Why eating a high-fiber protein bar isn’t exactly the same as eating fiber in an apple.

Manufacturers often add salt to processed foods to prolong shelf life. Reducing the sodium in pre- packaged and prepared foods may prevent thousands of cases of heart disease, stroke, and death, ...

Some plant-based processed foods may lower heart disease and diabetes risk, challenging one-size-fits-all warnings about ...

Discover how eating more whole foods and protein transforms your health, from sustained energy and muscle growth to better ...

A controlled feeding study out of South Dakota State University shows that older adults who ate fewer ultra-processed foods naturally consumed fewer calories, lost weight and abdominal fat, and showed ...

Favorable hormonal shifts: The study noted changes in two key metabolic hormones. FGF21, a hormone linked to energy ...

Replacing animal products with plant-based foods—even ones classified as ultra-processed like bread, cereal, and veggie burgers—helps reduce the risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes, finds a new ...

Research shows that around 70% of the food supply chain in the United States consists of ultra-processed foods. A recent study shows that around one in 10 new cases of type 2 diabetes and around 3% of ...

So far, the conversation around ultra-processed foods (UPFs) has focused on what these foods are, and how they can be identified. Much of the coverage around the health risks of UPFs have been linked ...