Tag: ultra-processed foods

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.

Ultra-processed food may be quietly dulling your focus, even if you eat well otherwise

A large new study finds a packet of chips a day is enough to move the needle on attention.

What your body goes through when you stop eating ultra-processed food

A tightly controlled NIH trial shows what starts to shift when packaged food leaves the plate.

Cutting ultra-processed food may double your weight loss without eating less

In a UK crossover trial, home-cooked meals doubled the fat lost at matched calories.