Butter and margarine are both made up of long fatty acid chains, but some slight chemical differences mean differences in how they melt.
Articles on Processed food
Displaying 1 - 20 of 49 articles
Making Nutella sandwiches for lunch again? The food industry has you in a bind, a new study shows.
Teenagers often love chocolate bars and hot chips. A paediatric nutritionist explains how we can help them make healthier choices.
It’s easy to worry about eating too many trans fats. But you don’t have to turn into a chef overnight to lower your intake.
A consensus is emerging among scientists that certain foods are addictive for some people. But questions remain about which foods, which people and why.
Processed foods vary greatly in their nutritional quality – and the number and type of food additives used to manufacture them.
While instant noodles offer comfort and familiarity, their nutritional profile has room for improvement. You can upgrade your bowl with a few easy additions.
These foods make up one-third of kids’ daily energy intake.
Around 67% of participants noted that changing their diet had a positive effect on pain.
Nutrition Facts labels provide useful information about how nutritious a food is, but can be overwhelming. A single score could help make healthy grocery shopping more approachable.
Beans are best all round, followed by veggie burgers and lab-grown beef.
A cheeky muesli bar or sports drink may not seem too harmful but there are health risks for athletes to consider.
The popularity of the Mediterranean diet reveals a society in crisis, because it is the opposite of our way of life.
Healthy eating is increasingly out of reach for struggling families. Since 2014, prices on fruit and vegetables have increased by around 45%, while processed foods have seen just a 14% rise.
Johann Hari’s book opens a deeper conversation about the pros and cons of injectable weight-loss drugs – including whether we really want to trade the pleasure we get from food for losing weight.
Salt is an essential nutrient that has helped civilizations flavor and preserve their foods for millennia. Too much dietary salt, however, is linked to a host of health problems.
Hype around ultra-processed food may be causing unnecessary anxiety among people who already struggle with food or worry about their health.
A cup of coffee might help you kick-start your day, but it may actually make painful periods worse. Here’s what else to avoid (and eat) if you have period pain.
Many processed foods strip carbs of their natural fibers. Eating foods with an ideal total carbohydrate-to-fiber ratio can help with weight management and improve overall health.
Researchers are trying to understand whether ultraprocessed foods erode brain health in the aging process.
Top contributors
-
Associate Professor of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, University of Washington
-
Senior Lecturer, Nutrition and Food Science, Australian Catholic University
-
Accredited Practising Dietitian, PhD Candidate, Casual Academic | Culinary nutrition & adolescent wellbeing, The University of Queensland
-
Accredited Practising Dietitian and Lecturer, Southern Cross University
-
Professor of Public Health Nutrition, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University
-
Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland
-
ARC Future Fellow and Sydney Horizon Fellow, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, University of Sydney
-
Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
-
Honorary Associate Professor, University of Leicester
-
Professor of Marketing, Deakin University
-
Senior Lecturer in Nutrition, Anglia Ruskin University
-
Personal Professor of Medicine, University of Galway
-
Reader in Food, Nutrition and Public Health, University of Westminster
-
Professor (Food Science & Human Nutrition), Singapore Institute of Technology
-
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Lancaster University