Artificial Sweeteners Might Sour Your Microbiome
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Artificial sweeteners are a popular alternative to sugar as a means to prevent weight gain and diabetes. Reporting this week in Nature, researchers identifed a possible link between sweeteners and the microbiome’s ability to metabolize blood sugar levels. Immunologist Eran Elinav, an author on the paper, discusses the results.
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Eran Elinav
Eran Elinav is senior researcher at the Department of Immunology at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel.
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