Podcast: High Fructose Corn Syrup—A Threat To Your Gut Microbiome?

By Cameron English and ChuckDinerstein — Aug 18, 2025
A growing body of research suggests that your gut microbiome can influence your health in a variety of subtle but important ways, and the foods you consume can have an upstream effect on the health of these trillions of microbes residing in your digestive system. An ACSH reader asks whether the widely used sweetener high fructose corn syrup should be avoided for that reason. Let's take a look.
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Join Cameron English, Dr. Chuck Dinerstein and Dr. Josh Bloom on Episode 129 of the Science Dispatch podcast as they discuss:

One reader asked about the relationship of high fructose corn syrup with an abdominal malady experienced by her son. Her concern might not be entirely wrong. But like most things involving the gut, the answer is both tangled and controversial.

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