[Podcast] Q&A #65: Are Food Emulsifiers Harmful to Gut and Metabolic Health?
Dr. Rhonda Patrick discusses Akkermansia muciniphila, vitamin B1's effect on blood sugar, emulsifiers in food, and electrolyte supplements. ... rhonda exercise diet microbiome micronutrients sauna blood sugar supplements
Watch now[Story] Common dietary emulsifiers found in processed foods can disrupt glucose regulation and alter the gut microbiota, potentially driving metabolic and immune dysfunction.
...uting to metabolic disorders and immune dysfunction. Researchers fed mice diets containing four commonly used emulsifiers: lecithin, sucrose esters, carboxymethylcellulose, and mono- and diglycerides. Then, they analyzed how the compounds affected the gut's protective mucus barrier and microbial div... gut microbiome metabolism
Read more[Story] Synthetic food ingredient, cellulose gum, shifts the microbiota toward pro-inflammatory type.
... the effects of synthetic emulsifiers in the diet of healthy adults and found alterations in the gut microbiota associated with inflammatory disease. Carboxymethylcellulose, also known as cellulose gum, is a synthetic emulsifier (i.e., a compound that blends water and oil together) found in foods suc... microbiome
Read more[Topic] Hydrolyzed collagen
...with type 2 diabetes and hypertension and 50 healthy people provided participants with either 6.5 grams of marine hydrolyzed collagen or 6.5 grams of carboxymethylcellulose (as a placebo) twice daily for three months. The study participants were permitted to use antidiabetic and antihypertensive drug... interesting nutrition aging metabolism autoimmunity
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