New Study Makes Clear: Meat Isn’t Good for You
A large, carefully analyzed new study links red and processed meat consumption with slightly higher risk of heart disease and death. Eating Red Meat and Processed Meat Hikes Heart Disease, …
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Processed Foods Highly Correlated With Obesity Epidemic – Need to “Use Food as Medicine”
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, …
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Actually, Low-Fat Milk/Dairy Is Not Necessarily Better for Kids
Research finding that children who consume full-fat dairy products do not show an increased risk of obesity or heart disease raises questions about the current dietary advice for children. Children …
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Even Moderate Amounts of Added Sugar Doubles Body’s Fat Production
Too much sugar is unhealthy – that we know, but it’s not just down to the many calories. Even moderate amounts of added fructose and sucrose double the body’s own …
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New Research Uncovers Dangers of Artificial Sweeteners – Potentially Leading to Serious Health Issues
Sweeteners could cause gut bacteria to invade the intestine. New research has discovered that common artificial sweeteners can cause previously healthy gut bacteria to become diseased and invade the gut …
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Essential Amino Acids: Why Wild African Fruits Can Supplement Low Protein Staple Foods
Wild fruits from Southern Africa show good potential to supplement diets with the building blocks of protein. Researchers from the University of Johannesburg studied 14 species. Two of the fruits …
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Scientists Investigate the Health Risks Raised by Ultra-Processed Foods
Industrially produced foods, such as snacks, chips, convenience foods, carbonated drinks, increase the risk of death, especially from cardiovascular causes. Supermarket shelves are increasingly flooded with foods produced by extensive …
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Researchers Warn: Common Food Additive – Banned in France but Allowed in the U.S. – Causes Adverse Health Effects in Mice
University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers find titanium dioxide nanoparticles produce inflammation in colon. A common food additive, recently banned in France but allowed in the U.S. and many other countries, was found …
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