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Eating well regularly can be a challenge — especially after an exhausting day. And while it may be harder to…
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Americans consume about 150 pounds of milk and eat nearly 40 pounds of cheese and 20 pounds of ice cream…
We could probably all stand to eat a little more healthfully, but traditional nutrition swaps are kind of a bummer…
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Brain food is very real, helping to shape your ability to remember simple things (well, allegedly simple things) like where…
A sweet potato by any other name is still a rich source of antioxidant and anti-inflammatory nutrients, most notably, beta…
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According to the American Cancer Society, the lifetime risk of cancer in the United States is 1 in 3. But…
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When the teenage years arrive, they often come with those annoying, distinctive pimples on the face, and often on the…
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Harvard Health Blog Have you heard of the blood type diet? I thought it had been debunked long ago but…
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