A new study shows that most artificial sweeteners cause our normally beneficial gut bacteria to become toxic!
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Sugar Malabsorption – Food For Opportunistic Bacteria
Humans lose much of their ability to break down certain sugars as we mature into adults or experience intestinal infections. Many people malabsorb lactose and fructose, to some degree we all probably do. This unabsorbed sugar becomes food for opportunistic bacteria.
Why Splenda Is The Wrong Choice
Eliminating sugar from the diet is very important for gut health, especially when trying to get rid of SIBO and intestinal candida overgrowth. However, using Splenda (the artificial sweetener sucralose) is almost guaranteed to take make matters worse. The use of Splenda can significantly alter the gut’s microbiota, both negatively impacting beneficial bacteria and causing…