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Thursday, 30 May 2013

Artificial Sweeteners May Do More Than Sweeten: It Can Affect How the Body Reacts to Glucose

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that a popular artificial sweetener can modify how the body handles sugar.

In a small study, the researchers analyzed the sweetener sucralose (Splenda®) in 17 severely obese people who do not have diabetes and don’t use artificial sweeteners regularly.
 
Sucralose artificial sweetener, a molecular model. (Credit: © molekuul.be / Fotolia)