a big impact because it is absorbed by the gut and also change bacterial populations... https://academic.oup.com/advances/article/10/suppl_1/S31/5307224 https://academic.oup.com/advances/article/10/suppl_1/S31/530...
  • petra 4y ago
    According to the article in the link, erythritol doesn't change bacterial populations.
    • ta988 4y ago
      Yes that mean that in their experimental setting it didn't change. Doesn't mean it doesn't in other conditions or when measured by other means.
• dataangel 4y ago
  generally any alternative sugar that isn't metabolized by you is metabolized by bacteria
  • ohiovr 4y ago
    I could see how this would relate to sugar cravings. Or sweet craving. More and more of a certain kind of bacteria lines the gut and grows better in it's main food supply. So what breaks these NNSs down?