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• Prospective cohort analysis Date verified

  A large French cohort has examined food additive glutamate and cardiovascular risk

  A new NutriNet-Sante analysis from the Touvier and Srour group looks at food additive glutamate and cardiovascular risk. The digest recorded its existence and provenance; no effect sizes were extracted.

  American Journal of Clinical · Hasenbohler et al. · 8 August 2026 · PMID 42570865

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• In vitro and mouse models Date verified

  Two common emulsifiers disrupted the gut barrier in lab and mouse models

  Soy lecithin and DATEM produced dose dependent gut barrier disruption and cytotoxicity at daily exposure doses in gut on a chip models, human colon organoids and mice, with IgE effects in mice and human cells. Not a human study.

  Allergy · Yazici et al. · 8 August 2026 · PMID 42568319

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• Narrative review Date verified

  Carrageenan's safety record is under review again, with a new gut mechanism paper alongside

  A comprehensive review asks whether carrageenan is a food additive or a health concern, and a companion mechanism paper reports Bacteroides desulfating carrageenan and feeding hydrogen sulfide production. Reviews and mechanisms, not new human evidence.

  Annals of Nutrition and · Arslan et al. · 6 August 2026 · PMID 42560937

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