Food Additives Linked to Weight Gain, Inflammation
Widely used products
Generally, emulsifying agents are chemicals that thicken foods. For instance, emulsifiers help make ice cream stay creamy even after several cycles of freezing and thawing, whereas otherwise it would turn into a hard, icelike block, Chassaing said.
"If you want to make a product that gels together and liquefies together, you need to add these compounds," said Christian Jobin, a microbial immunologist at the University of Florida in Gainesville, who was not involved in the study.
Past studies in mice had shown that a food additive called carboxymethylcellulose changed the composition of the bacterial communities that line the gut. So Chassaing and his colleagues wondered how this affected the animals' health.
Makes me wonder what pre-made diet foods, like Lean Cuisine and others, people purchase actually causes weight gain.
Diet soda isn't. It actually increases appetite during digestion.
Racket. So many rackets out there just for that bottom line, $$$$$.
Widely used products
Generally, emulsifying agents are chemicals that thicken foods. For instance, emulsifiers help make ice cream stay creamy even after several cycles of freezing and thawing, whereas otherwise it would turn into a hard, icelike block, Chassaing said.
"If you want to make a product that gels together and liquefies together, you need to add these compounds," said Christian Jobin, a microbial immunologist at the University of Florida in Gainesville, who was not involved in the study.
Past studies in mice had shown that a food additive called carboxymethylcellulose changed the composition of the bacterial communities that line the gut. So Chassaing and his colleagues wondered how this affected the animals' health.
Makes me wonder what pre-made diet foods, like Lean Cuisine and others, people purchase actually causes weight gain.
Diet soda isn't. It actually increases appetite during digestion.
Racket. So many rackets out there just for that bottom line, $$$$$.