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How to cut down on ultra-processed food, according to Melissa Hemsley

Today, ultra-processed foods are everywhere you look – from your cereal at breakfast to the shop-bought sandwich on your lunch break, and weekday dinners to weekend takeaways. UPFs can be defined as food that has gone through a lot of processes and ...

31 Jul 2024 at 11:08

Lifestyle

Are any ultra-processed foods safe to eat?

Which types of food you should eat to be healthy is a strong subject, now complicated further by warning messages about ultra-processed foods being bad for you. Such food, which the British Nutrition Foundation says makes up more than half the ...

14 Feb 2024 at 15:58

National News

Minister for Health launches plan to combat sugar, fat and salt in processed food

The Minister for Health has launched a plan to combat sugar, fat, salt and calories in processed food. Minister Stephen Donnelly announced the news today with the publication of A Roadmap for Food Product Reformulation in Ireland, along with ...

03 Dec 2021 at 17:08

Lifestyle

What are ultra-processed foods and how do you avoid them?

Ultra-processed foods (UPFs), alcohol, tobacco and fossil fuels are killing up to 2.7 million people each year across Europe, a new World Health Organisation report suggests. According to the report, “more than 7,400 people are dying every ...

12 Jun 2024 at 12:07

Lifestyle

Food scientist Dr Chris van Tulleken: ‘It’s very, very hard to feed children healthily’

Food is one of the most important things in life – yet few of us understand exactly how it sustains us. We know it goes in one end and comes out very differently at the other, but what goes on in between is a mystery to many. And food ...

16 Dec 2024 at 09:09

Lifestyle

Study links soft drinks and ultra-processed animal products to chronic diseases

Some ultra-processed foods (UPFs) – not including shop-bought bread and cereal – increase the risk of people suffering a combination of diseases such as cancer and diabetes, research suggests. A new study found no link between ...

14 Nov 2023 at 10:08

Lifestyle

5 things too much ultra-processed food is doing to your body

We often get a desire to reach for a bag of crisps or a protein bar when we get peckish, but what impact does these types of ultra-processed foods have on our bodies? There have been a lot campaigns urging children to avoid ...

15 Oct 2024 at 19:01

Northern Ireland

Hurd wondered whether Irish believed Adams to be ‘on the side of angels’

Former UK foreign secretary Douglas Hurd wondered if the Irish government believed then-Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams to be “on the side of angels”, newly released Irish State documents reveal. Then-Irish deputy premier ...

28 Dec 2022 at 11:00

Home

Deceased Offaly clergyman sowed seeds of peace in North

I MET Canon Kerry Waterstone in 1977 – a year after my ordination. That was not a good time for Northern Ireland as ‘The Troubles’ were escalating. In that year, the British Army were seeking to cede security to the ...

08 Sept 2020 at 18:07

National News

Students seeking US visas to face ‘thorough vetting’ of social media

Students applying for J1 visas will undergo “comprehensive and thorough vetting” of their social media, the US Embassy has announced. Ireland’s national students’ union said the new measures represent a significant ...

23 Jun 2025 at 15:30

Lifestyle

I’m a nutritionist – here’s how to take back control of your diet and cut down on ultra-processed foods

It’s hard to look at a packet of Monster Munch or a chocolate biscuit now without the words ‘ultra-processed food’ (UPF) flashing through your brain. It’s almost enough to put you off, but then you get sucked in ...

08 Jan 2025 at 09:45

Lifestyle

What to expect when you start HRT

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is widely regarded as the most effective way to manage common menopausal symptoms such as hot flushes and night sweats – and new research is adding fresh insight into its ...

21 Oct 2025 at 13:49

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