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Vitamins From Food Vs. Pills: You May Not Be Able To Supplement Your Way Out Of A Bad Diet

Filed Under: Highlights, Vitamins/Supplements

Vitamins From Food Vs. Pills: You May Not Be Able To Supplement Your Way Out Of A Bad Diet
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Vitamins From Food Or Pills. Can Supplements Fix Bad Nutrition?:
So we all try to focus on eating healthy, with varying levels of success.

And as we showed before, there are some real pitfalls out there,

When it comes to going for what’s cheap, tasty, or quick.

So as a result of our dietary-sins, when we’re not dieting or exercising,

Many of us are using Supplements and Vitamins to try to make-up for the mistakes and deficiencies,

And even though it seems well-intentioned, some research from Tufts has come out that may discourage you, even from taking vitamins…

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Video: Doctor Ken Jeong Answers The Internet’s Most Pressing Medical Questions

Filed Under: Disease, Featured, Video, Vitamins/Supplements

Video: Doctor Ken Jeong Answers The Internet’s Most Pressing Medical Questions


And Now For Something Completely Different:
Somehow in their infinite-power, Wired has managed to wrangle the best doctor ever to answer some health questions.

“The Hangover”-series crazy-man, Ken Jeong!

And although he’s a bit more serious here than in his roles as Mister Chow, or Ben Chang on cult-hit TV-show “Community”, he’s still a lot of fun…

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Video: The Facts Crew Tries Meat Subsitutes, Saves Planet Earth From Death By Cow-Farts

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Nutrition, Video

Video: The Facts Crew Tries Meat Subsitutes, Saves Planet Earth From Death By Cow-Farts


Saving The Planet 1 Video At A Time. Maybe:
So, an increasting percentage of our dietary choices are made for health reasons.

And in a few new edge-cases, also for the chance to help more than just yourself, by reducing the environmental impacts of some farming.

This is the angle taken most recently by Impossible Foods.

But who cares about that? As-usual, the Facts crew is here to give you a fairly-normal [Irish] person’s perspective and tell you how it really is!…

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Fast Carb Revelation? Whole Grains Might Definitively Be Better For Your Weight

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Nutrition, Weight Loss / Fat Loss

Fast Carb Revelation? Whole Grains Might Definitively Be Better For Your Weight
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A Light At The End Of The Tunnel:
So for a long time now, we’ve all been told a few conflicting things.

1) Fast-carbs are bad for you and make you fat.

2) Eat whole-grains because they’re good for you.

But studies have thus-far been less than entirely-conclusive.

Especially since the whole-grainiest people also have the healthiest habits.

But that’s all changed, because a recent study went the extra methodology mile and found something very interesting about the parts we’ve been missing…

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Health Benefits Of Nuts? Gentlemen! -Start Your Nutcrackers! Super-Charged Study Finds A Super-Food!

Filed Under: Highlights, Nutrition

Health Benefits Of Nuts? Gentlemen! -Start Your Nutcrackers! Super-Charged Study Finds A Super-Food!
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Health Benefits of Nuts. The Search For The Next Superfood 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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Video: Eater Tries The Impossible Burger, Here To Save Planet Earth And One Day, Your Taste Buds

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Bio-Tech, Nutrition, Video

Video: Eater Tries The Impossible Burger, Here To Save Planet Earth And One Day, Your Taste Buds


Can Food Save Planet Earth?:
In this video, Eater’s Kat Odell and Nick Solares introduce us to another salvo in the war to make a better burger with its inventor, Dr. Pat Brown.

This particular version has taken over 5 years to research and launch.

And thanks to some increasingly-fancy food chemistry, Impossible Foods might be getting us a step closer to a more earth-friendly, healthier future.

And while people should have the luxury to eat what they want, and a burger won’t save the planet, every little bit helps…

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If You’re Too Rushed To Even Go To Starbucks, Your Problem Is Now Solved: Enter GoCubes! -Regular Hexahedrons Of Nootropic-Caffeine Brainsplosion!

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Mind/Brain, Nutrition, Vitamins/Supplements

If You’re Too Rushed To Even Go To Starbucks, Your Problem Is Now Solved: Enter GoCubes! -Regular Hexahedrons Of Nootropic-Caffeine Brainsplosion!


 
gocubes by nootrobox chewable coffee main page product screenshot with headerGet Your Fix Of Go-Go Juice While You’re On The Go:
We’ve all been there once or twice. No time for anything; even the AM-Jumpstart.

The morning coffee is a ritual, a checkin with yourself, and also the crucial happenings down at the passive-aggressively-staffed local café.

But sometimes you either had a night out, a night in, Jason-Bourne-grade post-drunk-amnesia, or you’re just running terribly late.

Well Nootrobox is about to solve all only one or two of those problems with their magical new Brain-Dyn-O-Mite: Go Cubes!…

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Video: VitaPerk, Two Great Things Together: Vitamin-Power And Coffee

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Mind/Brain, Video, Vitamins/Supplements

Video: VitaPerk, Two Great Things Together: Vitamin-Power And Coffee


 
Why should the Red Bull and Monster guys get to have all the fun and profit?

The now-insolvent 50 Cent helped give you vitamins in your water. Red Bull gives you wings.

…So why not put a little more kick into the drink most Americans use for a boost anyway?…

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