Cakes and drinks sweetener neotame can damage gut wall, scientists find


by The Guardian

The Guardian— Industry’s sugar substitute E961 can have ‘toxic effect on health’, says study finding sweetener capable of damaging intestinal bacteriaA sweetener used in cakes, soft drinks and chewing gum can seriously damage people’s health by weakening the gut, a new study has found.Consumption of even a small amount of the sweetener neotame can lead to someone starting to suffer irritable bowel syndrome, insulin resistance, and even sepsis, a condition that kills about 40,000 in Britain a year. Continue...

Scroll.in—This artificial sweetener can destroy gut bacteria and intestine cells. These effects caused neotame can result in inflammation of the intestine, which is linked to inflammatory bowel disease and sepsis.

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