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The Hidden Danger in Sugar-Free Foods


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00:00:00.000 | Artificial sweeteners are really problematic and the worrisome thing is they've snuck into
00:00:04.260 | everything, right? So people advertise like low sugar and you think, okay, this has less sugar,
00:00:09.280 | but what they mean is it's got artificial sweetener in it. And the reason they don't
00:00:13.320 | contribute calories is because they're not absorbed in the small intestine. So they float
00:00:17.220 | on down to the colon where they get fermented by gut bacteria, but they get fermented into
00:00:21.780 | harmful post metabolic products, not healthy things like short chain fatty acids. And some
00:00:27.480 | of that too, they'll give you gas. If you've ever had like diabetic candy with a lot of artificial
00:00:31.620 | sweetener, one of the first things you'll see is, oh, I'm having terrible bloating and gas.