Health Claims

Eating more sugar doesn't seem to raise or lower the risk of pancreatic cancer in older adults, based on a study of people aged 50 to 71.

Drinking diet sodas instead of sugary drinks might help some people lose a little weight for a while, especially if they're already at risk for heart problems. But drinking them for many years might...

Switching from sugary drinks to diet drinks doesn't always help control blood sugar better, and studies show it doesn't make a big difference in key health markers for sugar management.

Drinking more diet sodas and other artificially sweetened drinks might raise your chances of dying from any cause, heart problems, or getting type 2 diabetes, according to big studies that tracked...

Drinking more sugary drinks like soda is linked to higher chances of dying from any cause, heart problems, and diabetes in both adults and teenagers.

Switching from sugary drinks to diet drinks might help people lose a little weight and body fat, but it doesn't clearly improve blood sugar or heart health markers.

Drinking a lot of sugary drinks like soda might make you more likely to die from cancer, especially breast cancer.

Drinking more fruit juice each day might raise your chance of getting cancer by 14%, according to a big study that looked at lots of people over time.

Drinking more fruit juice might slightly raise your chances of getting cancer, according to some big studies that looked at people's habits over time.

Drinking a lot of sugary drinks like soda might make you more likely to get certain types of cancer, including breast, liver, colon, and prostate cancer.

Drinking one more sugary drink every day might raise your chance of getting cancer by about 4%, according to research that looked at many studies tracking people's habits over time.

Drinking sugary drinks like soda might raise your chance of getting cancer by about 12% compared to drinking very little, according to a big review of many studies.

Certain chemicals in things like grilled meat or smoke get changed in your body into harmful substances that stick to your DNA. This can cause mistakes when cells copy themselves, leading to...

Eating processed meats like bacon or sausages can expose you to certain chemicals (PAHs and HAAs) that might raise your chances of getting several types of cancer, not just colon cancer. The risk...

Adding certain natural ingredients like spices, veggies, or tea to meat before cooking can make it healthier by reducing harmful chemicals that form during cooking. These ingredients work by fighting...

When you cook meat at high heat like grilling or frying, it creates certain chemicals called HAAs and PAHs. The amount of these chemicals depends on how long you cook it, how hot it gets, and what...

Eating grilled or cooked red and processed meats, especially when well-done, might raise your chances of getting colorectal cancer, according to several big studies.

Scientists mostly use special tools called chromatography methods to find and measure harmful cancer-causing chemicals in food.

Some chemicals in food can cause cancer, and experts rank them from definitely cancer-causing to ones they're not sure about.

When foods are cooked or prepared in ways like grilling, frying, or fermenting, they can sometimes create harmful chemicals that might cause cancer.

This claim says that most of what we know about how ultra-processed foods affect gut diseases comes from population studies that observe patterns, and most of what we know about food additives comes...

Some ingredients added to food, like thickeners, sweeteners, and tiny particles, might change how your gut works—like the bacteria living there, how leaky your gut is, or if it gets inflamed—based...

Eating a lot of packaged junk food might be linked to stomach and gut problems like serious diseases or ongoing discomfort, according to studies that watch what people eat and their health.

Certain types of thick, gooey fibers found in foods like oats and apples can help lower bad cholesterol by grabbing onto stuff in your gut and blocking cholesterol from getting into your blood, and...