[HN Gopher] Sugar additive trehalose may lead to Clostridium dif...
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       Sugar additive trehalose may lead to Clostridium difficile colitis
        
       Author : jonnycomputer
       Score  : 15 points
       Date   : 2021-12-30 19:58 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.sciencealert.com)
        
       | cupcake-unicorn wrote:
       | Curious why this is making the news now. I noticed trehalose as
       | an ingredient on something and looked it up and saw the
       | association then. I think the data was trending there even before
       | this 2018 study.
       | 
       | That being said I'm vegan and have food allergies so I'm always
       | looking at ingredients. That being said trehalose is in food
       | naturally as well (see link below).
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       | Fun fact this was isolated from a chemical produced by Weevils,
       | it's kind of like a natural antifreeze so they can stay alive in
       | the winter:
       | https://www.chemeurope.com/en/encyclopedia/Trehalose.html This is
       | the same mechanism that allowed the tardigrades in that dumb
       | "quantum" experiment to stay alive - using trehalose instead of
       | glucose under harsh conditions
        
       | postpawl wrote:
       | That's what's in Taco Bell's meat filling.
       | 
       | Source: https://abcnews.go.com/Business/taco-bell-reveals-
       | mystery-be...
        
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