"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 17 Sep 2014 18:46:35 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>>Diet drinks may have zero calories but those artificial sweeteners are
>>not necessarily sliding through your digestive system unnoticed.
>>According to new research, sugar substitutes can change the guest list
>>at that bacterial party in your intestines known as your microbiota.
>>The researchers who made the finding say that in mice, at least, this
>>disturbance in the internal ecosystem actually raised blood sugar, thus
>>defeating the purpose of these products by increasing risk for type 2
>>diabetes and obesity.
>>
>>
>>
>>http://www.forbes.com/sites/fayeflam...ndly-bacteria/
>
> Shouldn't have bothered to post. I gave the article and everyone
> responding said the study is flawed (including, of course, Julie)
> Janet US

I saw the article. I see articles all the time like this on the diabetes
newsgroup. And then a few days or a few weeks later, another article will
be posted stating why that one was wrong. I don't pay much mind to them
unless unless I see the same information coming from numerous sources. So
far that hasn't happened. Not with diet sodas anyway.