Nutrition & Diet

Processed food & drinks

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Sugary-drink program at Boys & Girls Clubs trimmed BMI gains in a trial of 437 children

Oct 19, 2026

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Ultra-processed meal raised insulin more than a matched meal, in a trial of 57 healthy-weight adults

Oct 16, 2026

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Ultra-processed food showed no link to colorectal cancer in 461,682 older US adults

Oct 16, 2026

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Raw milk: what the evidence says about its risks and claimed benefits as US pediatricians call for a ban

Oct 12, 2026

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Dairy trans fats explained: what a review of 22 studies found, who paid for it, and what the WHO says

Oct 9, 2026

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Diet drinks and weight loss: what trials show when they are compared with water and with sugary drinks

Oct 6, 2026

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Moderate drinking and mortality: why the apparent benefit of a daily drink fades in better studies

Oct 4, 2026

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Seed oils: what they are, what the linoleic acid evidence shows and where the claims run ahead

Oct 2, 2026

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Ultra-processed food linked to higher rates of seven chronic conditions in 51 studies of 8.8 million adults

Oct 2, 2026

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Ultra-processed food and prostate cancer: a 30% higher risk signal in US survey data, and its limits

Sep 26, 2026

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Common food preservatives went with more high blood pressure, in 112,395 French adults over eight years

Sep 23, 2026

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Soda sales fell about 40% after Berkeley cleared sugary drinks from store checkouts, but candy sales did not

Sep 22, 2026

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Midlife diet did not shift the age when menopause arrived, in a study of 1,972 Canadians

Sep 21, 2026

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Sweets, not ultra-processed food in general, tracked with kidney stones in 366 people in Tehran

Sep 21, 2026

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Drinking water between drinks did not touch hangover symptoms in a 13-person experiment

Sep 21, 2026

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People who drank more water with a meal ate more of it, not less, across 86 video-recorded lunches

Sep 21, 2026

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MYTH diet score tracked 21% lower aging-related death risk, level with an older healthy-eating index

Sep 14, 2026

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Ultra-processed diets tracked with 40% more type 2 diabetes in 25,214 Australian adults

Sep 14, 2026

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B vitamins tracked slightly less breast cancer, but not in women drinking more than a glass a day

Sep 6, 2026

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Meals built from traditional foods cut heart failure hospital visits by more than a quarter

Sep 6, 2026

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Moderate drinking tracked lower heart risk and higher cancer risk in the same 438,442 people

Sep 2, 2026

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Three additive types tracked about 45% more depression; five others tracked nothing

Sep 2, 2026

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A whole-food exclusion diet put 69% of Crohn's patients into remission across 17 studies

Sep 1, 2026

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The sweetener in your sugar-free label is also made by your body, and its level tracks insulin resistance

Aug 31, 2026

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Four ultra-processed ingredients tracked high blood pressure

Aug 8, 2026

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Cutting alcohol in midlife showed no breast cancer benefit yet

Jul 31, 2026

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Heavy drinking and obesity both raised diabetes risk, separately

Jul 29, 2026

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Food insecurity tracked with missed cancer screening

Jul 29, 2026

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Plant-based only helped if it wasn't ultra-processed

Jul 28, 2026

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What blocks nutrition security: time, transport and cost

Jul 27, 2026

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Climate labels on menus shifted what 10,000 people ordered

Jul 26, 2026

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Sugary drinks tied to liver cancer; diet versions were not

Jul 26, 2026

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Alcohol tied to cancer risk below one drink a day

Jul 23, 2026

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Artificial sweeteners linked to worse blood-sugar control

Jul 23, 2026