Measuring Artificial Sweeteners Toxicity Using a Bioluminescent Bacterial Panel.

ABSTRACT: Artificial sweeteners have become increasingly controversial due to their questionable influence on consumers' health. They are introduced in most foods and many consume this added ingredient without their knowledge. Currently, there is still no consensus regarding the health consequences of artificial sweeteners intake as they have not been fully investigated. Consumption of artificial sweeteners has been linked with adverse effects such as cancer, weight gain, metabolic disorders, type-2 diabetes and alteration of gut microbiota activity. Moreover, artificial sweeteners have been identified as emerging environmental pollutants, and can be found in receiving waters, i.e., surface waters, groundwater aquifers and drinking waters. In this study, the relative toxicity of six FDA-approved art

SUBMITTER: Harpaz D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6222326 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature