Saccharin, the artificial sweetener used in diet foods like yogurts and sugar-free drinks, can kill multidrug-resistant bacteria—including one of the world’s most dangerous pathogens.

In 2019, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) killed 1.27 million people globally, with resistant infections contributing to nearly 5 million deaths.

Drug-resistant bacteria such as Acinetobacter baumannii, which causes life-threatening infections in people with a weakened immune system, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, linked to chronic lung infections and sepsis, are on the World Health Organization’s list of top-priority pathogens.

“In exciting work led by our team, we’ve identified a novel antimicrobial—saccharin,” Prof McCarthy said. “Saccharin breaks the walls of bacterial pathogens, causing them to distort and eventually burst, killing the bacteria. Crucially, this damage lets antibiotics slip inside, overwhelming their resistance systems.”

Saccharin has been part of the human diet for longer than 100 years. While it has been extensively tested for safety in people, little was known about its effect on bacteria—until now with a study appearing in EMBO Molecular Medicine.

The international team found that saccharin both stops bacterial growth and disrupts DNA replication and stops the bacteria from forming biofilms—sticky, protective layers that help them survive antibiotics.

They also created a saccharin-loaded hydrogel wound dressing that, in tests, outperformed market-leading silver-based antimicrobial dressings currently used in hospitals.

“This is very exciting,” Prof McCarthy added. “Normally it takes billions of dollars and decades to develop a new antibiotic. But here we have a compound that’s already widely used, and it not only kills drug-resistant bacteria but also makes existing antibiotics more effective.

“Artificial sweeteners are found in many diet and sugar-free foods. We discovered that the same sweeteners you have with your coffee or in a ‘sugar-free’ drink could make some of the world’s most dangerous bacteria easier to treat.”

The World Health Organization has warned that the world is heading toward a “post-antibiotic era,” where common everyday infections could once again become deadly. Overuse of antibiotics in medicine and agriculture has accelerated resistance, and new antibiotics have been slow to arrive.

“This has created a dangerous situation,” said Prof McCarthy. “We urgently need new drugs to treat resistant infections—and saccharin could represent a new therapeutic approach with exciting promise.”

More information: Rubén de Dios et al, Saccharin disrupts bacterial cell envelope stability and interferes with DNA replication dynamics, EMBO Molecular Medicine (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s44321-025-00219-1

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HOT AIR CAN KILL THE VIRUS.

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Good News received this video for Hema Virani that hot air over 130 degrees (Sauna, Hair Dryer, Desert…)  can cure the virus where it enters your body, your nose, your sinuses… this would be great if it’s true..  As stated, we and Hema are researching this, as we aren’t doctors. The longer video came from other friends.  Reverend Paul

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IMPORTANT NOTE FROM REVEREND PAUL SLADKUS.  WE ARE LOOKING VERY HARD INTO THIS HEAT, HOT WATER OPPORTUNITY TO CURE VIRUSES.  PLEASE HELP US, AS YOUR DOCTORS, WE WILL SHARE ANOTHER STORY SHORTLY WHERE THEY LEARNED IN CHINA MORE ABOUT HEAT/HOT WATER…  Here are some comments that I have received as of 3/21..

I have asked many to share their thoughts on this concept.

Leading Researcher at a major hospital. Says heat over 130 degrees would kill the virus, but could it not burn your nasal passage.

The doctor said it could burn the nasal mucus membrane, be careful.

Someone said a virus goes into your system within 15 seconds so this would not work.

Some said that a virus goes into your system in two days.

Today 3/21 someone wrote to us about how important heat, hot water, gargle with hot water, don’t cold liquids help, which they learned from a source in China. Kill the mucus.

In fact, there was a famous doctor who had a Mucusless Diet. Mucusless Diet Healing System Arnold Ehret

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