By Tyler Durden It looks like the “Make America Healthy Again” movement could be showing up right on time… At least according to one registered dietitian nutritionist in Los Angeles, who recently took to Fox News to lay out the risks from ultra-processed foods in the…
By Tyler Durden Two thirds of the calories children in Britain are getting are coming from “ultra processed” foods, new research suggests. Ultra-processed foods include ice cream, processed meats, chips, mass-produced bread, breakfast cereals, biscuits and sodas. They make up a “significant proportion” of the diet…
Authored by Flora Zhao via The Epoch Times (emphasis ZeroHedge) The long list of unfamiliar names on ingredient labels of processed foods is already a cause for concern. However, many people are unaware of another category of additives never listed on these labels. These “invisible”…
Authored by JoJo Novaes and Ben Lam via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Eating junk food is as pervasive in our current culture as eating naturally was in our not-so-long-ago past—and it shows. A systematic review published in The BMJ this year, involving 9.8 million…
By Samuel J. White, York St John University and Philippe B. Wilson, York St John University In our fast-paced world, convenience can often come at the cost of nutrition. This shift has led to an increased reliance on ultra-processed foods. But diets high in ultra-processed…
By Shyla Cadogan, RD By now, most people know that the candies, chips, cakes, and sodas aren’t healthy. Now, new research is helping drive the point home. Solid evidence shows that exposure to ultra-processed foods is associated with an increased risk of 32 negative health…
By Study Finds Consuming a high amount of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) may lead to an increased risk of mouth and throat cancers, a new study warns. The research, which analyzed the dietary habits and lifestyles of nearly half a million individuals over more than a…
By John Anderer Troubling new research finds the majority of foods purchased by Americans (60%) contain any number of artificial additives such as preservatives, sweeteners, and coloring or flavoring agents. Even worse, these levels represent a 10-percent increase since 2001. The study makes a strong…
By Richard Hoffman, University of Hertfordshire Many of us know that we should steer away from processed meats and eat more vegetables if we want to be healthier and lower our chances of developing certain types of cancers. While there are many reasons processed meats…
By Mayukh Saha Most of the ready-made food we eat today is ultra-processed. As tasty as they may be, they can be even dangerous from a health perspective. There have been concerns that such ultra-processed food makes us crave more and eventually leads to obesity….
By Richard Hoffman, University of Hertfordshire The evidence of a link between processed meat and cancer is now strong enough for some organisations to recommend not eating any. There’s also increasing evidence of a link between processed meat and type 2 diabetes. And now, a…
As food consumed in the U.S. becomes more and more processed, obesity may become more prevalent. Through reviewing overall trends in food, George Washington University (GW) researcher Leigh A. Frame, PhD, MHS, concluded that detailed recommendations to improve diet quality and overall nutrition are needed…
Americans are overexposed to products that are high in calories, saturated fat, sugar and salt Americans are overexposed to products that are high in energy, saturated fat, sugar and salt, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study that reports the United States packaged food and…
People eating ultra-processed foods ate more calories and gained more weight than when they ate a minimally processed diet, according to results from a National Institutes of Health study. The difference occurred even though meals provided to the volunteers in both the ultra-processed and…
By Mac Slavo In a not-so-surprising announcement, a French team has discovered during a study that ultra-processed foods accelerate your risk of mortality. According to the new research, humans face a 14% higher risk of early death with each 10% increase in the amount of…
By Daniel Ross / Independent Media Institute There’s no avoiding the debris of modern living on a trip to your local grocery store—rows and rows of foods and products that, if not ready to eat, are designed and packaged to be prepared quickly and to last an age….
By Melinda Cafferty, Natural Blaze Is a “snap into a Slim Jim” likely to make you snap? Heck, even beef jerky advertisements feature men who are over ‘roided – or, hyper. Scientists now believe that beef jerky and other processed meats like deli slices are causing manic…
By Anna Hunt To many people, news and research about the positive effects of superfoods are sufficient motivation to eat healthy. Yet, sometimes we need a stark reminder of the dangers of processed foods to stay on track with our diet goals. When you go…
By Catherine J Frompovich In July 2016, I published another book, Eat to Beat Disease, Foods Medicinal Qualities, which talks about how food ‘works’ in the body not only as nutrition but how it impacts either health or disease. In numerous places in that book, I…
By Amanda Froelich You might roll your eyes when you hear that someone has a gluten intolerance, but in fact, the epidemic is very real and continues to increase in prevalence. The Organic Consumers Association believes this is because modern wheat in America is heavily…
