Category: Nutrition
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Vegetable, Fruit, Berry
So it turns out a tomato is not only a fruit but — botanically speaking — is also classified as a berry. This is rough news for aggregate fruits like strawberries and blackberries, which, it turns out are not, technically, berries at all. Fun! But all it really means is that scientific classification of plants…
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Are You Enjoying It?
Do you have a particular food you can’t have “just a little bit” of? Some foods are easy to keep eating — not only do they leave you hungry, they may even leave you thinking you want (“need”) more of the same. Candy and chips often have this effect — people will eat as much…
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One Weird Trick?
The fitness industry is full of hard sells for simple solutions. Some of them are just junk, but most of them have a grain of truth to them, which is part of what makes it so hard to figure out what will help you. Effective weight management and healthy habits are never down to just…
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A Simple Trick for Better Eating
What if you forgot completely about everything you ate as soon as you were finished eating it? A (very small) study in people with amnesia found that they would simply eat another meal if it was served outside their memory window, even if it was shortly afterward. (Interestingly, they showed a preference for different foods…
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Google Nutrition Information
Google has a handy feature built right into its search engine: for some foods, it will give you a side-by-side comparison of nutritional information. It shows a snapshot by default, and selecting the down arrow gives you many more components to compare, such as dietary fiber content and content of different vitamins. It works best…