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Are ‘Diet’ Food and Drinks Causing You To Gain Weight?

Black Health Matters

One of the biggest derailers in your quest to lose weight and keep it off may be those foods and drinks labeled “diet.” The other issue is stocking up on faux sugar-laden beverages and frozen or shelf-stable diet treats that might not be the automatic weight loss you thought they’d be. So, we gain weight.

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Why High-Fructose Corn Syrup Must Be Removed from Our Food

Mercola

The world is ready to move away from artificial ingredients masquerading as food those lab-created imposters that promised convenience but delivered a hidden health crisis. This industrial sweetener wasn't just another ingredient it symbolized how far we'd strayed from real food. Seems fairly simple.

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Probiotic & Prebiotic Drinks Like Poppi Soda: Are They Worth The Hype?

Black Health Matters

If you plan on dodging that nasty summer cold rolling around the neighborhood with an onslaught of bubbly beverages, you might want to rethink your strategy. Probiotics and prebiotic beverages have increased in popularity in recent years. Emphasis on gut health has swept the wellness world by storm. Dr. Janese S.

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Scientist Whose Work Led FDA To Ban Food Dye Says Agency Overstated Risk

KFF Health News

3 in food and ingested drugs, the federal agency cited just one 1987 study on rats to support its action. ” Soon after Borzelleca’s paper was published in a scientific journal, Food and Chemical Toxicology, the FDA examined the data his team had collected and reached its own conclusion: that the dye caused cancer in male lab rats.

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Trump administration health policies may target ultra-processed foods

HEALTHBEAT

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free national newsletter here. For years, the federal government has steered clear of regulating junk food, fast food, and ultra-processed food. The category of food processing and sales companies, which includes Tyson Foods and Nestle SA, tallied $26.7

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Five pressing questions as RFK Jr. takes HHS reins

The Hill

has spent decades as an outsider railing against federal health authorities. His entire Make America Healthy Again movement is based largely on undermining the scientific and public health messaging from the federal government, along with overhauling the status quo in the food and drug industries. Kennedy Jr.