Potatoes are perhaps the simplest example of how a single food item can sometimes be healthy and other times lack nutrition, ...

Scientists are increasingly emphasizing that diet is a fundamental pillar for maintaining better health and, therefore, ...

Ultraprocessed” has become a bad word in our food supply, but regulators are struggling with how to define the term to help consumers. Here’s why that’s so hard to do.

I recently provided a column on the alarming health status of adolescents in the U.S. There is a close association between many of the negative health outcomes associated with the increasing ...

Ultra-processed foods vary widely in their nutritional quality. Some options, like whole grains, can be nutritious, affordable, and convenient choices.

Heinz ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, steak sauce, and chili sauce on grocery store shelf - Scott Olson/Getty Images When you grab any of the different kinds of mustard, ketchup, barbecue sauce, or ...

In my opinion, food and eating really shouldn’t be that complicated, but we’re regularly bombarded with fresh headlines about what we should and shouldn’t eat. When I talk to individuals in my clinic, ...

Brain imaging of 30,000 people revealed that ultra-processed foods are associated with structural differences in the brain ...

Read an extract from In Defence of Bread, the new posthumously published book by food scientist Professor Mike Gibney.