Processed meats are convenient and affordable, but some popular varieties may rely on heavily processed scraps, fillers, and additives that lower their overall quality.

In the UK, ultra-processed foods (UPFs) account for around 57% of our calorie intake as adults, and an uptick nutrition studies have linked them to everything from obesity and typ ...

Processed meat is designed for convenience. It is salty, shelf-stable, and engineered to taste strong even after weeks in a fridge. That same processing also changes what ends up in the body. Over ...

Research shows that ultra-processed foods can affect type 2 diabetes risk. A recent study found that eating the equivalent of 2 slices of ham a day can increase the risk of type 2 diabetes by 15%.

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Eating more ultra-processed foods sharply raises the risk of heart attacks, strokes, and death, with each serving adding to ...

Over the years, processed meat has developed a rough reputation, which is why no one eats this once-popular deli meat anymore -- olive loaf. It's become a sort of umbrella term, and anything under it ...

When I read this title for a BBC story about how everything from bacon and sausages to ham, deli meats and hot dogs that once were fresh meats but were changed and cured to last longer or taste ...

Kennedy Jr. has promised that by April, the federal government will issue a definition of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) as ...

Norwegians eat more processed meat such as sausages and salami than in the other Nordic countries. For the first time, researchers have calculated the disease burden and years of life lost caused by ...