Cancer Research - A group of American researchers has observed that the consumption of dietary emulsifiers, common components of processed foods,contribute to alter the composition of bowel microbiota causing low-grade inflammation that can lead to the development of colon tumors

 

Dietary emulsifier-induced low-grade inflammation promotes colon carcinogenesis

 

Authors: Emilie Viennois, Didier Merlin, Andrew T. Gewirtz and Benoit Chassaing

 

DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-16-1359 Published 7 November 2016