diet
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Health Experts Say Alcohol Limit for Men Should Be One Drink a Day
Experts are saying there shouldn’t be a gender gap when it comes to safer drinking. On Thursday, a committee of experts brought together by the U.S. government to work on updating the country’s Dietary Guidelines for Americans released their recommendations. Among them: Both men and women should limit their consumption of alcohol to one drink…
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An Indigenous Group Famous For Its Heart Health Started Using Cooking Oil, And Began Gaining Weight
A group of indigenous people in Bolivia are famous for their healthy hearts, but a new study shows that they are experiencing higher rates of obesity after the introduction of processed cooking oils to their diet.
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A New Diet Study Confirms Your Worst Suspicions About Ultra-Processed Foods
A U.S. government-led trial may confirm the worst fears of anyone whose diet starts and ends in the frozen food aisle. It suggests that people who mostly eat ultra-processed foods will take in more calories and gain more weight than those who stick to mostly unprocessed foods — even if the two diets start off…
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How My Month-Long Diet To Save The Planet Collapsed Under A Mountain Of Doughnuts And Pizza
I’ve now spent four weeks eating a diet that scientists crafted to demonstrate how all of humanity could eat sustainably in 2050. And over the past two days, things went off the rails. Sorry, Earth (also sorry, body).