If you ate packaged food today — like cookies, frozen pizza, or crackers — you may have had some palm oil. In fact, about half of all packaged goods sold in grocery stores contain palm oil. Why do food manufacturers love this oil so much, and what's it doing to your health? Find out in my GoodRx article.
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What are ultra-processed foods—soda, candy, energy bars, fruit-flavored yogurt, frozen pizza, and frozen meals—doing to your body and your brain? Get the scoop with my National Geographic story.
Not sure what the numbers on a food label mean? Only 28 percent of Americans find nutrition labels easy to understand, and more than half don’t regularly check the ingredient list, according to a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) survey. But read my article in Consumers' Checkbook and you'll become a label-reading pro--and I bet you'll start eating healthier as well!
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