Sugar Substitutes: Health Risks in Disguise?

Artificial sweeteners were designed to cut calories and reduce health risks—but are they actually doing more harm than good?

• Disrupted Gut Health: Artificial sweeteners like sucralose, aspartame, and saccharin can throw your gut microbiome off balance, leading to dysbiosis—a condition that fuels gut inflammation and compromises immune function.

• Metabolic Effects: Dysbiosis caused by these sweeteners can lead to insulin resistance, raising blood sugar levels and promoting obesity—exactly what these products were meant to prevent!

• Mechanisms of Damage: Sweeteners alter bacterial signaling in the gut, causing harmful bacteria to flourish while reducing beneficial bacteria. This impairs gut barrier function, triggers chronic inflammation, and disrupts insulin pathways.

Health Risks Include:

* Insulin Resistance

* Obesity

* Chronic Inflammation

The evidence is piling up: it’s time for regulators to reconsider the safety of these sugar substitutes.

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