Are Artificial Sweeteners Changing Our Gut Bacteria in Dangerous Ways?

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In summary, there is a study that suggests artificial sweeteners may have negative effects on our gut bacteria, but it has a low sample size and may not be entirely reliable. There is also a forum thread discussing this topic.
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I would be extremely skeptical of this article. I'm too tired to read through the entire thing right now, but I did read about several of their studies and can say that they suffer from an extremely low sample size. One had a mere seven subjects. Seven. That's not enough to field a baseball team, let alone do proper research on.
 
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