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A simple way to look at sugar

Natural sugar is found in many nutritious foods like fruits, vegetables, and grains. Refined "bad" sugar is added to many unhealthy food products like sweetened beverages, desserts, breakfast cereals, and fruit-flavored yogurt. Added sugars are also present in soup, tomato sauce, and condiments like ketchup, relish, barbecue sauce, and salad dressing. To curb sugar intake, read food labels carefully, noting the amounts of added sugar, and choose products with less than 10 grams per serving.

Try this: Different probiotics

Yogurt is a popular source for probiotics, the "good" live bacteria a person's diet needs to counterbalance harmful bacteria in the gut. But there are other choices available, such as kefir, kimchi, kombucha, miso, and tempeh.

Plant-based diets might fight leg or lung blood clots

In a 2024 review of 116 randomized, controlled trials including almost 7,000 people (average age 46) who were overweight or obese, as little as 30 minutes of aerobic exercise per week was linked to reduced body weight, waist size, and body fat over eight weeks.

When aging steals hunger

Anorexia of aging affects about one-quarter of older adults, and women more often than men. The condition is marked by diminished appetite and can prompt a breakdown of muscle and bone mass that can lead to frailty, falls, delayed recovery from illness or surgery, and earlier death. Risk factors include changes in smell and taste, swallowing problems, slower digestion, medications that lead to dry mouth, dental problems, cognitive decline, and loneliness or social isolation. Treatments can include exercising, boosting protein intake, and medications.

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