Killing Of Microbial Life Inside Our Guts
- One theory is that these ingredients impair the microbial life in our gut, instead of helping it flourish.
- Another theory, outlined in a recent review paper on the effects of the Western diet on the microbiome, is that the sugar in ultraprocessed foods may feed harmful bacteria in the gut, causing them to bloom
- There's still a lot that scientists have to learn. For now, researchers have figured out that it's not just what's added to processed foods that may hurt the gut microbiome. It's also what's missing.
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Ultraprocessed food diets are unhealthy. The reason why may hide in our guts.
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