What you eat and drink, tested. No miracles, with sources.
Is ultra-processed food really that bad? UCLA researchers found nearly three in four comfort foods were built to be hard to stop eating. Brain scans of about 9,000 Canadian adults linked heavy ultra-processed eating to more tiny changes, while a 460,000-person US study found the bowel cancer story is more complicated. At 14 drinks a week, about 1 in 25 people die from alcohol. A two-year trial of fish oil found no memory benefit. Every story below links to its sources.
UCLA researchers asked Americans for their go-to comfort foods. Nearly three in four were built to be hard to stop eating, and the top four all were.
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A glass of wine with dinner, a beer after work. A big new analysis looked at more than 7,200 studies and found that at 14 drinks a week, about 1 in 25 people will die from something alcohol caused. And no, the "one glass is good for your heart" idea didn't survive.
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More than one in five Americans over 60 take omega-3 pills, many of them to keep their memory sharp. Scientists in California tested it properly for two years. The oil reached the brain. The memory didn't improve.
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Same cups, same coffee, more calories. Scientists at Tufts looked at what 30,000 American adults put in their coffee from 2003 to 2018. The surprise villain isn't sugar. It's the creamer.
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Canadian researchers scanned the brains of about 9,000 adults and compared them with what they eat. The heaviest ultra-processed eaters had more tiny hidden marks. No panic, but it's worth a read before your next snack run.
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A huge US study found no link between how much ultra-processed food people ate overall and bowel cancer. Before you grab the crisps: what's inside the package still matters a lot.
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People who drank the most coffee weighed about the same as everyone else. But inside, their bodies looked different. Here's what it does, and what it doesn't prove.
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