Ubiquitous food additives have changed the human microbiota and intestinal environment

Atlanta-New clinical research shows that a widely used food additive, carboxymethyl cellulose, changes the intestinal environment of healthy people and disrupts the level of beneficial bacteria and nutrients

The research was led by a collaborative team of scientists from the Institute of Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University, INSERM (France) and the University of Pennsylvania

Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) is a widely used food additive called an emulsifier.

The research team conducted a randomized controlled feeding study on healthy volunteers

Finally, the researchers performed colonoscopy on the subjects at the beginning and end of the study, and noticed that a small number of subjects who consumed CMC showed intestinal bacteria invading mucus, which was previously observed to be inflammatory bowel disease And the characteristics of type 2 diabetes

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