7 Foods That Are Destroying Your Gut Health (Including 3 "Healthy" Ones)
Gut health has moved from the fringe of alternative medicine into the mainstream of research-backed physiology. The gut microbiome — the 100 trillion microorganisms inhabiting the digestive tract — influences immune function, inflammation levels, neurotransmitter production, estrogen metabolism, and increasingly, testosterone levels.
1. Artificial sweeteners. Multiple studies have found that sucralose, saccharin, and aspartame alter gut microbiome composition in ways that impair glucose regulation and promote the growth of bacterial strains associated with inflammation.
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