Neotame
Artificial Sweeteners
- Potentially Harmful
Definition
Artificial sweetener manufactured by reaction under hydrogen pressure of aspartame.
Also Known As
NewTame
Health Impact
Artificial sweetener that can harm the gut and negatively impact gluten tolerance and metabolism, which may increased risk of certain diseases like type II diabetes, obesity, inflammatory bowel disease and some cancers.
Sources
- Gut bacteria, artificial sweeteners and glucose intolerance
EurekAlert: American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Artificial sweeteners and risk of cardiovascular diseases: results from the prospective NutriNet-Santé cohort
The British Medical Journal
- Artificial sweeteners and cancer risk: Results from the NutriNet-Santé population-based cohort study
PLOS Medicine
