date:Oct 08, 2018
s E. coli is the type that lives in the mucus of our intestines and keeps our digestive tract healthy. They discovered that the E. coli became stressed after being exposed to artificial sweeteners, which affects the growth and reproduction of gut microbes.
This is further evidence that consumption of artificial sweeteners adversely affects gut microbial activity which can cause a wide range of health issues, wrote professor Ariel Kushmaro.
This study isn't the first to examine artificial sweet