Dr Anthony Lim, the medical director of the McDougall Program, has responded to Nikocado Avocado’s dramatic weight loss. Read more: 7 Fermented Plant Foods That Could Boost Your Gut Health The YouTuber – real name Nicholas Perry – made headlines across the world this week after revealing he’d lost 250 pounds, much to the surprise...
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Bat Deaths Linked To Infant Mortality In The US, Study Finds
Mass bat deaths from a lethal fungus have indirectly led to the deaths of around 1,300 US children due to increased pesticide use, a study has found. Read more: 5 Million Acre Sugarcane Megaproject Threatens Papua’s Rainforest Bat colonies have died en masse throughout the US due to a disease that arose almost two decades...
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Covid’s new summer strain and what to do if you catch it
The Euros are in full flow, Wimbledon is coming and we are on the brink of a General Election. We’ve long stopped wearing masks and abiding the rules of staying 2m apart but with summer socialising at full kilter and a summer Covid wave known as the “FLiRT” variant “building”, should we be rethinking our...
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UK E. coli outbreak: What are the symptoms and how does it spread?
Where is E. coli found? Food which comes into contact with manure Petting farms Contaminated water STEC is regularly found in the lower intestine of animals, especially cows, but also sheep and goats, and doesn’t cause them any problems, says McNally. However, if manure from these animals infiltrates food, it can cause infections in people....
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Six cancer treatment breakthroughs pushing us closer to a cure
The new cancer jabs are one of many recent exciting steps forward in medical science. Kevin Harrington, a professor of biological cancer therapies at The Institute of Cancer Research and an honorary consultant oncologist at the Royal Marsden (RMH) and St George’s Hospital in London, is optimistic that advances in treatment will improve outcomes. “In...
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Teenage cancer patients will die because of trial age limits, charity warns
Teenage cancer patients will die because of trial age limits which prevent them from testing new drugs, a charity has warned. A new report published by the Teenage Cancer Trust has found that young people aged 13–24 are missing out on the chance to take part in clinical trials, leaving them unable to get innovative...
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Ultra-processed foods are harming our health – here’s what to eat instead
What alternatives are there to ultra-processed foods? Preparing meals and snacks from scratch with unprocessed or minimally processed ingredients is ideal, but for most of us this simply isn’t possible all the time. The good news is there are non-UPF versions of many UPFs – these products are processed rather than ultra-processed. Many organic versions...
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The 17 best protein powders in 2024 to gain muscle and boost fitness, tried and tested
What are the different types of protein powder? Whey concentrate is the most common form and is often the cheapest, according to Rachel Butcher, head nutritionist at Natural Fitness Food. “It typically has low fat and cholesterol content but the protein levels can vary from 40 to 90% depending on the brand,” she says....