The additives added to processed food to keep it fresher for longer might be having an unexpected effect on the health of the microbes in our guts.

Sarah Todd returned to reporting in January 2025 after being assignment editor at STAT since October 2022. You can reach Sarah on Signal at sarahlizchar.47. Not all ultra-processed foods are bad for ...

Ultra-processed food makes up more than half of the food eaten in the United States. While some foods are fine in moderation, eating too much can affect your health. Here’s what you need to know about ...

If you’ve ever tried to lose weight, you’ve probably been told that cooking your own meals is the way to go. This has been backed up by a recent study, which found that people who ate home-cooked, ...

Some diet experts have been warning us off highly processed or ultra-processed food (UPF) for years, but this month the campaign reached new heights. In the US, Donald Trump’s Health Secretary, Robert ...

Medically reviewed by Jonathan Purtell, RDN Key Takeaways The 10:1 carb-to-fiber rule helps identify whether a grain-based food is ultra-processed.White breads, pastas, rice, and many snack foods ...

To gain more knowledge about how ultra-processed food affects us, we need new research methods, claim researchers. Now they are looking to better understand our intestinal flora. Wilhelm Glomm is one ...

Recent headlines have focused on the fact that 60% of what kids eat is considered ultra-processed food. But what exactly is ultra-processed food? For Kid Eats this morning, Julie Stefanski broke it ...

Author and registered dietician and nutritionist Dawn Jackson Blatner joins John Williams to talk about the dangers surrounding the recent trend of raising ‘carnivore babies,’ the importance of ...

Back when Kerri Boutelle's children were younger, she remembers watching how kids would eat ice cream cones. She noticed a big difference between some siblings. "One child would eat half of the ice ...

It’s lunch time at Lincoln Crossing Elementary. And today, they’re serving up burgers. But this meal might be a little different than what you’d expect out of a school lunch. “We have our grass-fed ...