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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

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

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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

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 by the ...

08 Jan 2025 at 09:45

Lifestyle

Joe Wicks: ‘Don’t convince yourself you haven’t got time to cook and that you can’t, because you can’

“My little boy, he had leftover Thai green curry for breakfast yesterday,” says Joe Wicks, 40, deadly serious. “It had baby corn, mangetout, chicken, not even any rice, it was just the actual curry, and he loved it. ...

03 Dec 2025 at 08:30

Lifestyle

7 easy ways to reduce ultra-processed food in your diet

New research suggests that women who consume high amounts of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are at higher risk of developing a growth that could lead to bowel cancer. The study – which was funded by global research ...

13 Nov 2025 at 16:01

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