Artificial sweeteners have been around for years. Though, the expansion and popularity of "natural" calorie-free sweeteners and sugar alcohols have been on the rise. Also, the science and research is extremely inconclusive on the safety of these artificial sweeteners. Dr. Jonny Bowden joins us today to talk about the relationship and effects these sweeteners can have on your microbiome. He talks with us about how our microbiome has never in the history of humanity put something artificial and chemically made into our bodies such as these sweeteners. The problem is; we aren't questioning these sweeteners and in fact, we think these sweeteners are doing our body good compared to sugar.

The dialogue has changed recently with so much information coming out about how those who drink diet sodas are actually gaining weight. Dr. Bowden is all over this information and talks with us into detail on which sweeteners are the worst culprits as well as which sweeteners are not so bad.

Jill Lane is in studio today talking about a list of items. We are covering with her some of the top health trends this year and whether or not they are Jill and Bern approved. This list includes:

* Himalayan Salt Lamps
* Vitamin drops
* Kombucha
* Acupuncture
* Activated Charcoal
* Bone Broth
* Digital Detoxes
* Keto Diet
* Meditation Studios
* CBD