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Added-Sugar In Diet Worse For Fat Than We Thought:
So we’ve railed on about sugar and also fast-carbs, many times over the years.
Including the evils of the Inflammation Spiral that it can create.
It’s not doing your body-composition any favors, and may also be affecting your gut microbes, too.
But some crafty-researchers took time off from studying cuckoo clocks in Switzerland to find out it might be as bad or worse than we thought before…
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Milk Fat Levels Vs. Aging. Cellular Research Finds Stealth Threats:
Sometimes when researchers go hunting, they can approach things from increasingly-unexpected directions.
And even though SCIENCE would seem a pretty arithmetic endeavor,
It makes sense that they need to get increasingly-creative to find new solutions.
And so just the way we hear of more discoveries in the genetic-testing field from companies like 23 And Me,
One such scientist found a cellular-level health-risk in one of the most unexpected places of all…
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Ultra-Processed Food Dangers. The Snack That Bites Back!:
We all worry to some extent about Nutrition.
And we’re all reminded on a fairly-regular basis to eat right.
This also comes with some vague stipulation about avoiding certain things.
But it may not always be clear other than the obvious platitudes.
However, recently a French team is looking into the How & Why of avoiding increasingly processed-foods,
And they are slowly putting together some actual Facts & Figures about why you really want to listen…
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A Star Is Born:
Sometimes the internet does fantastic things to create interesting combinations and hacks.
A lot of these odd connections come together via social media’s ability to broadcast the exceptional.
However, few companies are willing to risk big losses by backing an outsider.
But just like Mahatma Gandhi or Steve Jobs before them, KFC has the guts to “Think Different” with their newest superstar, and the results are spectacular…
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One Diet Fad That’s Actually Paying Off!:
We all hear about different health fads & recommendations pretty regularly.
-Including crazy stuff like the Big Pasta fad in the Big 80’s.
And along with them, we’ve heard things about all kinds of crazy oils, Snake oil, Krill Oil, Fish Oil, and Olive Oil.
Well science just found out something actually worthwhile about the last one…
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Bashing The Holiday Bloat:
A lot of us both enjoy the end of year festivities and also regret their toll on our bodies after January 1st.
And the struggle is real, because studies say the average person will add between 1-2 lbs to their weight between Thanksgiving and New Year’s.
No word on how much of that is going to your waistline, but suffice it to say probably most of it. It may also end up staying there, too.
But there are a few ways of varying wackiness to help you avoid a lot of the problems in the first place…
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The Search For The Holy Grail:
So, ever since the beginning, HT has been about finding that extra hack that can help a lot if done consistently over time. Maybe even change your life.
And nowhere is that quest more symbolized than the hunt for the elusive Superfood.
They may seem like nothing more than drug-like hopes pinned on weird foods, but with things like blueberries & broccoli, the power of selective-nutrition grows as science progresses.
Well, another chapter of that quest looks like it might possibly be opening for another food…
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Eating Healthier Is All You Need, Right?:
For awhile now, at least since the “Margarine is groovy!” 1970s, we’ve all been told to eat healthier.
We then made up for all the hydrogenated oils with a new addiction to Olive Oil in the pasta-fantastic Big 80’s.
And despite the recent ethical-sourcing commercials at Chipotle & Panera, it turns out we neglected one thing: Literally & Figuratively, Your Heart.
Because no matter how healthy you eat, what you put the Figurative one through could be a real problem for everything else…
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