Common Food Preservative Triggers Weight Gain, Insulin Resistance In Mice

reports on a study in mice that found that consuming the preservative propionate “may trigger metabolic responses that are linked to obesity and diabetes.” The additive, a naturally occurring fatty acid which helps prevent mold, was found to cause “weight gain and resistance to the hormone insulin” in mice, and spurred “a release of blood sugar-raising hormones – and a subsequent surge in insulin.” The findings were published in Science Translational Medicine. https://consumer.healthday.com/vitamins-and-nutrition-information-27/food-and-nutrition-news-316/could-common-food-preservative-make-people-fat-745475.html