Mark expands the Primal Blueprint Podcast by recording select Mark's Daily Apple posts for your listening pleasure!We’ve known for awhile that artificial sweeteners can affect the gut biome. A famous 2008 paper found that 12 weeks of sucralose had negative effects on the gut bacteria in male rats, including reduced beneficial bacteria, increased fecal pH, and inhibition of pharmaceutical bioavailability.While the science is far from settled, I think there’s enough that we can start making some decisions about whether or not to consume artificial sweeteners.(These Mark's Daily Apple articles were written by Mark Sisson, and are narrated by Brock Armstrong)