Chapter 14- Additive Anxiety

Everyoen at Chris’s hospital eats

Pret

Pret with 40 ingredients advertises as

natural

many people think food additives are

regulated, but so many are unknown

Emulsifiers

universal in UPF, binds fat and water

emulsifier ex

lecithin, DATEM

the big company called Dupont

dumped additives into Ohio River-cant self regulate

days after birth, our micrboes start to grow and become one of

largest immune systems

microbes are essential for

digestion in last part of small intestine

dysbiosis

when species colonize and destroy our microbiome

waht can dysbiosis cause

diabetes, inflammation, cancer

emulsifiers can

damage our gut barrier and allow new species to leak in

when tested emulsifiers on rats, their guts

leaked so much that they were almost developing colitis

maltodextrins effect

increase e coli to start forming slime films

Xanthan gum

food for new bacteria species, bad on immune system