Bitumen could worsen intestinal inflammation

Copy Experience September 5, 2018 No Comments Being something so normal, it is something that could go unnoticed. Titanium dioxide is commonly used in food products, as well as cosmetics and some medicines. It has generally been considered harmless to the human body. It has recently begun to be used as a form of white pigment in all of these areas (including food for frosting and marshmallows) under the name additive E171. It has recently been found that high consumption can affect patients with intestinal inflammation or colitis and can become two things: –Crohn’s disease – more common in women –Ulcerative colitis – More common in men. The scientists focused on the NLRP3 inflammasome, a protein complex that the immune system releases to signal potential threats. When activated, it triggers inflation as a measure to counter the perceived threat. In laboratory tests, titanium dioxide was observed to accumulate in the body and was flagged as a threat by MLRP3 inflammasomes. This led scientists to determine that this substance is particularly harmful to those who already suffer from intestinal inflammation. It is very important as experts looking after the nutritional health of our patients, to take these new results into account. Invite your patients who have inflammation to moderate themselves with cakes, offer them some alternative that helps them with this.