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Getting fat precedes increased calorie intake, in one recent study.
Using a multivitamin for 3 years improves cognitive aging in older adults.
Night shift workers who fast at night have improved mood and better circadian alignment.
Selection pressures in ancient Eurasia formed modern European populations.
Open office architecture promotes less face-to-face communication, more digital communication.
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Babies in the womb “smile” when the mother eats carrots and “frown” when the mother eats kale.
ApoB might not be the predictive biomarker we thought.
Burpee training improves endurance and short term memory in teens.
Kidney recipients actually need more protein than you think.
Wolves can attach to humans.
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Turns out that “depression as realism” is a complete myth.
Both step counts and step intensity affect mortality risk.
Time-restricted eating improves glucose homeostasis without affecting insulin sensitivity.
Sex differences in brain tumor treatment.
Diluting old plasma with younger plasma improves aging, possibly mediated by changes to the gut biome.
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There appears to be no increased risk of type 2 diabetes with saturated fat consumption. For certain saturated fats, there may even be a negative (protective) association.
Animal foods enhance absorption of plant micronutrients.
Eating breakfast and skipping dinner increases fat oxidation.
Psilocybin beats SSRIs for reducing rumination.
Another study finds that vitamin D supplementation is associated with a lower risk of COVID mortality, particularly in D-deficient and those at higher latitudes.
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More ultra-processed food, more colorectal cancer.
More fasting insulin, higher mortality.
Better glucose control, better cognitive function (in adolescent type 1 diabetics).
Low-salt diets promote osteoporosis.
Omega-3s help older adults gain more muscle strength.
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To avoid diabetes, South Asians should reduce carbohydrates and increase protein.
“Uncomfortable knowledge” is important knowledge.
Is coagulation more important than LDL in heart disease?
Playing in microbial-rich soil produces an anti-inflammatory, more diverse microbiome and stronger immune system.
Trigger warnings don’t work.
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Hypothyroid predisposes people to severe COVID.
More steps, less death.
Genetic links to economic outcomes.
Medieval friars were riddled with parasites, probably from fertilizing their fields with their own manure.
To allow speech, the human larynx lost complexity compared to other primates’.
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Macronutrients and genes interact to regulate obesity risk.
The most distinguishing feature of long COVID is low cortisol.
Even rainwater has “forever chemicals.”
Placebo is everywhere.
Women on vegetarian diets have a higher risk of hip fractures.
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The more times you flip the burger, the faster it cooks.
College lowers smoking rates.
Female mice show less variance than male mice.
Young kids who train basketball frequently have improved executive functioning.
Grazing on perennial grasslands can match current meat production while improving the environment.
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Famine and pathogens may have driven lactase persistence Europe.
Being bombed is bad for kids’ mental health.
Poor countries with cheap meat produce great soccer players.
Alcohol consumption is malleable (and contagious).
Neuroinflammation and Parkinson’s disease.
Ultraprocessed food and cognitive function.
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