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Artificial Sweeteners Alter The Digestive Microbiome

By Steven E. Reznick, The study’s findings included: with them. For those of us consuming these products to
M.D., FACP 1. The relative abundance of Escherichia, Klebsiella lose weight or keep our weight down, we are ingesting
There is a growing body and Salmonella species was much lower than normal products whose long-term safety is questionable.
of evidence which supports in consumers of non-aspartame, non-sugar sweeteners. Healthy Lifestyle’s Impact On Dementia
eliminating artificial Other species such as Proteobacteria were increased The Rush Memory and Aging Project followed 754
sweeteners from your diet. in both non-aspartame, non-sugar sweeteners and individuals for just under 25 years who all developed
In November, Avi aspartame-containing sweeteners. dementia. The average patient died at 91 years old.
Hosseini, MPH, and 2. The artificial sweeteners changed the way the Their brains were donated for autopsy and examination
associates at Cedars-Sinai microbes of the duodenum (initial portion of small for beta-amyloid load, phosphorylated tau tangles and
in Los Angeles, published a intestine) metabolized products. Non-aspartame, non- Alzheimer’s pathology. The patients were evaluated for
research paper in the online sugar sweeteners biosynthesis of polysaccharides was health of lifestyle with points assigned for not smoking,
version of the journal Science impaired as was the expected breakdown and digestion getting 150 minutes of physical activity per week, limiting
supporting the concern over artificial sweeteners. They analyzed of D-galactose. alcohol consumption and eating a healthy diet such
the gastric and small intestinal duodenal areas in patients Aspartame increased the production of a potential as the Mediterranean-DASH diet. Higher point totals
consuming non-sugar sweeteners and others which were not. cancer-causing agent cylindrospermopsin which is known meant you lived a healthier lifestyle. Over the 25-year
The study assessed 35 subjects consuming non- to affect the nervous system and liver. observation period, participants intermittently underwent
aspartame sweeteners and compared them to nine patients 3. They additionally found certain protective cytokines neuropsychological testing.
using aspartame only and 55 control subjects. Forty of with anti-inflammatory properties were markedly The results showed that those with the healthiest
the participants provided stool samples for evaluation. reduced. lifestyle had the best cognitive function as they aged and
All the study patients were undergoing upper fiber-optic If you are a diabetic, and have no choice but to at death. Patients could have similar appearing brains with
endoscopy for upper intestinal gastric complaints. consume artificial sweeteners, there is a risk associated classical pathological findings of dementia and similar
loads of beta-amyloid and tau tangles but the individuals
with the healthier lifestyle reasoned, remembered and
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