by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 26, 2023 | Nutrition
WHO (World Health Organization), the United Nations’ health agency, advises that most people should not use non-sugar sweeteners to replace sugar in foods (UN News, May 15, 2023). They report that artificial sweeteners: • have not been shown to help people lose...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 14, 2022 | Nutrition
A study from Israel found that two artificial sweeteners, saccharin and sucralose, significantly raised blood sugar levels in healthy adults. Transferring their colon bacteria to mice caused the mice to suffer the same elevations in blood sugar (Cell, August 19,...