Non-nutritive sweeteners back in the spotlight as new study challenges notion they are inert and says they can impact glycemic tolerance
The paper*, published in the peer-reviewed journal Cell, follows the publication of a draft guideline by the WHO suggesting that short term benefits of non-nutritive sweeteners are outweighed by “possible long-term undesirable effects,” prompting frustration among industry groups that said associations between diet sweetener use and metabolic syndrome likely reflect reverse causation (people with metabolic syndrome consume … Read more
