Food Dyes can Cause Colitis by Hannah Joy on May 14, 2021 at 4:57 PM
Two food colorants are the risk factors for causing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
Both genetic predisposition and environmental factors play a role in whether a person develops IBD or not
Artificial food colorants can cause colitis, which is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) when the immune system has become dysregulated, reveal Icahn School of Medicine researchers at Mount Sinai. The study, published in
Food Dyes can Cause Colitis
The study, conducted in mice, found that the mice developed colitis when they consumed food with the artificial food colorants FD&C Red 40 and Yellow 6 when a specific component of their immune system, known as cytokine IL-23, was dysregulated.