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0 pointsanjel3y ago0 comments

Erythritol as a NNS is claimed/marketed not to effect the gut biome, indeed to pass through the body unmetabolized.

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This is a bit more complicated, it is not really metabolized but it does have a big impact because it is absorbed by the gut and also change bacterial populations... https://academic.oup.com/advances/article/10/suppl_1/S31/530...

petra3y ago

According to the article in the link, erythritol doesn't change bacterial populations.

ta9883y ago

Yes that mean that in their experimental setting it didn't change. Doesn't mean it doesn't in other conditions or when measured by other means.

dataangel3y ago

generally any alternative sugar that isn't metabolized by you is metabolized by bacteria

ohiovr3y ago

I could see how this would relate to sugar cravings. Or sweet craving. More and more of a certain kind of bacteria lines the gut and grows better in it's main food supply. So what breaks these NNSs down?

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ta9883y ago

petra3y ago

According to the article in the link, erythritol doesn't change bacterial populations.

ta9883y ago

Yes that mean that in their experimental setting it didn't change. Doesn't mean it doesn't in other conditions or when measured by other means.

dataangel3y ago

generally any alternative sugar that isn't metabolized by you is metabolized by bacteria

ohiovr3y ago

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