Author: Erin Elizabeth

A new study published in the journal Nature has found that two strains of Clostridium difficile (or C. difficile) one of the most prevalent hospital-acquired infections in the U.S., might have been partly fueled by the sugar additive, Trehalose. As if we needed MORE proof that additives are bad, the results of this study have highlighted the fact that playing science with our food can and does have unintended consequences. “C. difficile is a nasty bacterium — infection can result in severe diarrhea and death… According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly half a million people were sickened by the bug in 2011....

I’m sorry to share this info so late. Please make sure to spread the word. RELATED STORY: Lettuce Salads May Soon Become a Thing of the Past In the last seven weeks, 59 people in the U.S. and Canada have become ill from a dangerous strain of E. coli bacteria and the likely culprit is romaine lettuce. In the U.S., infections have happened in California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Vermont, and Washington state, with five people being hospitalized and one death. There has also been one death in Canada. “Canadian health authorities identified...