Cakes and drinks sweetener neotame can damage gut wall, scientists find
by Denis Campbell Health policy editor from Science | The Guardian on (#6MAP1)
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A sweetener used in cakes, soft drinks and chewing gum can seriously damage people's health by weakening the gut, a new study has found.
Consumption of even a small amount of the sweetener neotame can lead to someone starting to suffer irritable bowel syndrome, insulin resistance, and even sepsis, a condition that kills about 40,000 in Britain a year.
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