Low calorie sweeteners: Evidence remains lacking for effects on human gut function

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 164, Issue , 2016, Pages 482-485

  Bryant, Charlotte ^a   Mclaughlin, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gastric emptying; Gut hormones; Low calorie sweetener

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; GASTROINTESTINAL HORMONE; SWEETENING AGENT; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; NONNUTRITIVE SWEETENER; SUGAR INTAKE;

CALORIE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMACH MOTILITY; SUGAR INTAKE; SWEETNESS; TASTE BUD; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; DIETARY SUCROSE; GASTROINTESTINAL HORMONES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENERS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED;

EID: 84970005235     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.04.026     Document Type: Review

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