Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered that a popular artificial sweetener can change the way the body processes sugar. They found that the sweetener affects how the body responds to glucose.
Artificial sweeteners should sweeten foods and drinks without any other consequences from sugar.Now, nutrition researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine are studying obese people.Louie found that at least one artificial sweet actually affects how the body secretes insulin through blood sugar.