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We all know that a diet lacking in nutrition leads to poor health — but scientists have now studied the impact on mice who…
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A ground-breaking 2015 study showed that some cases of dementia are preventable with the right exercise and diet. We sat down with the study’s…
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Numerous studies, Healthline, AARP… Look around and you’ll find a flood of articles probing the possibility that the popular Keto Diet has brain health…