#39 - That Zoe study publication. Do additives such as emulsifiers give you diabetes?

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In this episode we look at the results in Nature Medicine of the Zoe study and think about what might have made it a stronger paper and what questions are still not answered. We talk about an antibiotic cream that may prevent viral infections and finally a Nutri-sante cohort study that shows the potential dangers of emulsifiers, which are a very common ingredient in many of our common sports supplements.
Podcast 39

Mao T, Kim J, Peña-Hernández MA, Valle G, Moriyama M, Luyten S, Ott IM, Gomez-Calvo ML, Gehlhausen JR, Baker E, Israelow B, Slade M, Sharma L, Liu W, Ryu C, Korde A, Lee CJ, Silva Monteiro V, Lucas C, Dong H, Yang Y; Yale SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Surveillance Initiative; Gopinath S, Wilen CB, Palm N, Dela Cruz CS, Iwasaki A. Intranasal neomycin evokes broad-spectrum antiviral immunity in the upper respiratory tract. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Apr 30;121(18):e2319566121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2319566121. Epub 2024 Apr 22. PMID: 38648490; PMCID: PMC11067057.

Salame C, Javaux G, Sellem L, Viennois E, de Edelenyi FS, Agaësse C, De Sa A, Huybrechts I, Pierre F, Coumoul X, Julia C, Kesse-Guyot E, Allès B, Fezeu LK, Hercberg S, Deschasaux-Tanguy M, Cosson E, Tatulashvili S, Chassaing B, Srour B, Touvier M. Food additive emulsifiers and the risk of type 2 diabetes: analysis of data from the NutriNet-Santé prospective cohort study. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2024 May;12(5):339-349. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(24)00086-X. PMID: 38663950.

Bermingham KM, Linenberg I, Polidori L, Asnicar F, Arrè A, Wolf J, Badri F, Bernard H, Capdevila J, Bulsiewicz WJ, Gardner CD, Ordovas JM, Davies R, Hadjigeorgiou G, Hall WL, Delahanty LM, Valdes AM, Segata N, Spector TD, Berry SE. Effects of a personalized nutrition program on cardiometabolic health: a randomized controlled trial. Nat Med. 2024 May 8. doi: 10.1038/s41591-024-02951-6. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38714898.

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