Articles by Dr Greger:

• (2016) Food Additives That May Make our Gut Leaky Excerpt:

  What about maltodextrin? Found in artificial sweeteners like Splenda, snack foods, salad dressings, and fiber supplements. Maltodextrin markedly enhanced the ability of the bacteria to glom onto our intestinal cells, though other additives, carboxy-methyl cellulose and xanthan gum appeared to have no adverse effects.

• Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. Excerpt in both articles:

  Processed foods contain ingredients that may facilitate the invasion of bacteria. The main ones are polysorbate 80 (found commonly in ice cream, Crisco, Cool Whip, condiments, and cottage cheese); titanium dioxide (a whitening/brightening pigment); maltodextrin (found in Splenda, snack foods, salad dressings, and fiber supplements); and sucralose, which has been shown to increase IBD rates up to 12-fold. The good news is that after stopping consumption, the original balance of gut bacteria may be restored within weeks.

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