Nutrition
Ultra-Processed Food: What the Research Actually Shows
One rigorous NIH trial proved ultra-processed diets cause overeating. A UK parliamentary report says the classification behind it is too blunt.
Jun 2, 2026
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Nutrition
A Protein Bar Is Ultra-Processed. New Trial Data Says That May Not Be the Point
Protein-enriched processed foods produced higher satiety hormones and lower calorie intake than normal-protein versions of the same products. It complicates a classification a lot of advice now rests on.
Aug 17, 2026
Nutrition
What Nizam al-Tayyibat Gets Right, Taken Seriously
Millions of people did not follow this system because they are foolish. Three things about it genuinely work, and understanding them explains the reach better than mockery does.
May 29, 2026
Nutrition
The Lunchbox Rule That Matters Is Not the One About Sugar
New dietary guidance sets a hard number for added sugar in a school meal. The harder problem is a box that comes home full, because a nutritious lunch that goes uneaten is not a lunch.
Aug 16, 2026
Health
Detox Is a Word That Describes Two Real Things and Almost Nothing Sold Under Its Name
Detoxification is a genuine medical process and a genuine biochemical one. Neither has anything to do with juice cleanses, foot pads or teas, and the marketing depends on never naming which toxin is being removed.
Sep 4, 2026
Nutrition
The Carnivore Diet's Evidence Problem, Explained Plainly
All meat, no plants, and a wave of enthusiastic testimonials online. The actual research base behind the claims is nine small studies with no control group at all.
Apr 5, 2026
Nutrition
Histamine Intolerance: Popular Online, Thin on Evidence
It has become one of the most searched explanations for unexplained symptoms. The mechanism is plausible, the tests being sold are not validated, and the diet is more restrictive than almost any other.
Aug 7, 2026
Nutrition
Every One of 212 Plant Based Products Tested in Britain Contained a Fungal Toxin
A survey published in Food Control screened UK burgers, vegan sausages and oat, almond and soy drinks for 19 mycotoxins. All 212 carried at least one. Every measured level sat below the European guideline, which is the part people keep skipping.
Aug 30, 2026
Nutrition
Wine Drinkers Died Less Often in a 340,000 Person Study, and the Most Likely Explanation Is Dinner
An analysis of 340,924 UK Biobank adults found moderate wine drinkers had a 21 per cent lower risk of cardiovascular death, while beer, cider and spirits went the other way. The researchers' own leading explanation is not the wine.
Aug 28, 2026
Nutrition
A Mouse Study Says Sweeteners Left Marks Two Generations On, and It Is Being Read Far Too Confidently
47 mice drank water, sucralose or stevia. Their children and grandchildren, who drank only water, showed some of the same changes to gut bacteria and gene activity. That is genuinely interesting and it is not a finding about people.
Sep 1, 2026
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Four Months After Its Founder Died, Nizam al-Tayyibat Is Bigger. That Is the Part Worth Studying.
Diaa al-Awady died on 19 April. Egypt banned his content on 3 May. The system spread faster afterwards. What that reveals about religious vocabulary, distrust of doctors and the cost of a health panic is more useful than another round of the argument.
Aug 22, 2026
