The Good Food Institute Europe (GFI Europe) and the Physicians Association for Nutrition (PAN International) have released a new guide tackling widespread misconceptions about ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and clarifying the role of plant-based meat in healthier, more sustainable diets. Read this article for deeper insights and key takeaways for Healthcare Professionals.

As climate negotiations intensify ahead of COP30, PAN International is working to ensure that health is no longer treated as a side note in climate policy. At the June UNFCCC meetings in Bonn, we co-hosted a key event on protein diversification in food policy, highlighting the urgent need to align climate, health and nutrition goals. Read this article for deeper insights and key takeaways.

Whether you do a google search, pick up a book, watch the news, or scroll through your Instagram feed, you will find polarizing facts about soy. So, what should we believe? Are soy lattes the reason the precious Amazon Rainforest is being cut down? Is soy going to cause so-called “man boobs”? Is soy a genetically modified crop? Read this article for evidence-based answers to these questions and more.

Most nutrition studies rely on dietary assessment methods such as food frequency questionnaires (FFQs), 24-hour recalls, and food diaries. All these methods depend on people reporting what they eat. But obtaining accurate data is not easy. 

Las posibilidades culinarias del hummus son infinitas. Se puede servir como salsa, para untar o con ensalada. Cualquiera de las recetas (excepto el hummus dulce) es un buen complemento para un Budda bowl. Para un tentempié o un almuerzo ligero, sirve cualquiera de las recetas de hummus con rebanadas de pan de pita integral tostado y rodajas de verduras crudas para mojar.

October 1st is World Coffee Day, so we thought that it’s worthwhile taking a look at the science behind this popular beverage. Luckily for us, a review article was published in 2020 in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine which can help us answer the big question: Is coffee healthy or harmful? Well, coffee and its components influence different parts of the body. Let’s start by looking at what the paper has to say about the brain.

Upon consulting my good old friend – the internet – about that particular question, I found out that chocolate has near-miraculous properties – even enhancing one’s maths skills (2). I really wish I’d known about this back in school. Are these magical medical properties too good to be true or actually based on scientific evidence, you’re asking? Now, that’s a great question. Let’s find out!