Weight loss
Types of diets
When comparing diets in studies, an inconvenient result emerges: the difference between them is smaller than the difference between the people who follow them and those who do not.
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Every article takes a claim you have already heard about food and follows the mechanism behind it — what actually happens in the body, what the research supports, and where the claim stops being true.
Weight loss
How to lose weight correctly
Weight loss is boring: a slight energy deficit, enough protein, strength training, and time.
Nutrition
Artificial sweeteners: are they harmful, and do they help you lose weight?
Arguments about sweeteners are conducted as though the choice were between them and plain water.
Nutrition
Palm oil: is it actually harmful?
Palm oil has become the universal explanation for everything bad in food.
Nutrition
How dietary supplements differ from vitamins and medications
In a pharmacy, two packages of vitamin D sit on the same shelf.
Nutrition
Sports supplements: creatine, glutamine, lecithin
The sports nutrition shelf is arranged so that expensive and useless products stand next to cheap and effective ones.
Nutrition
Eating habits: what works and what doesn't
Almost all nutrition plans fail not because of a lack of knowledge, but because of execution.
Nutrition
Myths about food additives and GMOs
Two things on packaging cause the most fear: codes with the letter E and the acronym "GMO.
Nutrition
How caloric intake affects health
Caloric intake answers one question: how much of you there will be.
This article is for general information. It is not medical advice, a diagnosis, or a prescription for treatment or a diet, and it does not replace a consultation with your doctor. If you have a health condition, are pregnant, take medication, or follow a diet prescribed to you, decisions about food belong with your doctor.
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