Major Public Health Threat As Fresh Foods Being Displaced
The rise of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) worldwide poses a major public health threat that is displacing fresh food. This the warning of a three-paper series published in The Lancet by 43 global experts who say that the onus to improve diets should not be placed on the individual—but governments and corporate companies, who must reduce […]
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Cardiologist Shares the 10 Foods He Would Never Eat
After more than 15 years of treating heart disease from inside the body, Dr. Sanjay Bhojraj decided it was time to start preventing it from the outside. The 48-year-old interventional cardiologist from Orange County, California, known as @doctorsanjaymd online, has drawn viral attention for a video in which he lists the top 10 foods he […]
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Trump Admin Sets Deadline for Eliminating 8 Petroleum-Based Food Dyes in US Foods
U.S. health officials announced Tuesday that they will begin phasing out petroleum-derived artificial color additives from the national food supply—a move that could lead to major reformulations of many vividly colored products found on store shelves. At a news conference, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary outlined the agency’s plan to eliminate eight […]
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