Processed Meat Raises Heart Disease Risk By 18%, Oxford Study Finds
3 Mins Read A new Oxford University review finds that red and processed meat consumption significantly increases the risk of heart disease.
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3 Mins Read A new Oxford University review finds that red and processed meat consumption significantly increases the risk of heart disease.
5 Mins Read Food system experts chatted about sustainable protein, food, nutrition, and more at the recent Food Systems Forum.
3 Mins Read According to a new study, a type of DNA damage as a result of red meat consumption increases the risk of colorectal cancer.
5 Mins Read A new investigation by the Guardian and the Food & Water Watch reveals the monopoly big food corporations have on our grocery baskets.
4 Mins Read People in England should cut their meat consumption by 30%, the new food strategy says. The advice is part of the second instalment of the government-commissioned National Food Strategy. Led by Henry Dimbleby, the founder of British restaurant chain Leon, the strategy details the sustainability and health benefits of reducing meat intake. England’s latest National […]
4 Mins Read Kool For Men, a new Hong Kong lifestyle startup, wants to empower men with sustainable and ethical CBD, grooming and wellness products.
4 Mins Read In trying to improve workplace wellbeing, companies often miss the mark. Stephen Bevan lists out some things they should keep in mind.
4 Mins Read Nearly half of China’s consumers want to shop healthier but price and information access are proving to be barriers.
3 Mins Read A senior lobbyist at ExxonMobil has been filmed by undercover reporters talking about its secret campaign against laws on forever chemicals.
4 Mins Read Dr. Jane Goodall and over 60 other scientists have penned a letter urging the E.U. to stop funding animal food advertisements.
3 Mins Read Alice Waters makes an impassioned call for eating the slow food way in her new book, ‘We Are What We Eat’.
3 Mins Read Toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS have been detected in half of all U.S. cosmetics samples in a new Notre Dame University study.
2 Mins Read Core One Labs is patenting its proprietary biosynthesis production method for psilocybin—magic mushrooms—for medicinal purposes.
4 Mins Read Researchers say that more needs to be done to stop unhealthy junk food choices for kids to alleviate obesity rates and create healthy habits.
3 Mins Read Everything Food follows a “food as medicine” approach with its healthy meal delivery prescription platform.
3 Mins Read Researchers have found that people who are vegetarian have a healthier biomarker profile compared to meat-eating folk. The British study’s findings, presented at the recent virtual European Congress on Obesity (ECO), is consistent despite age and weight factors and crucially, is unaffected by smoking and alcohol consumption. University of Glasgow researchers have found a consistent […]
4 Mins Read NGOs and plant-based companies are now pushing for processed meat, a classified carcinogen under World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines, to be included in California’s Proposition 65 list of substances known to cause cancer or reproductive harm. After a five-year petition, the Superior Court of California has ordered the state to provide an answer and is […]
3 Mins Read A new study of frontline healthcare workers across six countries shows an association between plant-based diets and reduced risk of developing moderate or severe Covid-19. The study also found lower odds with pescatarian diets, though to a lesser extent compared to vegans, suggesting that there could be a link between symptom severity and dietary choices. […]
4 Mins Read Israeli precision nutrition startup DayTwo has raised US$37 million to continue developing its gut microbiome sequencing AI technology that makes dietary recommendations for people with diabetes and other metabolic illnesses. DayTwo says the funds will also contribute to its ongoing research on the link between individual gut bacteria and other diseases to create new precision […]
4 Mins Read Health professionals and experts have urged for a global phase-out of PFAS, as more evidence over the harmful effects of these “forever chemicals” comes to light. The call, made by a global coalition of women’s health organisations under the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO), says that existing policies are “failing to control widespread […]
5 Mins Read According internal document, Swiss food giant Nestlé has acknowledged that over 60% of its F&B products do not “meet a recognized definition of health” with the company further stating that “some of our categories and products will never be ‘healthy’ no matter how much we renovate”. The presentation, was circulated among leading executives this year and seen […]