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Ultra-processed: what NOVA does and doesn't say
NOVA is a classification of how food is made, not a measure of how good it is. Almost every argument about ultra-processed food comes from confusing the two.
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Headlines, packaging promises and internet certainties, held against the source document.
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Sweeteners after the 2023 guideline
The WHO advised against using non-sugar sweeteners for weight control. What it actually said is narrower — and more interesting — than the headlines.
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Three supermarket myths that refuse to die
Frozen vegetables, brown eggs and fancy salt — what the evidence and the regulations actually say about the aisle's most persistent folklore.
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Sugar: what the WHO guideline actually says
Free sugars below 10% of daily energy — around 50 grams on a typical adult intake — with extra benefit suggested below 5%. And why 'free sugars' is the phrase that matters.
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How much salt is too much, and why nobody hits the target
The WHO's number is under 5 grams of salt a day. Most of Europe eats roughly twice that, and almost none of it comes from the salt cellar.