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While you sleep, your body uses up the energy it has stored from the previous day’s meals. Eating a healthy breakfast replenishes this fuel to provide physical and mental energy to start the day. To continue reading this article or issue you must be a paid subscriber. Sign in Subscribe Subscribe to Tufts Health &

It’s hamburger season! For many people, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, and other warm weather celebrations are not complete without burgers on the grill. Unfortunately, this popular food comes with some health concerns, and raising cattle for beef contributes to environmental problems. What’s a burger lover to do? To continue reading this article or issue

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What we eat affects the composition of the microbes in our gut. This is significant, because the makeup of our gut microbiome impacts our health. Looking at data from over 21,500 individuals, researchers analyzed the gut microbiome signatures of vegans, vegetarians, and omnivores and compared them to health outcomes. To continue reading this article or

Having a body mass index (BMI) in the overweight or obese range is associated with an increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, a systematic review concluded that cardiorespiratory fitness may be more important than BMI when it comes to dying from CVD. (Cardiorespiratory fitness refers to the body’s ability to deliver oxygen

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