Some additives in ultraprocessed foods are known to be harmful to the body – but what about when these ingredients are combined?
A new study, published in the journal PLOS Medicine, revealed that the combination of certain food additives can lead to an increased risk of dangerous health conditions, like type 2 diabetes.
French researchers from multiple universities, including the Nutritional Epidemiology Research Team at Inserm, examined the link between additive mixtures and the onset of type 2 diabetes by analyzing the health data of more than 100,000 adults in the French NutriNet-Sante cohort.
The research, led by Dr. Mathilde Touvier, Inserm research director and study coordinator, analyzed the cohort’s eating and drinking habits over an average 7.7-year period.
