Over the past decade, the gut microbiota has emerged as a key component in regulating
brain processes and behavior. Diet is one of the major factors involved in shaping the gut …

The long-term associations between the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages
(SSBs) and low-calorie sweetened beverages (LCSBs) with cardiovascular diseases …

The athlete's goal is to optimize their performance. Towards this end, nutrition has been
used to improve the health of athletes' brains, bones, muscles, and cardiovascular system …

Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and food additives have become ubiquitous components of
the modern human diet. There is increasing evidence of an association between diets rich in …

Since the introduction of artificial sweeteners (AS) to the North American market in the
1950s, a growing number of epidemiological and animal studies have suggested that AS …

Gut microbiota imbalance is common in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and
associates with factors such as increased circulating levels of gut-derived uremic toxins …

The human gut microbiota, a complex community of microorganisms living in the digestive
tract, consists of more than 1500 species distributed in more than 50 different phyla, with …

Sucralose is an artificial non-nutritive sweetener used in foods aimed to reduce sugar and
energy intake. While thought to be inert, the impact of sucralose on metabolic control has …

The human intestinal microbiota is a highly intricate structure with a crucial role in promoting
health and preventing disease. It consists of diverse microbial communities that inhabit the …

Sweeteners that are a hundred thousand times sweeter than sucrose are being consumed
as sugar substitutes. The effects of sweeteners on gut microbiota composition have not been …