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The weighty costs of non-caloric sweeteners

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Analyses in mice and humans indicate that non-caloric artificial sweeteners may promote obesity-associated metabolic changes by changing the function of the bacteria that colonize the gut. See Article p.181

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  1. Taylor Feehley and Cathryn R. Nagler are in the Department of Pathology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.,

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Feehley, T., Nagler, C. The weighty costs of non-caloric sweeteners. Nature 514, 176–177 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature13752

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