Fresh health 警告 over ありふれた additive used in thousands of ultra-過程d foods 含むing mayo and bread as scientists say they may lead to type 2 糖尿病

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ありふれた additives lurking in thousands of ultra-過程d foods (UPFs) may raise the 危険 of type 2 糖尿病, 研究 示唆するs.?

Emulsifiers, a group of 'E numbers', are used to 保存する and give texture to cakes, ice cream, mayonnaise and even bread.?

French scientists analysed diets of more than 100,000 adults to 暴露する the 最新の health 恐れる.

Adults who ate lots of emulsifiers were up to 15 per cent more likely to have type 2 糖尿病, the 熟考する／考慮する 設立する.??

Critics, however, tore apart the academic paper, arguing it was only observational and ひどく 欠陥d.?

Emulsifiers, a group of 'E numbers', are used to 保存する and give texture to cakes, ice cream, mayonnaise and even bread. French scientists analysed diets of more than 100,000 adult s to 暴露する the 最新の health 恐れる

Almost 4.3 million people were living with 糖尿病 in 2021/22, によれば the 最新の 人物／姿／数字s for the UK. And another 850,000 people have 糖尿病 and are 完全に unaware of it, which is worrying because untreated type 2 糖尿病 can lead to 複雑化s 含むing heart 病気 and 一打／打撃s?

Dozens of other factors could have 影響（力）d the findings, published in a 定期刊行物 owned by The Lancet.

Co-authors Dr Mathilde Touvier, 研究 director at the French 国家の 学校／設ける of Health and 医療の 研究, and Dr Bernard Srour, an epidemiologist at 研究 学校／設ける INRAE, said:?'These findings... cannot be used on their own to 設立する a causal 関係.

'However, our results 代表する 重要な elements to 濃厚にする the 審議 on re-評価するing the 規則s around the use of additives in the food 産業, ーするために better 保護する 消費者s.'

Additive-laden foods have long been vilified over their supposed 危険s, with some 専門家s?even calling for UPFs ― typically anything edible that has more 人工的な 成分s than natural ones ― to be 削除するd from diets.

The 104,000 French adults 伴う／関わるd in the 熟考する／考慮する were quizzed on their dietary habits ― 含むing their 普通の／平均（する） daily intake of different groups of emulsifiers ― personal 医療の history and physical activity level.

Over a follow-up of seven years on 普通の／平均（する）,?1,056 volunteers were 診断するd with type 2 糖尿病.?

After taking into account other 危険 factors such as obesity and smoking, 研究員s said seven groups of emulsifiers were linked to type 2 糖尿病.?

Every 500mg of tripotassium phosphate (E340), 設立する in sliced ham, canned soups and cake mixes, daily was linked to a 15 per cent 増加するd 危険.

Elevated 半端物s were also seen with guar gum (E412) and xanthan gum (E415). They can be 設立する in cottage cheese, salad dressings and sauces.?

令状ing in The Lancet 糖尿病 and Endocrinology?研究員s said the 熟考する／考慮する raises '関心s?about the need to 改訂する 許容できる daily intakes?for several food additives, 含むing emulsifiers'.?

But 専門家s today critiqued the paper.?

Dr Sarah Berry, an 専門家 in nutritional sciences at King's College London, said: 'This type of large-規模 epidemiological 熟考する／考慮する is a 決定的な part of the 科学の 過程.?

'However, these 熟考する／考慮するs cannot 証明する that emulsifiers 原因（となる） type 2 糖尿病.?

'Because 製品s that 含む／封じ込める emulsifiers of ten 含む／封じ込める a multitude of other 成分s, disentangling the 影響s of each 構内／化合物 is challenging.'

She 追加するd: 'While emulsifiers are 個々に carefully checked for safety, few 熟考する／考慮するs 調査／捜査する how cocktails of these 化学製品s 衝撃 our health. So, this type of 熟考する／考慮する should 知らせる 未来, more tightly controlled 臨床の 裁判，公判s.'

Dr Duane Mellor, a dietitian at Aston University, said:?'What this paper does not fully consider is the difference in how the human 団体／死体 might 過程 and manage emulsifiers.'

The 熟考する／考慮する also considers a 変化させるd 範囲 of emulsifiers, 含むing ナトリウム?bicarbonate for example, he 追加するd.?

'This is one of its uses, but it is perhaps more 一般的に used as a raising スパイ／執行官 in the form of baking 砕く,' he said.

The number of Americans living with 糖尿病 has also 急に上がるd in the last 20 years. 見積（る）s by the 中心s for 病気 支配（する）／統制する and 予防 show prevalence 10.3 per cent of the 全住民 were thought to have the 条件 between 2001 and 2004. This rose to 13.2 per cent between 2017 and 2020?

'So it seems that there are some overlap between how 成分s can be 分類するd as they can have different uses in cooking 同様に as 商業の food 製造（する）.'

Type 2 糖尿病 occurs when the 団体／死体 doesn't make enough insulin or the insulin it makes doesn't work 適切に.

This hormone is needed to bring 負かす／撃墜する 血 sugar levels.

Having high 血 sugar levels over time can 原因（となる） heart attacks and 一打／打撃s, 同様に as problems with the 注目する，もくろむs, 腎臓s and feet.?

苦しんでいる人s may need to 精密検査する their diet, take daily 医薬 and have 正規の／正選手 check-ups.

Symptoms of the 条件, which is 診断するd with a 血 実験（する）, 含む 過度の かわき, tiredness and needing to urinate more often. But many people have no 調印するs.

Almost 4.3million people were living with 糖尿病 in 2021/22, によれば the 最新の 人物／姿／数字s for the UK.

And another 850,000 people have 糖尿病 and are 完全に unaware of it.

だいたい 90 per cent of 糖尿病 事例／患者s are type 2 糖尿病, which is linked with obesity and is typically 診断するd in middle age, rather than type 1 糖尿病, a genetic 条件 usually identified 早期に in life.