Artificial sweeteners may tip scales toward metabolic problems
In mice and people, saccharin upsets gut microbes, glucose metabolism
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BITTERSWEET The artificial sweetener saccharin, an ingredient in Sweet'N Low, meddles with the gut’s microbial community, setting in motion metabolic changes associated with obesity and diabetes.
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