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Some ingredients added to food, like thickeners, sweeteners, and tiny particles, might change how your gut works—like the bacteria living there, how leaky your gut is, or if it gets inflamed—based mostly on studies in lab animals or cells.
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Ultra-processed foods and food additives in gut health and disease
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2024 JunThe study looks at the same food additives and gut health effects as the claim, and it says the evidence mostly comes from animal and lab studies, which supports the claim.
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