A recent study in Cell Metabolism sheds light on how sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) may disrupt gut health and increase metabolic disease risk! 🥤⚠️
🔬 Key Findings:
✅ SSB consumption alters gut microbiota, reducing beneficial SCFA-producing bacteria 🦠
✅ Linked to higher levels of inflammatory metabolites (BCAAs & glycerophospholipids) 🚨
✅ Impacts intestinal barrier integrity, increasing gut permeability & inflammation 🔥
✅ Elevated diabetes risk due to gut-driven metabolic dysfunction 🩸
This study highlights how gut microbiome changes may be a hidden link between excess sugar intake and metabolic diseases!
Diet matters, not just for calories, but for microbial health! 🍏🥦
🤔👇Zhang, Y., Luo, K., Peters, B. A., Mossavar-Rahmani, Y., Moon, J.-Y., Wang, Y.,…Qi, Q. (2025). Sugar-sweetened beverage intake, gut microbiota, circulating metabolites, and diabetes risk in Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. Cell Metab. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2024.12.004
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