What is the impact of Stevia on the gut microbiota?
Food additives are compounds that gives different organoleptic properties to food products. Sweeteners are classified as nutritive (NS) and non-nutritive (NNSs) according with their caloric intake, these are usually obtained naturally or by artificial synthesis. The NNSs has the highest sweetener po...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO |
| Repositorio: | Educación y salud Boletín Científico Instituto de Ciencias de la Salud Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repository.uaeh.edu.mx:article/6560 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://repository.uaeh.edu.mx/revistas/index.php/ICSA/article/view/6560 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | natural non-caloric sweeteners stevia gut microbiota edulcorantes no calóricos naturales estevia microbiota intestinal |
| Sumario: | Food additives are compounds that gives different organoleptic properties to food products. Sweeteners are classified as nutritive (NS) and non-nutritive (NNSs) according with their caloric intake, these are usually obtained naturally or by artificial synthesis. The NNSs has the highest sweetener potency than white sugar. Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana) is a natural non-nutritive sweetener, originally from South America, about 300 times sweeter than sucrose. Stevioside and rebaudioside A are the responsible compounds of these sweetness. Stevia consumption have been increased in recent years due to the new healthy lifestyles that many people choices. Few studies reveal the effects of sweeteners consumption on human health, specially on the gut microbiota, other sweeteners such as saccharin are known to be harmful to the microorganisms that form it. The following work proposes to know the impact of stevia consumption over the intestinal microbiota, to expand the evidence of uses of stevia and the effect that it has on health. |
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