New Study Confirms Problem With Common Food Additive

New Study Confirms Problem With Common Food Additive
An additive used in everything from bread products to toothpaste damages essential stomach microbes, research finds. Alora Griffiths/Unsplash
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As we begin to understand the relationship between the foods we eat and our overall health, the term “gut health” and “microbiome” have become increasingly more important in recent years.

A study recently published in the journal Gastroenterology found that one additive widely used in processed foods “may be contributing to increased prevalence of an array of chronic inflammatory diseases by altering the gut microbiome and metabolome.”
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