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Sweet Potato: The Super Food
Sweet potatoes pack fiber, potassium, and vitamins A and C into about 100 calories — an easy, versatile staple worth a regular spot on your plate.
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Lifestyle
Five Foods We Wish Were Calorie-Free
Pizza, ice cream, pakoras, doughnuts, white rice — the foods we love that love our waistlines back. A 2014 TI list, fact-checked for today.
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Health & Spirituality
Lighter weight with more repetitions helps build leaner muscle
McMaster's Stuart Phillips explains why lighter weights, more reps to fatigue, build muscle as well as heavy lifting — with less injury risk.
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Interesting
Bad news on TV can make you obese: study
A 2013 University of Miami study found people shown messages about tough times ate 40% more food — and reached for the high-calorie options first.
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Health & Spirituality
In Dieting, Magic Isn't a Substitute for Science
Crash diets promise magic, but lasting weight loss comes from food as daily medicine: whole foods, gradual habits, and the wisdom of traditional eating.
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Food
Eat The Cake & Cookie And Still Lose Weight
The research on lasting weight loss points away from rigid restriction and toward sustainable plans: total calories over time matter more than banning any
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Food
Dessert With Breakfast Helps Weight Loss: What the Study Actually Found
A 2012 Tel Aviv University study found that a big breakfast including dessert helped obese dieters lose more and keep it off — but the caveats mattered more
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Food
Should Children Be Drinking Juice at All?
Even 100% fruit juice contributes to childhood obesity and tooth decay. On what juicing removes, what the pediatric guidelines say, and why water wins.
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