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Olive Oil and Health: A Spoonful a Day
A 28-year study of more than 90,000 adults linked about half a tablespoon of olive oil a day with lower cardiovascular death. How to read it and use it well.
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Do Nuts Make You Gain Weight?
Nuts are calorie-dense, so people worry. Pooled randomized trials found no weight gain from adding them to the diet, and possibly a very small loss.
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Beans, Lentils and Chickpeas: Do They Help You Feel Full?
What reviews of feeding studies and trials say about pulses, fullness and weight, plus easy ways to eat more of them.
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Fruit Juice or Whole Fruit: Does It Matter?
What changes when fruit is juiced, what a large long-term study found, and how to enjoy both sensibly.
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Whole Grains: What They Are and Why They Matter
What counts as a whole grain, what large long-term studies found, and easy ways to eat more.
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Can You Eat an Egg a Day? Eggs and Heart Health
Few foods have been praised and blamed as often as the egg. For decades, advice swung between “eat as many as you like” and…
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Frozen, Canned or Fresh: Which Vegetables Are Better?
Many of us were taught that fresh vegetables are best and that frozen and canned ones are second-rate. It turns out the picture is…
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Low-Fat or Low-Carb Diets: Does One Work Better?
Few debates in nutrition run as long as low-fat versus low-carb. Each has devoted fans and plausible reasons to work. In 2018, researchers at…
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Plate Size, Package Size and the Portion Effect
People tend to eat more from bigger portions. Simple, low-effort ideas for working with that.
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Do You Really Need Breakfast to Manage Your Weight?
Is breakfast the most important meal for weight? What randomized trials found when people were told to eat it or skip it.