Nutritionist-Tips

Can Ultra-Processed Foods Be Fixed by Tweaking Their Nutrients?

Mostafizur Rahman June 23, 2026

What happened when ultra-processed foods were matched for calories, sugar, fat, and ﬁber content in the first randomized controlled trial? In the Un…

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How the Fight to Ban Trans Fat Was Won

Mostafizur Rahman June 18, 2026

What was the secret to the public health community’s triumph when past attempts to regulate the food industry failed? There are three broad approach…

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Why Healthy Fast-Food Menu Options Can Backfire

Mostafizur Rahman June 16, 2026

Adding a healthy option can actually drive people to make even worse choices, thanks to a mind-blowing glitch of human psychology. In 2017, and to …

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Which Beans Best Block the Spread of Cancer?

Mostafizur Rahman June 11, 2026

Which legumes are best at inhibiting the matrix metalloproteinase enzymes that allow cancer to become invasive? Although we’re spending billions of…

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A Persistent Pesticide Is Linked to Alzheimer’s Risk

Mostafizur Rahman June 09, 2026

How can we avoid the breakdown products of pesticides that may increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease as much as if you carried APOE e4, the so-cal…

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How Big Is the Cancer Risk from Processed Meat?

Mostafizur Rahman June 04, 2026

I quantify the risks of colon and rectal cancers from eating bacon, ham, hot dogs, sausage, and lunch meat. In 2018, arguably the most prestigious c…

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The Backlash to IARC’s Report that Meat Probably Causes Cancer

Mostafizur Rahman June 02, 2026

How did the meat industry, government, and cancer organizations respond to the confirmation that processed meat, like bacon, ham, hot dogs, and lunch…