date:May 27, 2016
Digestive Disease Week, a scientific meeting focused on digestive diseases.
The researchers then took the altered community of gut bacteria out of the lab equipment and implanted it into mice that didn't have any gut bacteria of their own. These mice also developed intestinal inflammation and showed signs of metabolic syndrome, a cluster of conditions that includes obesity, high blood sugar and insulin resistance.
The study shows that emulsifiers directly affect gut bacteria, Chassaing said.