DESCRIPTION – A large-scale French study published on Tuesday reports a potential excess risk for heavy consumers.
Hams, sausages, sandwiches… More than 15,000 products with added nitrites or nitrates circulate on the French market. Their impact on our health has been carefully studied for years: already last summer, ANSES confirmed “the existence of a link between the risk of colon cancer and exposure” to these substances.
A new French study published Tuesday in the journal Plus Medicine suggest this timea link between nitrite from food additives and a potentially increased risk of type 2 diabetes», announces Bernard Srour, postdoctoral researcher at Inserm, who co-leads the research. A chronic disease that causes excess glucose in the blood, diabetes affects almost 3.5 million people in France and can cause serious complications (myocardial infarction, heart or kidney failure, stroke, etc.). As a reminder, if type 1 diabetes, which occurs in childhood, is associated with a disruption of…
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