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Nutrition

Everything you need to know about food and hydration, in one place.

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Food and hydration

Everything worth knowing about a food, one food at a time. How to use it, which version to buy, how to prepare it, what it is proven to do, and where it goes wrong. Nothing is listed here that is not good for you.

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How bad are sugary drinks, and how do you drink one least badly?

· 5 min read · 6 sources

How bad are sugary drinks, and how do you drink one least badly?

In trials where adults were given one sugary drink a day on top of their normal diet, they gained 0.83 kg. Taking one a day away gave half a kilo back. And when you do have one, what is already in your stomach decides how big the sugar spike is.

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Nattokinase: effects and side effects, from 341 studies

· 11 min read · 13 sources

Nattokinase: effects and side effects, from 341 studies

Every human trial of nattokinase, read and reported: what it does for plaque, blood pressure and clotting, and where the best trial found nothing.

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Is chewing gum bad for you? What your body thinks is coming

· 10 min read · 14 sources

Is chewing gum bad for you? What your body thinks is coming

The worry is that chewing gum makes your body release insulin as if food were coming, which would matter if you are fasting. Chewing does send that signal, with saliva and gut hormones. When researchers measured the insulin, it had not moved.

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Nutrition

Bred or modified

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· 4 min read · 4 sources

Bred or genetically modified: what is the difference?

Two ways of changing a plant, with a different tool and a different result. What each of them delivers, and what it costs.

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Why third-party testing matters

· 2 min read · 3 sources

Why third-party testing matters

Independent lab testing is the only practical way to check a supplement contains what its label claims. Published analyses keep finding ones that do not.

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