
Common chemicals from food additives to pesticides may be wrecking your gut health, study says
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University of Cambridge researchers identified 168 common chemicals that may disrupt gut health, including flame retardants, pesticides and plastic additives found in everyday products.
"The gut isn't just a digestion machine — it's a central command center for immunity, metabolism and inflammation." "We don't need panic, but we do need progress." Andrea Margolis is a lifestyle writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. Readers can follow her on X at @andreamargs or send story tips to andrea.margolis@fox.com.
The scientists studied how 1,076 chemical contaminants affected 22 bacterial species, creating a machine-learning model to forecast how likely chemicals were to harm gut health.

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