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Ultra-Processed Food: What Are They and How to Make Healthier Choices

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 ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Eating more ultra-processed food raised heart disease and early death odds in a 48,000-person study

Nearly 48,000 U.S. adults tracked over two decades showed a clear pattern: the more ultra-processed food they ate, the worse ...

The evidence against “ultra-processed” foods is weaker than you think

New analysis suggests other factors may explain the harms blamed on “ultra-processing.” ...
Woman's World on MSN

6 high cholesterol triggers: How fast food, processed meats and more push LDL in the wrong direction

High cholesterol drives the leading cause of death in the world, and the foods on your plate may matter more than you think.
Women's Health

Are Some Processed Foods Worse Than Others? Dietitians Explain How to Tell the Difference

As a health-conscious mom, I know that I should avoid throwing ultra-processed snacks like potato chips, gummies, and packaged cakes into my kids’ lunchboxes. But what about minimally and moderately ...
CNN

Your grocery store is a bewildering sea of overly processed food. Here’s why and what to do

As I push my cart into my favorite grocery store, I stop and look at the shoppers — my neighbors — around me. Do they realize that nearly 70% of the food available to purchase for their families is ...
STAT

How healthy are ‘good-for-you’ ultra-processed foods?

Sarah covers how industries like food and tobacco affect Americans’ bodies and minds. Her interests include ultra-processed foods; smoke-free tobacco; and wellness trends like perimenopause products ...
Food

Ultra-processed food fears mount even as consumer understanding about it lags

Americans increasingly factor processing into food choices, but inconsistent definitions and tradeoffs around convenience and cost leave room for clearer communication, according to new IFIC research ...
Boise State Public Radio

Big Tobacco hooked us on ultra-processed foods. It might teach us how to cut back

Research published in the American Journal of Public Health details the connection between ultra-processed foods and the ...
Women's Health

'It’s Nearly Impossible to Avoid Ultra-Processed Foods. Here’s How I Completely Eliminated Them from My Diet'

Ultra-processed foods were a regular part of my childhood. Our pantry was always stocked with snacks made with refined ingredients, additives, and industrial processing rather than whole, natural ...
Forbes

What The Ultra-Processed Foods Debate Still Gets Wrong

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Consumers don’t eat classifications. They eat diets. The American Journal of Public Health ...
The Providence Journal

What's an ultra-processed food? Researchers probe how we identify them

There is no consumer-facing standard for ultra-processed foods The standard for researchers is not accessible when making consumer choices What's healthy and what's ultra processed are often two ...