Are food additives to blame for rise in colon cancer?

It’s hard to keep up with all the dangerous additives food companies like to sneak into your food nowadays — artificial coloring, artificial flavoring, artificial sweeteners. You really have to read your food labels carefully to make sure nothing strange slips by you.

Most likely you’re consuming dangerous additives every day.

And, to make matters worse, most food additives have misleading or unrecognizable names that require a quick Google search to figure out what you’re actually eating…

Take the food additives polysorbate 80 and carboxymethylcellulose (CMC), for example. You’ll find them in most processed foods, including ice cream, whipped cream, salad dressing, cottage cheese, cream cheese, shortening and condiments like soy sauce, oyster sauce, ketchup and mustard and even jam.

They’re added to your food to make its texture smoother and keep it fresh longer. But it seems they have a few unintended side effects…

Like killing off healthy gut bacteria, creating intestinal inflammation and increasing the risk of colon cancer.

In a recent study, researchers from Georgia State University gave polysorbate 80 and carboxymethylcellulose to mice in a dose similar to what people get when they eat processed food regularly. These food additives drastically changed the gut bacteria in these mice — and not for the better…

The change in gut bacteria triggered a chain reaction that led to more inflammation in their intestines, which made them more likely to develop colon tumors.

But this isn’t the first time researchers have subjected these emulsifiers to scrutiny. This study was a continuation of a previous study where they found that eating emulsifiers was linked to low-grade inflammation in the intestines and altered gut bacteria. They suspected these changes might lead to a greater risk of colon cancer. So they decided to test their theory in mice. And, sure enough, they were right.

Now, the incidence of colon cancer has gone up remarkably since the mid-20th century. And based on their research, these researchers suspect the addition of emulsifiers to our food has something to do with it. Of course, they have to continue their research to prove that for sure. But so far, the evidence looks pretty damning.

And, just so you know, these cancer-causing additives aren’t only in food. They’re used in a lot prescription medications too. And they’re even in some vitamins and supplements. So how do you avoid them?

Well, the only way to avoid these and other dangerous additives in food products is to read your labels vigilantly. But beware— these emulsifiers can hide under more than one alias. For example, carboxymethylcellulose is often listed as cellulose gum and polysorbate 80 is sometimes called Tween 80 on packaging.

Another thing you should do is eat foods that protect and promote diversity in your microbiome (the bacterial community in your gut). One of the best is the cancer-fighting nut that heals your gut. Researchers discovered that walnuts act like a probiotic in your gut, which keeps your colon healthy, and ultimately prevents the growth of colon tumors.

Editor’s note: Natural cancer remedies and preventatives exist in nature. But the sad truth is, conventional medicine would prefer you never learn of them. Dr. Michael Cutler reveals how to escape outdated and useless treatments and drugs — and lists dozens of the best vitamins, supplements and alternative methods to help you avoid cancer in his comprehensive guide, Surviving Cancer! To get your copy today — plus 3 FREE reports — click here!

Sources:

1. “Common Food Additive Promotes Colon Cancer In Mice, Georgia State University Researchers Find.” Georgia State University. http://news.gsu.edu. Retrieved November 7, 2016.

2. “Is common food additive to blame for rising rates of bowel disease?” The Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com. Retrieved November 7, 2016.

3. “Carboxymethyl Cellulose.” Be Food Smart. http://www.befoodsmart.com. Retrieved November 7, 2016.

4. “Polysorbate 80.” Be Food Smart. http://www.befoodsmart.com. Retrieved November 7, 2016.