How Food Additives Can Cause Diabetes - AI Podcast

Dr. Joseph Mercola - Take Control of Your Health

Briana Mercola

Health & Fitness, Health, Alternative Health

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Studies show that mixtures of food additives in ultraprocessed foods increase Type 2 diabetes risk, even for those following otherwise healthy diets
Two additive mixtures pose higher diabetes risk — one found in sweetened beverages and another in processed foods like dairy desserts and canned broths
Food additives damage gut microbiome, disrupt cellular function, and cause DNA damage when combined, even at low doses that match typical consumption patterns
Current safety assessments by health agencies are incomplete as they test individual additives rather than the combinations consumed in everyday diets
Healthy recommendations include eliminating ultraprocessed foods, choosing whole or biodynamic foods, educating family about real food, and learning to identify harmful additives

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0:00.0	Welcome to Dr. Mercola's Cellular Wisdom. Stay informed with quick, easy-to-listen
0:06.1	summaries of our latest articles, perfect for when you're on the go. No reading required. Subscribe
0:11.2	for free at Mercola.com for the latest health insights. When was the last time you considered
0:16.8	that a sugar-free snack could still nudge you toward type 2 diabetes.
0:21.6	Hello, and welcome to Dr. Mercola's cellular wisdom.
0:25.6	I'm Ethan Foster, and alongside me is Alara Sky.
0:29.6	Today you'll discover how everyday mixtures of food additives
0:33.6	quietly raise your risk for type 2 diabetes,
0:36.6	even if you're otherwise eating well.
0:39.3	Thanks, Ethan. Most people focus on cutting sugar, yet research now shows that combinations of common additives,
0:46.3	especially in ultra-processed foods and sweetened drinks, disrupt your metabolism in ways that single ingredients do not.
0:53.3	A large eight-year French cohort study followed more than
0:56.0	108,000 adults.
0:58.0	Instead of looking at one additive at a time, the researchers tracked the blends you
1:03.0	encounter in real life.
1:04.0	Two mixtures stood out.
1:06.0	Mixture 5, common in sodas, and mixture 2, found in processed dairy desserts and canned broths,
1:13.3	were strongly linked to higher diabetes incidents.
1:16.6	Even participants who logged overall healthy diets weren't spared.
1:20.8	When their meals still included those additive blends, their diabetes risk climbed.
1:25.9	That means choosing low-fat yogurt or a light salad dressing doesn't protect you if hidden stabilizers,
1:31.3	dyes, and artificial sweeteners accompany them.
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