Science for a Healthier Tomorrow
Is “Ultra-Processed” Just Another Word for Junk Food?
Three Swedish surveys put ultra-processed food at 22.5% to 51.5% of adult calories depending on classification, with only a small adult weight link.
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Do Sugar Substitutes Speed Brain Aging?
A Brazilian cohort tied higher sweetener intake to slightly faster cognitive decline, but not at 60 and over and not in complete-case analysis.
Does Fiber Heal the Gut?
A seaweed fiber helped mice recover from colitis, but in a 48-patient ulcerative colitis trial it did not beat placebo on the registered endpoint.
Does Brown Fat Protect Against Diabetes?
A 101,243-patient cohort links brown fat to lower odds of diabetes, and losartan to brown fat — but the metabolism claim comes from mice, not people.
Do Ultra-Processed Foods Cause Colorectal Cancer?
A 19-year study of 461,682 older US adults found no overall link between ultra-processed food and colorectal cancer — but risk split by food type.
Does the New “GLP-1 Fiber” Help You Eat Less?
EFSA judged inulin-propionate ester safe to add to food — a safety ruling, not a weight-loss result. The longest 12-month trial found no weight-gain difference.
Can Diet and Exercise Reverse Type 2 Diabetes?
In a 96-person randomized trial, a low-energy diet plus supervised exercise put early type 2 diabetes into remission in 54% versus 4% on usual care.
Is Tirzepatide Better Than Semaglutide for Weight Loss?
A meta-analysis of 10 head-to-head studies found tirzepatide produced about 4 percentage points more weight loss than semaglutide, with more serious adverse events.
Can Ultra-Processed Food Hurt Your Focus?
Preliminary: more ultra-processed food tracked with slightly lower attention scores and a higher dementia-risk score — a small association, not proof of cause, and no memory link.
Is “Healthy” Ultra-Processed Food as Good?
In 55 UK adults, ultra-processed and minimally processed Eatwell diets both cut weight; the minimally processed one cut about 1 kg more. Critics dispute why.