Eating more sweet food may not sway sweet preference

Randomized controlled trial shows that eating more — or less — sweet-tasting foods didn’t change how much people liked sweet flavors

04-Jun-2025 - Turns out, your sweet tooth may not be shaped by your diet. Findings from a new randomized controlled trial suggest that eating more sweet-tastingfoodsdoesn’t increase someone’s preference for sweet tastes. The researchers found that after six months on diets with varying amounts of ...

Scientists propose new approach for classifying processed foods

04-Jun-2025 - Recent years have seen growing scrutiny and debate around processedfoods, but researchers have struggled to pin down what aspects offoodprocessing are most relevant to health. Now, scientists have developed a system for classifying processedfoodsbased on information about the health impacts ...

Replacing animal products with plant-based foods leads to weight loss in people with type 1 diabetes

23-May-2025 - Replacing animal products with plant-based foods—even those defined as “unhealthy” by the plant-based diet index—is an effective strategy for weight loss in adults with type 1 diabetes, findsa new study by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine published inFrontiers inNutrition. ...

Eating craved foods with meals lessens cravings, boosts weight loss

Consuming craved foods as "desserts" helps dieters manage cravings, lose more weigh

22-May-2025 - Foodcravings are the downfall of many dieters, who feel locked in an eternal battle with their willpower to resist the tempting sweets, snacks and otherfoodsthey love. However, researchers infoodscience and humannutritionat the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign say in a new study ...

Protein pudding does not a diet make

Kiel study shows: "High protein" products also lead to overeating

29-Apr-2025 - Muesli bars for building muscle, fitness pizza or protein pudding: More and more foods in the supermarket are being advertised with the words "high protein", giving the impression that they are healthier or help you lose weight. But it's not quite that simple. A research team from Kiel University ...

Global study links consumption of ultraprocessed foods to preventable premature deaths

Findings published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine support a call for revised dietary guidelines and public policies to lessen the disease burden across nations

29-Apr-2025 - A study analyzing data from nationally representative dietary surveys and mortality data from eight countries (Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, United Kingdom, and United States) shows that premature deaths attributable to consumption of ultraprocessedfoods(UPFs) increase ...

New online tool tests how tax shapes sugar-sweetened drink purchases

Experimental Beverage Marketplace helps analyze how taxes affect consumers’ purchase of soft drinks, energy drinks, and sugary beverages

28-Apr-2025 - Americans like their soda pop. And their sports drinks, and energy drinks, and sweet tea. In 2021, the average American bought 37 gallons of sugar-sweetenedbeverages. Collectively, we consume about 145,000 calories per day from these drinks. That level of consumption, and its link to chronic ...

Fruity-fresh lemonade enjoyment: VILSA light organic lemonade with new "pomegranate-lime" flavor

28-Apr-2025 - With the addition of the new "Pomegranate Lime" flavor to the VILSA Leichte Bio-Limo range, VILSA-BRUNNEN is setting new trends and bringing a breath of fresh air to the lemonade market. From May 2025 and just in time for the early start of summer, VILSA is presenting the new flavor, which not ...

Meat or veg?

Plant-based protein is linked to a longer life, research shows

17-Apr-2025 - A global study by experts at the University of Sydney has shown that countries which consume more plant-based proteins – such as chickpeas, tofu and peas – have longer adult life expectancies. Published inNature Communications,Dr Alistair Senior, PhD candidate Caitlin Andrews and their team in ...

AI food scanner turns phone photos into nutritional analysis

NYU Tandon researchers develop technology to calculate calories and nutrients from food images

19-Mar-2025 - Snap a photo of your meal, and artificial intelligence instantly tells you its calorie count, fat content, and nutritional value — no morefooddiaries or guesswork. This futuristic scenario is now much closer to reality, thanks to an AI system developed by NYU Tandon School of Engineering ...