High intake of ultraprocessed foods is associated with a higher risk of colorectal tumors that often lead to cancer, a new study has found.

The evidence that ultra-processed foods are bad for us is piling up. But efforts to reduce their role in our diets face a big ...

A new study estimates that plastics burden the U.S. with hundreds of billions in annual health, environmental, and economic losses.

Being mindful about checking labels is important because some packaged foods sneak in ingredients that can harm your ...

The group is called Americans for Ingredient Transparency or AFIT. The New York Times reports that while AFIT has emerged ...

They're tasty, affordable and satisfy fast—ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) dominate the American diet, accounting for more than ...

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Researchers don’t know what might account for the link between ultraprocessed foods and colorectal cancer risk. But they do ...

Stanford scientists have solved a long-standing challenge in growing brain organoids by using a simple food additive to keep them from sticking together. The breakthrough enables the production of ...

Soft drinks, fruit juices sweetened with added sugar, and energy drinks, give a lift of energy, but essentially zero nutrition. These ingredients nega ...

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For the last few weeks, we’ve been running a sidebar survey about some of the factors that are convincing Electrek readers to add home solar power systems to their homes. After receiving over a ...