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Health

No sweat: Does carb loading improve performance?

Many endurance athletes swear by piling on the carbohydrates before a race. That can work – but you should be wary of the downsides

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Health

When people sleep more they also eat less sugar and carbs

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Health

Fasting may boost brainpower by giving neurons more energy

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Why the internet's CiCo calorie count diet won't keep weight off

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Why the internet's CiCo calorie count diet won't keep weight off

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Health

A grim winter looms for UK hospitals but there's an easy cure

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Health

Coffee and plant-based diets linked to lower heart failure risk

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Gluten-free foods

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Gluten-sensitive? It may actually be a carb making you ill

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Life

New York City mice may be evolving to eat fast food like pizza

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Would ‘good gluten’ foods work for people who eat gluten-free?

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Would ‘good gluten’ foods work for people who eat gluten-free?

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Common antidepressant found to reduce belly fat in older mice

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Common antidepressant found to reduce belly fat in older mice

Belly fat becomes much harder to lose when you get older. Inflamed immune cells may be to blame, and an antidepressant seems to help in mice

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Health

The real clean food: How to eat well for yourself and the planet

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Technology

Ingredient-swapping web browser is a recipe for disaster

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Health

Low-calorie pizza and burgers won’t fix our child obesity crisis

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Health

Netflix vegan hit What the Health serves up lots of bad science

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