Hidden in Plain Bite: The Additive Cocktails Quietly Fueling Diabetes Risk

From SciTechDaily

Mixtures of food additives are a routine part of our diets, especially through the consumption of ultra-processed foods. Until now, safety assessments have focused on individual additives, largely because of limited data on the effects of consuming them in combination.

In a new study, researchers from Inserm, INRAE, Sorbonne Paris Nord University, Paris Cité University, and Cnam—working within the Nutritional Epidemiology Research Team (CRESS-EREN)—investigated whether exposure to commonly consumed additive mixtures might be linked to the development of type 2 diabetes. They analyzed health and dietary data from over 100,000 adults in the French NutriNet-Santé cohort.