Common food additives linked to high blood pressure and heart disease

Common food additives linked to high blood pressure and heart disease sciencedaily.com

Common preservatives hiding in processed foods may carry unexpected heart risks, with heavy consumption linked to substantially higher rates of high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease. Researchers identified…

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LarsAlereon7 days ago

The additive they found to be associated with heart disease is Vitamin C, so I'm somewhat skeptical of the value of these results given how well-studied it is.

harry_nutsachs6 days ago

I noticed that too. Its not the only one but what kinds of foods have ascorbic acid added as a preservative ?

LarsAlereon6 days ago

Lowering the pH of food is a pretty common way to preserve it and if you're going to lower the pH then using an acid that is also a vitamin seems like an easy win.

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