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Recent research published in Frontiers in Nutrition has found that neotame, a newer artificial sweetener, can damage the human gut by altering healthy bacteria and harming the epithelial barrier, potentially causing severe health issues like irritable bowel syndrome and sepsis. This study extends previous findings on artificial sweeteners, underscoring the need for further research into their safety and health impacts. Credit: SciTechDaily.
New research has discovered that neotame, one of the new generation of artificial sweeteners, is capable of damaging the human intestine and causing illness. Some of the newest artificial sweeteners have a 1,000-fold sweeter taste compared to sugar, reducing the amount needed to be added to food and drink. Despite the smaller quantities used, the impact of neotame on the epithelium-microbiota relationship has the potential to cause poor gut health, which in turn could lead to metabolic and inflammatory diseases such as irritable bowel disease orThis new research into neotame builds on previous work by Dr.
Dr. Chichger, Associate Professor in Biomedical Science at Anglia Ruskin University and senior author of the study, said: “There is now growing awareness of the health impacts of sweeteners such as saccharin, sucralose, and aspartame, with our own previous work demonstrating the problems they can cause to the wall of the intestine and the damage to the ‘good bacteria’ which form in our gut.
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