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It's interesting, but still a small sample size in a single country with potentially similar gut microbiomes. It would be much more meaningful to do the same st
by coldcode 4y ago
It's interesting, but still a small sample size in a single country with potentially similar gut microbiomes. It would be much more meaningful to do the same study across different parts of the world and with a larger number of people. I think in some parts of the world it might be difficult to find enough people who don't consume any artificial sweeteners. If you never consume any and now take the test amounts, is that different than consuming it for many years? Could the effect of the test in people not continuously exposed to the sweeteners be different than those who use it routinely?
- naasking 4y agoNo, I think enough studies have been done to conclude there's an issue. For instance, some other recent ones: * Personalized microbiome-driven effects of non-nutritive sweeteners on human glucose tolerance, https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(22)00919-9 https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(22)00919-9 * Artificial Sweeteners Negatively Regulate Pathogenic Characteristics of Two Model Gut Bacteria, E. coli and E. faecalis, https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/22/10/5228 https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/22/10/5228 * Artificial sweeteners and risk of cardiovascular diseases: results from the prospective NutriNet-Santé cohort, https://www.bmj.com/content/378/bmj-2022-071204 https://www.bmj.com/content/378/bmj-2022-071204 These are all from different countries.