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Featured: Food additives linked to anxiety via gut-brain axis

Artificial emulsifiers commonly used in the food industry are coming under increasing scrutiny due to potential adverse effects. An experimental study suggests they could be linked to anxiety by disrupting gut bacteria.

Posted on Mon, 3 Jul 17

Carrageenan free diet

A remarkable new dietary study suggests that avoiding a common food additive, carrageenan, could help people with inflammatory bowel disease.

Posted on Sat, 11 Apr 15

Dietary emulsifiers and gut bacteria linked to colitis and obesity

Artificial food additives may be allowing your gut bacteria to break through a protective mucus layer in your gut and cause disease throughout your body.

Posted on Sat, 8 Aug 09

Common food flavouring may trigger weight gain

The popular food flavouring agent monosodium glutamate (MSG) was reported in 1968 to cause a set of symptoms such flushing, tightness of the chest or difficulty in breathing which was labelled as Chinese restaurant syndrome due to the popular use of this flavouring in Chinese food. Since this report however, there has been little evidence of such reactions to MSG, even when people who normally report symptoms are given MSG unknowingly [1-2]. Concerns over the safety of MSG have recently been reignited by a study suggesting MSG may be independently linked to weight gain.