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The Pros and Cons of Being Vegan

A vegan lifestyle can be good for your health and the environment too. Here’s what you need to know.

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Bye-Bye Excuses: How to Move Forward with Your Health and Fitness Goals

Don’t let excuses stand in your way of getting fit and healthy

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5 Foods to Help You Live to 100 (Really)

Eating these powerful and delicious foods can add a few years to your life. Is the blue zone diet the key to healthy aging?

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Curious About Calcium?

Does calcium do a body good? Read on to get the facts.

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8 Foods to Eat for Healthy Bones

Eating foods rich in calcium and vitamin D can help keep your bones healthy and possibly lower your risk of osteoporosis

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7 Ways to Prevent Bone Loss

You’re never too young to take steps to keep your bones strong and health

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What You Eat Can Reprogram Your Genes – an Expert Explains the Emerging Science of Nutrigenomics

Along with calories and nutrients, food can influence the genetic blueprints that shape who you are

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Heart to Heart: How Pregnancy Can Affect Your Heart Health Throughout Your Life

Complications during pregnancy are far from temporary when it comes to your health, but there are things you can do to reduce your risk

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How to Make Sustainable Lifestyle Changes in the New Year

From attainable workout goals to healthy eating habits to practicing self-care

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Sugar Detox? Cutting Carbs? A Doctor Explains Why You Should Keep Fruit on the Menu

Ripe berries and sugar crystals are both sweet, but one offers much more than just calories

Folic Acid and Birth Defects: What’s the Connection?

Folic Acid and Birth Defects: What’s the Connection?

Why all women of reproductive age should make sure they’re getting enough folic acid

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Why Kids Shouldn’t Eat Added Sugar Before They Turn 2, According to a Nutritional Epidemiologist

Foods and beverages high in added sugars provide a lot of calories but not a lot of nutrients

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What’s the Difference Between Sugar, Other Natural Sweeteners and Artificial Sweeteners? A Food Chemist Explains Sweet Science

Sugar is just one of many flavor enhancers used to sweeten foods and beverages. Which one should you choose?

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10 Reasons to Try a Dry January

Why a month without alcohol can be good for you

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Sugar High

An addiction to sugar can lead to serious health problems. Here’s how to break the cycle.

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Colorful Sweets May Look Tasty, but Some Researchers Question Whether Synthetic Dyes May Pose Health Risks to Your Colon and Rectum

Sixty percent of the Standard American Diet consists of ultra-processed food, which isn’t great for colon health. Researchers are looking into whether artificial food colors play a role.

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I Fought Generational Obesity by Creating My Own Road Map to a Healthier, Happier Life

After being bullied by doctors my entire life, I finally got the courage to advocate for my health

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Foods High in Added Fats and Refined Carbs Are Like Cigarettes – Addictive and Unhealthy

Leading scientists from around the globe identified unhealthy diets as a greater risk to human health than unsafe sex and alcohol, drug and tobacco use combined

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Companies Are Pushing Sweetened Drinks to Children Through Advertising and Misleading Labels – and Families Are Buying

Communities of color and lower-income communities drink relatively more sugary drinks than other groups, which contributes to the disparities in diet-related disease

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Clinically Speaking: Questions to Ask Your HCP About Psoriatic Arthritis

Learn more and act fast for better outcomes with psoriatic arthritis

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Conversación sobre la salud: Preguntas para su proveedor de servicios médicos sobre la artritis psoriásica

Obtenga más información y actúe más rápidamente para tener mejores resultados con la artritis psoriásica