Sugar coated pills not such a sweet deal
Medications are often sugar coated to prevent the medicine from causing, in particular, gastric upsets in those swallowing the pills. Now a new study is reporting that the very ‘sugar coating’ that is protecting the body might itself be bad for the body.
According to this study, sponsored by the Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority and published in Toxicology Letters, just one ‘sugar coated’ tablet of an easy to obtain over-the-counter medication ‘can raise the levels of phthalates in the body by 100 fold before being quickly eliminated.’ Apparently, it’s quickly eliminated, but the fact that it even gets into …read more
