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Why not all ultra-processed foods are bad for you

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Why not all ultra-processed foods are bad for you

Just because a food is ultra-processed doesn’t mean it is unhealthy. Regulation and eating advice must reflect this, say Julia Belluz and Kevin Hall, co-authors of Food Intelligence: The science of how food both nourishes and harmsus

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Left: Cover of The Dispossessed. Right: Ursula K. Le Guin in 2001

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Ursula K. Le Guin in her home in Portland, Oregon, in 2001

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The exceptionally tasty new fermented foods being cooked up in the lab

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The exceptionally tasty new fermented foods being cooked up in the lab

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Why is Ursula K. Le Guin's 'The Dispossessed' so popular 50 years on?

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The science revealing how the right diet can add a decade to your life

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Making atoms self-magnify reveals their quantum wave functions

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Child obesity is now more common than undernutrition – what do we do?

Childhood obesity rates have surpassed those of undernutrition for the first time, suggesting efforts to combat malnutrition will have to shift gears.

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Tim Spector's guide to fermentation is meticulous and persuasive

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Are farmed oysters, mussels and clams the ultimate green foods?

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