Is common food additive to blame for rising rates of bowel disease?

Wednesday, February 25, 2015 - 18:30 in Health & Medicine

Consumption of emulsifiers, additives widely used in the production of processed foods, promotes inflammatory bowel disease and a cluster of obesity-related diseases known as metabolic syndrome, and may have contributed to the sharp rise in these conditions over the last three decades, says a...

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