David Hilzenrath

Washington, D.C.

Senior Correspondent at KFF Health News

Senior Correspondent @KFFHealthNews.

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This news might ruin your appetite

1 week ago | thebrunswicknews.com | David Hilzenrath

By David Hilzenrath, KFF Health News It's a marvel of food technology: ice cream that resists melting. In a video explaining the science behind it, a seller of food chemicals shows scoops of ice cream holding their shape under hot lights. The super ingredient? Polysorbate 80.
This news might ruin your appetite - and summer

1 week ago | sacbee.com | David Hilzenrath

It's a marvel of food technology: ice cream that resists melting. In a video explaining the science behind it, a seller of food chemicals shows scoops of ice cream holding their shape under hot lights. The super ingredient? Polysorbate 80. Polysorbate 80 is an emulsifier, a chemical used to control the consistency of thousands of supermarket products. Other widely used emulsifiers or stabilizers include carboxymethyl cellulose, carrageenan, and maltodextrin.
This news might ruin your appetite for summer treats

1 week ago | thecharlottepost.com | David Hilzenrath

GETTY IMAGES The science that makes ice cream products resistant to melting have been linked to gastrointestinal problems, making emulsifiers and stabilizers targets for the "Make America Healthy Again" campaign by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. It’s a marvel of food technology: ice cream that resists melting. In a video explaining the science behind it, a seller of food chemicals shows scoops of ice cream holding their shape under hot lights. The super ingredient?
This news might ruin your appetite - and summer

1 week ago | tampabay.com | David Hilzenrath

It’s a marvel of food technology: ice cream that resists melting. In a video explaining the science behind it, a seller of food chemicals shows scoops of ice cream holding their shape under hot lights. The super ingredient? Polysorbate 80. Polysorbate 80 is an emulsifier, a chemical used to control the consistency of thousands of supermarket products. Other widely used emulsifiers or stabilizers include carboxymethyl cellulose, carrageenan, and maltodextrin.
Three Ways Cooking Is Good for Your Well-Being

2 weeks ago | easttntimes.com | David Hilzenrath

Image by Moondance from Pixabay Food is more than sustenance. Whether cooking at home or sharing a meal with others, I’ve learned that food can be a powerful pathway to greater well-being. Yet for many years, I’ve observed that food, particularly cooking, occupies a paradoxical space. On one hand, we romanticize cooking as a wholesome, nourishing activity. On the other, we view it as an unwelcome chore, just one more burdensome demand in a high-stress, fast-paced society.
Ice cream and thousands of foods with emulsifiers may upset your gut health

2 weeks ago | cnn.com | David Hilzenrath

Emulsifiers can be found in foods marketed as natural or healthy as well as ones that look artificial. GMVozd/E+/Getty Images/File See all topics Email Link Copied! KFF Health News — It’s a marvel of food technology: ice cream that resists melting. In a video explaining the science behind it, a seller of food chemicals shows scoops of ice cream holding their shape under hot lights. The super ingredient? Polysorbate 80.
Watch: How the FDA Opens the Door to Risky Chemicals in America's Food Supply

1 month ago | kffhealthnews.org | David Hilzenrath |Hannah Norman |Hannah Norman |Oona Zenda

Lining the shelves of American supermarkets are food products with chemicals linked to health concerns. To a great extent, the FDA allows food companies to determine for themselves whether their ingredients and additives are safe. Companies don’t have to tell the FDA about those decisions, and they don’t have to list all ingredients on their product labels.
Trump administration retreats from 100% withholding on Social Security clawbacks

1 month ago | americanmilitarynews.com | David Hilzenrath |Jodie Fleischer

The Social Security Administration is backing off a plan it announced in March to withhold 100% of many beneficiaries’ monthly payments to claw back money the government had allegedly overpaid them. Instead, the agency will default to withholding 50% of old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits, the agency said in an “emergency message” to staff dated April 25.
Trump administration cuts its Social Security clawbacks from 100% to 50%

1 month ago | chicago.suntimes.com | David Hilzenrath |Jodie Fleischer

The Social Security Administration is backing off a plan it announced in March to withhold 100% of many beneficiaries’ monthly payments to claw back money the government had allegedly overpaid them. Instead, the agency will default to withholding 50% of old-age, survivors and disability insurance benefits, the agency said in an “emergency message” to staff dated April 25.
Trump administration retreats from 100% withholding on Social Security clawbacks

1 month ago | montereyherald.com | David Hilzenrath |Jodie Fleischer

By David Hilzenrath and Jodie Fleischer, Cox Media Group and KFF Health NewsThe Social Security Administration is backing off a plan it announced in March to withhold 100% of many beneficiaries’ monthly payments to claw back money the government had allegedly overpaid them. Instead, the agency will default to withholding 50% of old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits, the agency said in an “emergency message” to staff dated April 25.