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Low carb diets are still a metabolic mystery
Health Experts can't even agree on how to measure the caloric effects. Some nutrition studies, often the ones that make headlines, focus on weight loss—because it’s the reason so many of us diet.
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Five diets that could be deadly
Health The desire to be thin can turn trendy diets into lethal weapons. The desire to be thin can turn trendy diets into lethal weapons.
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A week of holiday junk food could derail your gut microbiome—but there's hope
Health Treat your gut to some roughage. In a study in mice, researchers found that just a week on a low-fiber diet caused a drastic shift in gut microbes, which could lead to diseases over time.
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A few simple habits can tack some extra years onto your lifespan
Health You can do more for your health. And it’s not that hard. Researchers calculated that people who adhered to five things—drink no more than one glass of alcohol per day (two for men), maintain a...
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What makes popcorn pop?
Science Hint: It’s a powerful combo of steam and heat. Accompanied by the sound of a mini-explosion as they make their transformation, the kernels expand up to 50 times their size, making them fluffy...
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Junk food ads disproportionally target black and Hispanic kids over white kids
Health Teens and younger children are also seeing ads in far more places, like YouTube and social media outlets, than in previous years. Over the past few years, major food companies, like Coca-Cola,...
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Nuts are full of fat and calories—and you should probably eat more of them
Health Nutritionists used to think nuts should be avoided, but now they’re a prescribed part of a well-rounded diet. Nuts are full of fat—it’s what makes peanut butter tastes so good. Heck, it’s why...
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4 reasons you should eat more mushrooms
Health A mushrooming list of reasons to embrace fungi. Even setting aside magic mushrooms, our favorite fungal fruiting bodies supposedly have some spectacular healing properties.
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The truth about the nut-brain connection
Health Does eating a few almonds really boost your cognitive function? If the claim that nuts boost brain function by 60% is true, we should all be rushing out to buy a bag of nuts. But is this what...
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These charts will help you visualize just how unhealthy diets are around the...
Health Poor diet kills more people worldwide than any other risk factor. Nearly everyone's diet is out of whack—it's just a question of how. Nearly every nation fails to get the right balance of...
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You probably need more vitamins, but pills won't cut it
Health A new study confirms that you need to get nutrition from real food, not supplements. A new study out this week in the Annals of Internal Medicine demonstrates that while we absolutely need...
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The FDA says grain-free food could be killing dogs. Here’s what pet owners...
Animals A scary announcement from the FDA deserves a closer look. Last week the FDA made a potentially scary announcement: grain-free food might be linked to a dangerous heart condition in dogs.
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Homemade dog food can actually deprive pets of essential nutrients
Animals If you want to prep your pup’s meals, you need expert guidance. Dogs are too good for us. So it makes sense that many of us want to treat our pups like the angels they are by giving them the...
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Nutrition advice for babies and toddlers has been fraught with errors. That's...
Health The 2020 dietary guidelines will include recommendations on what to feed Americans under age two. Every five years, nutrition experts from across the country congregate in Washington, D.C. to...
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Here's even more evidence that plant protein is better for you than animal...
Health Sorry, steak fans. It’d be great if a burger-a-day diet was healthy. Don’t get me wrong—it’s not the worst. You’ve got protein in there and hopefully some veggies on top (and on the side)…
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