Food Additives And Chronic Disease: What About Emulsifiers?

Thursday, April 23, 2015 - 08:20 in Health & Medicine

Have you ever wondered what those food additive numbers in the ingredients list on your food packaging meant and what they were really doing to your body?A recent study suggests emulsifiers – detergent-like food additives found in a variety of processed foods – have the potential to damage the intestinal barrier, leading to inflammation and increasing our risk of chronic disease.The research was done on mice, so it’s too early to say humans should stop eating emulsifiers, but let’s examine the mechanisms involved. read more

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