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Artificial Sweeteners: Trading One Evil For Another

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Artificial sweeteners could set the stage for diabetes in some people by changing the way their bodies handle sugar, according to a preliminary study by researchers in Israel.

The new research from Weizmann Institute of Science was published in the journal Nature and included three widely used sweeteners: saccharin in Sweet n' Low; sucralose in Splenda; and aspartame in NutraSweet.

The work suggests that the sweeteners change the composition of the normal bacteria in your gut and that, in turn, can hamper how well the body handles sugar in the normal diet.

Experts were split on the study, with some saying it's not enough evidence yet to come to a clear conclusion.

But Eran Segal, a computational biologist at the Weizmann Institute, said the study shows people could be affected by artificial sweeteners.

"We are talking about very dramatic increases," he said.

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