date:Aug 13, 2018
tained the artificial sugar substitutes saccharin, aspartame and sucralose, the mice developed glucose intolerance something that can be linked to type 2 diabetes and other metabolic diseases. Mice fed plain water or water with regular sugar didnt develop the glucose intolerance.
When scientists manipulated the gut bacteria in the mices stomachs and killed most of it off, they found that the glucose intolerance disappeared.
Based on what they found in mice, scientists conducted a small trial