All Videos for Processed Foods

The Side Effects of 3-MCPD in Bragg’s Liquid Aminos

Chlorohydrin contaminates hydrolyzed vegetable protein products and refined oils.



How Much Do Doctors Actually Know About Nutrition?

See if you know more about basic nutrition than most doctors.



Fruits and Vegetables Put to the Test for Boosting Mood

A randomized controlled trial investigates diet and psychological well-being.



How Variation Can Trump Sensation and Lead to Overeating

Big Food uses our hard-wired drive for dietary diversity against us.



Are Emulsifiers Like Carboxymethylcellulose and Polysorbate 80 Safe?

Emulsifiers are the most widely used food additive. What are they doing to our gut microbiome?



The Best Diet for Crohn’s Disease Treatment

Switching to a plant-based diet has been shown to achieve far better outcomes than those reported on conventional treatments in both active and quiescent stages in both Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.



The Best Diet for Fatty Liver Disease Treatment

What are the three sources of the liver fat in fatty liver disease and how do you get rid of it?



Just How Bad Is Hospital Food?

What do hospitals have to say for themselves for feeding people meals that appear to be designed to inspire repeat business?



The Effects of Processed Meat on Lung Function

If the nitrites in foods like ham and bacon cause lung damage, what about “uncured” meat with “no nitrites added”?



Does Heme Iron Cause Cancer?

Laboratory models suggest that extreme doses of heme iron may be detrimental, but what about the effects of nutritional doses in humans? A look at heme’s carcinogenic effects.



What About the Heme in Impossible Burgers?

Is heme just an innocent bystander in the link between meat intake and breast cancer, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and high blood pressure?



Are Beyond Meat and the Impossible Burger Healthy?

What happens when you compare the trans fats, saturated fat, sodium, and cholesterol levels in plant-based versus animal-based burgers?



Do Vitamin B12 Supplements Cause Acne?

Acne can be triggered in one in ten people who get vitamin B12 injections.



Hospitals Profit on Junk Food

Why is hospital food so unhealthy?



Vegetarians and Stroke Risk Factors—Animal Protein?

Might animal protein-induced increases in the cancer-promoting grown hormone IGF-1 help promote brain artery integrity?



Vegetarians and Stroke Risk Factors—Vegan Junk Food?

Just because you’re eating vegetarian or vegan doesn’t mean you’re eating healthy.



Vegetarians and Stroke Risk Factors—Omega 3s?

Does eating fish or taking fish oil supplements reduce stroke risk?



What Not to Eat for Stroke Prevention

What is the relationship between stroke risk and dairy, eggs, meat, and soda?



The Immune System and COVID-19 Treatment

Are there immune-boosting foods we should be eating?



Are Aluminum Pots, Bottles, and Foil Safe?

DNA damage is assessed in users of aluminum cookware.



How to Lower Lp(a) with Diet

What to eat and what to avoid to lower the cardiovascular disease risk factor lipoprotein(a).



The Role of the Toxic Food Environment in the Obesity Epidemic

Implausible explanations for the obesity epidemic, such as sedentary lifestyles or lack of self-discipline, serve the needs of the manufacturers and marketers more than the public’s health and the interest in truth.



The Role of Corporate Influence in the Obesity Epidemic

Like the tobacco industry adding extra nicotine, the food industry employs taste engineers to accomplish a similar goal: maximize the irresistibility of their products.



The Role of Personal Responsibility in the Obesity Epidemic

How the power of the “eat more” food environment can overcome our conscious controls.



The Role of Food Advertisements in the Obesity Epidemic

We all like to think we make important life decisions like what to eat consciously and rationally, but if that were the case we wouldn’t be in the midst of an obesity epidemic.



The Role of Marketing in the Obesity Epidemic

The unprecedented rise in the power, scope, and sophistication of food marketing starting around 1980 aligns well with the blastoff slope of the obesity epidemic.



The Role of Taxpayer Subsidies in the Obesity Epidemic

Why are U.S. taxpayers giving billions to support the likes of the sugar and livestock industries?



The Role of Processed Foods in the Obesity Epidemic

The rise in the U.S. calorie supply responsible for the obesity epidemic wasn’t just about more food but a different kind of food.



Cut the Calorie-Rich-And-Processed Foods

We have an uncanny ability to pick out the subtle distinctions in calorie density of foods, but only within the natural range.



The Role of Genes in the Obesity Epidemic

The big fat “fat gene” accounts for less than 1% of the differences in size between people.



The Role of Diet vs. Exercise in the Obesity Epidemic

The common explanations for the cause of the obesity epidemic put forward by the food industry and policymakers, such as inactivity or a lack of willpower, are not only wrong, but actively harmful fallacies.



Foods That Help Headache and Migraine Relief

Plant-based diets are put to the test for treating migraine headaches.



Fasting to Naturally Reverse High Blood Pressure

A whole food plant-based diet can be used to help lock in the benefits of fasting to kickstart the reversal of high blood pressure.



Kids’ Breakfast Cereals as Nutritional Façade

Plastering front-of-package nutrient claims on cereal boxes is an attempt to distract from the incongruity of feeding our children multicolored marshmallows for breakfast.



Is Vegan Food Always Healthy?

Healthier plant-based diets compared to unhealthy plant foods and animal foods on diabetes risk.



The Metabolic Harms of Night Shifts and Irregular Meals

What shift workers can do to moderate the adverse effects of circadian rhythm disruption.



Breakfast Like a King, Lunch Like a Prince, Dinner Like a Pauper

Harness the power of your circadian rhythms for weight loss by making breakfast or lunch your main meal of the day.



Chronobiology – How Circadian Rhythms Can Control Your Health and Weight

Given the power of chronotherapy—how the same dose of the same drugs taken at a different time of day can have such different effects—it’s no surprise that chronoprevention approaches, like meal timing, can also make a difference.



Are Weight-Loss Supplements Effective?

Are there any safe and effective dietary supplements for weight loss?



Are Pre-Cut Vegetables Just as Healthy?

Endotoxins can build up on pre-chopped vegetables and undermine some of their benefits.