How artificial sweeteners are able to make beneficial gut microbes become virulent is what scientists are yet to fully understand.
This was the question I was about to ask cos there are potentially a lot of bad things that can happen once the balance is off.
It's like what happens in the vagina when the vagina flora is altered but when it is in the gut it is more terrible.
Another says that sweeteners induce the formation of biofilms in the gut, leading to the production of toxic products that could damage the gut.
I strongly doubt this tho but you can never say never in medicine
In another investigation which was conducted in 2015, artificial sweeteners were found to exponentially increase the population of gut microbes as well as decreased the capacity of the body system to metabolize sugar.
This sounds a lot more believable in my opinion. I mean what are the components of sweeteners?
This means sweeteners might be low in calories, but also have the potential to cause diabetes albeit indirectly
Sugars don't cause diabetes, we might have to rephrase that sweeteners cause more stimulation of the beta cells in the pancreas and eventually wear them out leading to an increase in glucose in the bloodstream.
Very beautiful and engaging post. I wish I could write like you
Lovely dissection of the post. Thanks for the insight. You are not bad at writing either. Everyone with their unique styles and that's the beauty. If we all write the same way, here will be kinda boring.