Ultra-Processed Foods

Joyce Hollman

Ultra-processed foods: A metabolic and hormonal disaster for men

Research keeps proving the dangers of ultra-processed foods. One such study shows ultra-processed foods cause weight gain, no matter how much of them you eat. But most disturbing is the impact on men’s health…

Virginia Tims-Lawson

How your diet can cause your bladder to leak

Bladder betrayal doesn’t discriminate when aging and hormones are involved. But diet? Surprising new findings about what you eat and don’t eat may explain why you run faster to the bathroom than the next person…

Carolyn Gretton

The real cholesterol culprit cracked: It’s not eggs

If you have elevated cholesterol, you’ve probably been avoiding eggs. Turns out, that advice may be as dated as bell-bottom pants. In fact, it’s this Western breakfast staple that may be the real villain in the cholesterol war…

Joyce Hollman

How to lose twice as much without eating less

Nutrition guides can be helpful. But in the real world, most of us eat foods that have been processed at various levels, and not so much whole food. Luckily, all processing isn’t all bad. One option can help you lose twice the weight…

Joyce Hollman

The food that won’t let you ‘outrun’ obesity

For decades, obese Americans have been made to feel lazy and at fault for eating too much and not moving enough to avoid weight gain. Energy in, energy out, right? That was wrong on so many levels, and we know why…

Carolyn Gretton

Palm oil’s toxic trait that fuels MS

Palm oil is a high-yield/low-cost crop, making it ideal for processed foods and a nightmare for health. Research into MS discovered its toxic trait: triggering mitochondrial damage that helps fuel brain inflammation…