Browsing: UltraProcessed

Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) have more in common with cigarettes than with fruit or vegetables, and require far tighter regulation, according…

Doctors and nutritionists urge us to avoid them. California is banning them from school lunches.[1] A recent set of research…

Ultra-processed foods have been getting a lot of buzz lately—and not in a good way. Increasingly, research has linked diets…

Ultra-processed foods are made mostly from substances extracted from foods, such as starches, hydrogenated fats, and added sugars. They often…

But this research also highlights something hopeful. Even in a landscape dominated by UPFs, shifting back toward whole and minimally…

SourcesWe consulted Kelly Brownell, a professor emeritus at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University; Michael F. Jacobson,…

Ultra-processed foods (UPF) have been in the news a lot lately. I recently wrote about them, too, pointing out that…

By now, you may be familiar with the term “ultra-processed foods,” or those that use additives to make a product…

In the U.S., ultra-processed foods are everywhere—found readily at local grocery stores and restaurants, they make up about 55% of…

People lose more weight if they cook minimally processed food from scratch than if they eat ultra-processed and ready-made foods,…