Two mixtures of common food additives, including aspartame, sucralose, xanthan & guar gums, modified starches, carrageenan and citric acid, are linked with slightly increased risk of type II diabetes, per French cohort study of more than 100,000 adults (IMAGE)

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Two mixtures of common food additives, including aspartame, sucralose, xanthan & guar gums, modified starches, carrageenan and citric acid, are linked with slightly increased risk of type II diabetes, per French cohort study of more than 100,000 adults

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Researchers assess the link between type II diabetes and common food additives.

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Mathilde Touvier (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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