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A plate of grilled vegetables

Eating a low-carb diet may shorten your life – unless you go vegan too

16 August 2018

People following low-carb diets have been found to have a higher risk of mortality, except when people shun animal fats and protein too

A doughnut

Your brain absolutely cannot resist doughnuts - here's why

14 June 2018

Foods that are high in both carbohydrates and fats super-charge the activity in our brain’s reward centre, explaining why we find them so appealing

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