Artificial and Natural Sweetener: How it affects Your Gut

Bread, cakes, desserts, yogurt, and many other food items have sweeteners. The sweetener war is raging for decades. Everyone discusses about, sugar vs natural sweeteners vs artificial sweeteners. Many feel all sweeteners are the same and are safe. But that is not true. There are only a few approved by FDA. You must be thinking that artificial sweeteners in diet coke and other food are healthy. And what about natural sweeteners like honey, maple syrup, etc.? Well all artificial sweeteners are not always the answer to health issues. This is the real truth. There has been a study by Scientists that depicts a correlation between obesity due to over consumption of sugar. A high intake of sugar can also cause dysbiosis. Not only this, you get tooth cavity, cardiovascular disease, cirrhosis of the liver, and dementia. Despite all this, our body has to depend on glucose as it is the main energy source. Therefore it is important to consume sugar in moderation. No matter what you choose, m...