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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Denis Campbell Health policy editor

Cakes and drinks sweetener neotame can damage gut wall, scientists find

Commercial baked food, such as cakes, could contain the artificial sweetener neotame
Commercial baked food, such as cakes, could contain the artificial sweetener neotame. Photograph: RuthBlack/Getty Images/iStockphoto

A sweetener used in cakes, soft drinks and chewing gum can seriously damage people’s health by weakening the gut, a new study has found.

Consumption of even a small amount of the sweetener neotame can lead to someone starting to suffer irritable bowel syndrome, insulin resistance, and even sepsis, a condition that kills about 40,000 in Britain a year.

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