Artificial Sweeteners May Heighten the Risk for Strokes and Dementia

Multiple unrelated studies suggest a deeper relationship between artificial sweeteners and dementia may be found in the number and type of organisms found in the gut. Gut microflora, all the bacterial, fungal, and other microorganisms which are crucial to digestive and immune health, differs substantially between someone who has Parkinson’s disease, a particular type of dementia, and someone who doesn’t.  Two studies, one from the University of Luxembourg and another from the University of Alabama, both confirm that although they still do not know the cause for any type of dementia, there certainly is a correlation in gut microflora and the disease.