Microbiome-driven effects of non-nutritive sweeteners on human glucose tolerance
I use stevia as a replacement for sugar. This research is difficult to understand for a layperson like me (I&#x27;m too thick). Is anyone able to answer the questions below?<p>---<p><i>Extract</i>: &quot;non-nutritive sweeteners (NNS), such as saccharin, sucralose, aspartame, acesulfame-K, and stevia, that do not contain calories and are thereby presumed to be inert and not elicit a postprandial glycemic response.&quot;<p><i>Question</i>: Does this research confirm that stevia elicits a postprandial glycemic response? (Does stevia stimulate insulin?).<p>---<p><i>Extract</i>: &quot;Notably, all four tested NNS (saccharin, sucralose, aspartame, and stevia) significantly and distinctly altered the human intestinal and oral microbiome, as would be expected for these chemically diverse compounds.&quot;<p><i>Extract</i>: &quot;Degradation of steviol glycosides by gut bacteria is an established component of their metabolism although some species may be more proficient than others in performing this task and thus, pre-exposure microbiome heterogeneity may conduce to differential responses to stevia.&quot;<p><i>Question</i>: So stevia alters the human intestinal and oral microbiome. Are these changes a negative outcome and thus a concern for anyone using stevia?