James Capon·Oct 14Lipstick on an Ultra-Processed Pig?Europe wants healthier packaged foods, but is it asking the wrong question?
AbuNai Labs·Jul 19What Does ‘Ultra-Processed’ Really Mean?Did you know, more than half of the calories Americans eat every day, come from ultra-processed foods? For kids, that number jumps to 62%…
James Capon·May 1Legacy of a Low-Fat Era: Fifty Years of Being WrongFor fifty years, we have been told that fat, especially saturated fat will kill us. Governments rewrote the rulebook. Food companies…
Voice Activity Ltd·Apr 1560% of What Americans Eat Is Ultraprocessed — and It’s Linked to Early DeathA meta-analysis of more than 240,000 people, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, found that for every 10% increase in…
David Mokotoff, MD·Mar 21Mounting Evidence That Your Lucky Charms and Cheetos Are Killing YouA new study suggests that eating ultra-processed foods causes more heart disease.A response icon6A response icon6
InILLUMINATIONbyLeslie·Mar 7The Mushroom and the Machine: Why the UK Banned a Fungus but Kept the Ultra-Processes Health HazardHow a 1997 regulatory glitch protects industrial profits while scrubbing nature’s “metabolic wizards” from our shelves.
Lvk·Jan 31Why Food Doesn’t Taste The Same AnymoreWhen I was young, I was obsessed with this one sweet. It was fruity, bite sized and locally produced.
The Endocrinologist·Jan 30The Dietary Dichotomy: Do “Bad” Foods Truly Exist?As a specialist in internal medicine and endocrinology, I spend my days immersed in the stories of patients battling excess weight. There…
James Capon·Jan 12Why the term Processed Meat is just an epidemiological convenienceNutrition science has a recurring habit: it mistakes what is easy to measure for what is important. Once that mistake has been made, entire…