ReviewFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Food Emulsifiers and Metabolic Syndrome: The Role of the Gut Microbiota.
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35 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Ultra-processed foods and risk of declined renal function: a dose-response meta-analysis of 786,216 participants.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Pooled it
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- Targeting Gut Microbiota by DPP-4 Inhibitors in Obesity: Mechanistic Insights and Therapeutic Implications.Current nutrition reports · 2026Review
- Diet, ultra-processed foods, and gut dysbiosis: linking emulsifiers to colorectal cancer risk.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2026Review
- Diet in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Efficacy, Tolerability, and Microbiome Effects Toward Personalized Management.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2026Review
- Microbiota-driven mechanisms in multisystem diseases: integrative evidence across cardiovascular, metabolic, neurological and autoimmune disorders.Antonie van Leeuwenhoek · 2026Review
- Biosurfactants in Food: Advances, Innovative Applications and Functional Perspectives.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Dietary exposure to food additives in ultra-processed foods: implications for gut microbiome, metabolic health, and risk assessment.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
- The impact of ultra-processed foods on pediatric health.Obesity pillars · 2025Review
- The role of ultra-processed food in obesity.Nature reviews. Endocrinology · 2025Review
- Advancements in Microbial Applications for Sustainable Food Production.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Ultra-processed foods: Implications for gastrointestinal health.World journal of gastroenterology · 2025Review
- A Comprehensive Review of the Triangular Relationship Among Diet, Gut Microbiota, and Aging.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Physiological Mechanisms of and Therapeutic Approaches to the Gut Microbiome and Low-Grade Inflammation in Obesity.Current issues in molecular biology · 2025Review
- Consumption of Ultra-Processed Food and Risk of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Prospective Analysis of the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study.Molecular nutrition & food research · 2025Article
- Understanding how foods and enteral feedings influence the gut microbiome.Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition · 2025Review
- Beneath the Surface: The Emerging Role of Ultra-Processed Foods in Obesity-Related Cancer.Current oncology reports · 2025Review
- Ultraprocessed Food Intake and Risk of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Among Women Observed in the Nurses' Health Study Cohorts.Arthritis care & research · 2025Article
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- A Comprehensive Review of the Triangular Relationship among Diet-Gut Microbiota-Inflammation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
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Abstract
The use of emulsifiers in processed foods and the rapid epidemic development of metabolic syndrome in Western countries over the past 20 years have generated growing interest. Evidence for the role of emulsifiers in metabolic syndrome through gut microbiota has not been clearly established, thus making it challenging for clinical nutritionists and dietitians to make evidence-based associations between the nature and the quantity of emulsifiers and metabolic disorders. This narrative review summarizes the highest quality clinical evidence currently available about the impact of food emulsifiers on gut microbiota composition and functions and the potential development of metabolic syndrome. The state-of-the-art of the different common emulsifiers is performed, highlighting where they are present in daily foods and their roles. Recent findings of in vitro, in vivo, and human studies assessing the effect of different emulsifiers on gut microbiota have been recently published. There is some progress in understanding how some food emulsifiers could contribute to developing metabolic diseases through gut microbiota alterations while others could have prebiotic effects. However, there are still many unanswered questions regarding daily consumption amounts and the synergic effects between emulsifiers' intake and responses by the microbial signatures of each individual.
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