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1 day ago | 
straitstimes.com | Alice Callahan
NEW YORK – People are in a protein craze, and it is hard to ignore. Walk into any grocery store, and you will find rows of protein-fortified energy bars, breakfast cereals, baked goods, snacks and even sports drinks. And on social media, influencers – many with medical or scientific degrees in their bios – claim that most people are woefully deficient.
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2 days ago | 
nytimes.com | Alice Callahan |Dani Blum
Here is what we know about their safety and how they'll be used. On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration announced that it had approved three new "natural" food colorings to be used in foods and drinks like candies, smoothies, potato chips and breakfast cereals. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the U.S. health secretary, has implied that these dyes are safer alternatives to synthetic dyes, like Blue No. 1 and Blue No. 2, which limited research has linked to behavioral issues in some children.
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3 days ago | 
clarin.com | Alice Callahan
Durante la última década, los investigadores han encontrado asociaciones entre los alimentos ultraprocesados y afecciones como las enfermedades cardíacas, la diabetes tipo 2, la demencia senil y algunos tipos de cáncer. Ahora, se añade la enfermedad de Parkinson a esa lista.
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1 week ago | 
nytimes.com | Alice Callahan
A new study did not prove that the foods caused the disease, but experts said it was a step toward understanding how food choices affect brain health. Over the last decade, researchers have found associations between ultraprocessed foods and health conditions like heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, dementia and some types of cancer. Now, they are adding Parkinson's disease to that list.
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2 weeks ago | 
seattletimes.com | Alice Callahan
We’re in a protein craze, and it’s hard to ignore. Walk into any grocery store, and you’ll find rows of protein-fortified energy bars, breakfast cereals, baked goods, snacks, even sports drinks. And on social media, influencers — many with medical or scientific degrees in their bios — claim that most people are woefully deficient. “Ladies, you’re NOT eating enough protein,” Dr. Elie Jarrouge, a doctor in Houston, wrote to his nearly 80,000 followers on Instagram in February.
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2 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Alice Callahan
Research suggests that people in the United States tend to skimp on protein at breakfast - and sometimes skip the meal altogether. But that's a missed opportunity, experts say. Nutrition experts generally recommend getting protein from whole, unprocessed sources like beans, poultry, fish, yogurt, eggs and nuts. Protein bars and powders can contain some sweeteners and additives that have been linked to poor health.
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3 weeks ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Alice Callahan
For the past two decades, Kevin Hall, a nutrition and metabolism scientist at the National Institutes of Health, has devoted his career to studying how people’s diets affect their health. He has led some of the world’s most important research on ultraprocessed foods, including one study that demonstrated, for the first time, that they caused people to overeat. This linked ultraprocessed foods to chronic conditions like Type 2 diabetes and obesity.
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4 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Alice Callahan
That commitment, Dr. Hall said, has not matched his experiences. In February, Dr. Hall said that N.I.H. officials told him he couldn't be listed as an author on a yet-to-be-published scientific review on ultraprocessed foods that he co-wrote with a group of university scientists. This was because the review included language about "health equity" (it acknowledged that some people in the United States don't have access to healthy food).
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4 weeks ago | 
sandiegouniontribune.com | Alice Callahan
By Alice CallahanThe New York TimesWe’re in a protein craze, and it’s hard to ignore. Walk into any grocery store, and you’ll find rows of protein-fortified energy bars, breakfast cereals, baked goods, snacks, even sports drinks. And on social media, influencers — many with medical or scientific degrees in their bios — claim that most people are woefully deficient.
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1 month ago | 
nzherald.co.nz | Alice Callahan
In a 2024 survey of 3000 US adults, 71% said they were trying to consume more protein – up from 59% in 2022. So, are the federal recommendations wrong? Would most of us benefit from eating more protein? Or is the obsession just another passing health fad? The New York Times reviewed dozens of studies and interviewed 12 nutrition scientists, many of whom have been studying protein for decades.
