Are Carboxymethylcellulose, Polysorbate 80, and Other Emulsifiers Safe? 

Emulsifiers are the most widely used food additives. What are they doing to our gut microbiome? When grocery shopping these days, unless you’re sticking to the produce aisle, “it is nearly impossible to avoid processed foods, particularly in the consumption of a typical Western diet,” which is characterized by insufficient plant foods, too much meat, dairy, and eggs, and a lot of processed junk, “along with increased exposure to additives due to their use in processed foods.” The artificial sweetener sucralose, for example, which is sold as Splenda, “irrefutably disrupts the gut microbiome at