{"id":503634,"date":"2026-06-17T03:22:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T03:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/503634\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T03:22:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T03:22:19","slug":"cutting-out-sugar-entirely-may-harm-your-gut-according-to-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/503634\/","title":{"rendered":"Cutting Out Sugar Entirely May Harm Your Gut According to Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tovima.com\" onclick=\"gtag(&#039;event&#039;, &#039;google-preferred-source&#039;);\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"google-preferred-source\" aria-label=\"\u03a0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03b8\u03ae\u03ba\u03b7 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 tovima.com \u03c9\u03c2 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c4\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd\u03cc\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03b7 \u03c0\u03b7\u03b3\u03ae \u03c3\u03c4\u03b7 Google\">          \u039cake us preferred on Google <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">Completely removing sugar from one\u2019s diet may be more harmful than previously thought, according to an animal study presented at the annual conference of the Endocrine Society, ENDO 2026, in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">\u201cCompletely eliminating sucrose from a low-fat diet can unexpectedly disrupt gut health and cause inflammation and metabolic dysfunction,\u201d said Rasheed Ahmad, Ph.D., principal scientist and head of the Department of Immunology and Microbiology at the Dasman Diabetes Institute in Kuwait.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">Researchers compared the effects of a sugar-free low-fat diet with a low-fat diet that included sucrose across two groups of mice over a 16-week period. They examined glucose tolerance, insulin sensitivity, metabolic hormones, gut microbial composition, and inflammation levels in the colon and liver.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">The mice that followed the sugar-free diet showed reduced glucose control, insulin resistance, an imbalance in gut microbial flora, intestinal inflammation, and liver abnormalities, despite the fact that there were no significant differences in body weight compared to the control group.<\/p>\n<p>NEWSLETTER TABLE TALK<\/p>\n<p>Never miss a story.<br \/>Subscribe now.The most important news &amp; topics every week in your inbox.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">\u201cThe findings suggest that completely removing sucrose from a low-fat diet may negatively affect gut microbial balance and metabolic health,\u201d Ahmad added. \u201cThe study highlights the importance of maintaining balanced carbohydrate intake in the diet in order to support gut homeostasis and immune function.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">Until now, the consequences of restrictive diets that fully eliminate sugar from low-fat regimens had remained largely unknown. Ahmad noted that \u201cthis research may influence future dietary guidelines, placing emphasis on the importance of a healthy gut microbiome rather than simply limiting sugar intake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">According to him, the study\u2019s results could in the long term contribute to improved strategies for the prevention and management of metabolic disorders, fatty liver disease, and chronic inflammatory conditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">\u201cStudies like this reflect our Institute\u2019s commitment to advancing evidence-based scientific discoveries that contribute to improved public health,\u201d said Faisal Hamed Al-Refaei, MD, Deputy Director General of the Dasman Diabetes Institute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u039cake us preferred on Google Completely removing sugar from one\u2019s diet may be more harmful than previously thought,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503635,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[493,103,61,60,446,89,5477],"class_list":["post-503634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nutrition","tag-diet","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-nutrition","tag-research","tag-sugar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}