Replacing animal products with plant-based foods—even ones classified as ultra-processed like bread, cereal, and veggie burgers—helps reduce the risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes, finds a new ...

In the modern world, nutrition has become a topic of constant debate and misinformation. People are bombarded with conflicting advice on what to eat, what to avoid, and which “superfoods” guarantee ...

We all eat processed foods, probably on a regular basis. It is all too easy to grab a packaged snack or a box of ready-to-eat dinner and call it a meal. But the truth is that the processed snacks, ...

According to global health experts, processed meats, including many deli lunch meats, are classified in the same cancer-risk ...

SACRAMENTO—In a major blow to public health, the Superior Court of California has ruled that the State of California may ignore the dangers of processed meat, a product that the World Health ...

Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. Isabella Cueto covers the leading causes of ...

Hot dogs, bacon, cold cuts and other processed meats raise the risk of colon, stomach and other cancers, and red meat probably contributes to the disease, too, the World Health Organization said ...