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Evidence-graded research on foods, supplements, and nutrients — from microbiome science to ancient dietary wisdom.
Nutrition & Food
This warming spice has soothed bloated, cold, sluggish bellies across six continents of healing traditions, and modern gut research is finally starting to peek inside to see why.
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Nutrition & Food
Two ancient ideas — your unique body type and the strength of your inner "fire" — are getting a second look from researchers trying to explain how lifestyle shapes health.
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Nutrition & Food
We treat calcium like a settled question — but the research reveals a mineral that's far more interesting, and more complicated, than the supplement aisle lets on.
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Nutrition & Food
A quarter of your body's magnesium lives inside your muscles — but does swallowing more of it actually do what the supplement bottles promise?
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Nutrition & Food
A famous 11-center eye trial put vitamin C in the spotlight for aging eyes — here's what the evidence really says, and where it stops.
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Nutrition & Food
Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to everything from depression to dizziness — but the research is more nuanced than the headlines suggest.
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