Tag: ultra-processed foods
Millions of Americans can no longer buy soda and candy with food stamps in these states
The grocery list for America's biggest food aid program has quietly shrunk, and the first large study of shoppers shows what they bought instead.
Eating less ultra-processed food could help with depression
When 20 depressed adults ditched chips, frozen meals, and soda, their scores on three mood scales moved in the same direction.
Every additional 100 grams of ultra-processed food consumed daily was linked to an increased risk of heart disease, cancer, and overall mortality
A bag of chips, two cookies, or one muffin a day may be all it takes to nudge four major disease risks higher.
Ultra-processed foods could be damaging the muscles around your knees
New MRI scans of 615 adults show that the more ultra-processed food people ate, the more fat had crept inside the thigh muscles that hold up their knees.
Ultra-processed diets linked to 26% higher risk of severe fatty liver disease
A UK Biobank study followed more than 143,000 adults for a decade to test the effect.
Ultra-processed food may raise your prostate cancer risk by nearly a third
A study of more than 17,000 men links the heaviest ultra-processed food intake to sharply higher prostate cancer risk.