Flashback Friday: Effect of Sucralose (Splenda) on the Microbiome
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 15/05/2020

What effect do artificial sweeteners such as sucralose (Splenda), saccharin (Sweet & Low), aspartame (Nutrasweet), and acesulfame K (Sweet One) have on our gut bacteria?

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Can’t get enough of artificial sweeteners? Check out:
• Diet Soda and Preterm Birth (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/diet-soda-and-preterm-birth/)
• Aspartame-Induced Fibromyalgia (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/aspartame-induced-fibromyalgia/)
• Aspartame and the Brain (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/Aspartame-and-the-Brain)
• Does Aspartame Cause Cancer? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/does-aspartame-cause-cancer/)
• Does Diet Soda Increase Stroke Risk as Much as Regular Soda? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/does-diet-soda-increase-stroke-risk-as-much-as-regular-soda/)

There are some caveats for other nontoxic, low-calorie sweeteners. See:
• How Diet Soda Can Make Us Gain Weight (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-diet-soda-could-make-us-gain-weight/)
• Neurobiology of Artificial Sweeteners (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/neurobiology-of-artificial-sweeteners/)
• Unsweetening the Diet (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/unsweetening-the-diet/)

Does it really matter if our gut flora get disrupted? You’re in for a surprise. See:
• Microbiome: The Inside Story (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/microbiome-the-inside-story)
• Microbiome: We Are What They Eat (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/microbiome-we-are-what-they-eat/)
• Prebiotics: Tending Our Inner Garden (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/prebiotics-tending-our-inner-garden)
• How to Reduce Carcinogenic Bile Acid Production (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-reduce-carcinogenic-bile-acid-production/)
• Putrefying Protein and “Toxifying” Enzymes (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/putrefying-protein-and-toxifying-enzymes/)
• What’s Your Gut Microbiome Enterotype? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/whats-your-gut-microbiome-enterotype)
• How to Change Your Enterotype (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-change-your-enterotype/)
• Paleopoo: What We Can Learn from Fossilized Feces (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/paleopoo-what-we-can-learn-from-fossilized-feces/)

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