Dr. Will Bulsiewicz
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Yeah, and that is a beautiful thing. And as a consumer, it's actually not that complicated to figure this out because if you flip it over and look at the ingredient list, if you recognize everything on that ingredient list, you're in a good spot. If you're like, what is that? Which I am myself, and I have a background in chemistry.
Many times I look at these ingredient lists, I don't even know what these things are. So you have to figure that out. So this is where I think like keeping it simple becomes very important. All right, so the issue with the emulsifiers is that with these different products that contain them, and like a lot of times it's the creamy type things.
Many times I look at these ingredient lists, I don't even know what these things are. So you have to figure that out. So this is where I think like keeping it simple becomes very important. All right, so the issue with the emulsifiers is that with these different products that contain them, and like a lot of times it's the creamy type things.
Many times I look at these ingredient lists, I don't even know what these things are. So you have to figure that out. So this is where I think like keeping it simple becomes very important. All right, so the issue with the emulsifiers is that with these different products that contain them, and like a lot of times it's the creamy type things.
So like a plant-based milk, plant-based yogurt, like these are places where you're going to find these. And ice cream in general, in general, regardless dairy, non-dairy, whatever. The issue is that they are disruptive to the microbiome.
So like a plant-based milk, plant-based yogurt, like these are places where you're going to find these. And ice cream in general, in general, regardless dairy, non-dairy, whatever. The issue is that they are disruptive to the microbiome.
So like a plant-based milk, plant-based yogurt, like these are places where you're going to find these. And ice cream in general, in general, regardless dairy, non-dairy, whatever. The issue is that they are disruptive to the microbiome.
And this signal emerged initially in animal model studies where we would see basically rats developing colitis, like ulcerative colitis because of exposure to these compounds. And it evolved to where they started to ask the question, like among humans, what happens? And actually there was a study done in France where they put people on a low emulsifier diet compared to a high emulsifier diet.
And this signal emerged initially in animal model studies where we would see basically rats developing colitis, like ulcerative colitis because of exposure to these compounds. And it evolved to where they started to ask the question, like among humans, what happens? And actually there was a study done in France where they put people on a low emulsifier diet compared to a high emulsifier diet.
And this signal emerged initially in animal model studies where we would see basically rats developing colitis, like ulcerative colitis because of exposure to these compounds. And it evolved to where they started to ask the question, like among humans, what happens? And actually there was a study done in France where they put people on a low emulsifier diet compared to a high emulsifier diet.
And they saw very rapidly significant disruption of the gut microbiome in the course of just days in people who were consuming the high emulsifier diet. And to contextualize this, I just want to be totally clear. This is not an argument that the way to fix our food system is to remove emulsifiers. That is not the only solution.
And they saw very rapidly significant disruption of the gut microbiome in the course of just days in people who were consuming the high emulsifier diet. And to contextualize this, I just want to be totally clear. This is not an argument that the way to fix our food system is to remove emulsifiers. That is not the only solution.
And they saw very rapidly significant disruption of the gut microbiome in the course of just days in people who were consuming the high emulsifier diet. And to contextualize this, I just want to be totally clear. This is not an argument that the way to fix our food system is to remove emulsifiers. That is not the only solution.
This is a broad issue where there are 10,000 additives in our food system. emulsifiers we have started to identify as potentially problematic, let me know when they pull these things out of the food supply because they have not. Let me know when that happens. I don't see it happening anytime soon, but maybe with RFK, maybe it will.
This is a broad issue where there are 10,000 additives in our food system. emulsifiers we have started to identify as potentially problematic, let me know when they pull these things out of the food supply because they have not. Let me know when that happens. I don't see it happening anytime soon, but maybe with RFK, maybe it will.
This is a broad issue where there are 10,000 additives in our food system. emulsifiers we have started to identify as potentially problematic, let me know when they pull these things out of the food supply because they have not. Let me know when that happens. I don't see it happening anytime soon, but maybe with RFK, maybe it will.
But this is not like you can take the emulsifiers out of the ultra processed food. It's still an ultra processed food. We still have other issues.
But this is not like you can take the emulsifiers out of the ultra processed food. It's still an ultra processed food. We still have other issues.
But this is not like you can take the emulsifiers out of the ultra processed food. It's still an ultra processed food. We still have other issues.
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