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Nutrition & Food
Your Gut Bacteria Decide Whether Sorbitol Is Harmless or a Liver Problem
Sorbitol was sold for decades as the inert, guilt-free sugar swap. In zebrafish stripped of their gut bacteria, WashU researchers watched the intestine's own sorbitol reach the liver and feed the same fructose-metabolism pathway that packs on liver fat.
Nutrition & FoodThe Study Telling You Not to Bother Cutting Sweet Foods Was Co-Funded by the Soda and Sweetener Industry
The Sweet Tooth Trial found no reason to reduce sweet-tasting foods. Its private funders include the soda industry's trade group and the International Sweeteners Association.