Artificial sweeteners are constantly demonized, but the fact is that there is just no evidence that they are bad for our health
My latest: Artificial Sweeteners Aren’t Dangerous medium.com/@gidmk/artific…
My latest: Artificial Sweeteners Aren’t Dangerous medium.com/@gidmk/artific…
This blog is about the recent study that purported to show that artificial sweeteners were bad for your gut microbiome 
In actual fact, it was a lab-bench study on whether high concentrations could cause a few strains of E. Coli to bioluminesce in a petri dish
And when I say high concentrations, I mean roughly 8x the concentration of Diet Coke
You'd need to eat ~100 packets of Equal to get that in your gut!
You'd need to eat ~100 packets of Equal to get that in your gut!
This ~may~ eventually lead to some interesting findings, but at the moment any conclusive statements about artificial sweeteners and your gut are probably wrong
In fact, a 2016 systematic review found exactly that!
There just isn't enough evidence to make any conclusions at the moment
There just isn't enough evidence to make any conclusions at the moment
Bottom line: artificial sweeteners are enormously well tested, our fears about them are mostly based on nothing at all
Don't worry about Diet Coke and your gut microbiome!
Don't worry about Diet Coke and your gut microbiome!
