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Prebiotics, Probiotics, FMT / Manipulators of the Intestinal Microbiota

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Processed Food

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The modern food supply includes many non-nutritional ingredients and additives. These include emulsifiers, which are estimated to be added to 55% of all ultra-processed foods
Halmos et al. 2019 Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 49(1): 41-50
Sandall et al. 2020 Nutrients 12(9): 2827

see also:
Emulsifiers / Emulsion & Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)

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Dietary Patterns, Ultra-processed Food, and the Risk of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases in the NutriNet-Santé Cohort
Vasseur et al. 2021 Inflamm Bowel Dis 27: 65
Emulsifiers impact colonic length in mice and emulsifier restriction is feasible in people with Crohn’s disease
Sandall et al. 2020 Nutrients 12(9): 2827
Review article: emulsifiers in the food supply and implications for gastrointestinal disease
Halmos et al. 2019 Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 49(1): 41-50
Review
Ultra-processed products are becoming dominant in the global food system
Monteiro et al. 2013 Obes. Rev. 14 (suppl 2): 21-28
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