All posts by Jonathan Bechtel
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Why Most Health News Is Trash
Whenever you read any health news publication you’re greeted with headlines that share several familiarities. They usually look like this: “New study suggests {insert ingredient...
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The 5 Biggest Myths About A Vegetarian Diet
There are a lot of good reasons to eliminate meat from your diet. Vegetarian diets are better for the environment, Â less carcinogenic, and result in...
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Hunger Is A Habit: Why Familiar Food Is Healthier Food
Hunger is a tricky phenomenon. One would think it’s merely a reflection of the volume of food in your stomach, but it turns out its...
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Starvation and Immortality: The Curious (and Incredible) Effect of Deprivation
Extending life has always been an endeavor that’s captured the human imagination. Our written history is replete with folk tales and urban legends about rituals,...
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New Study Finds 196 Million Reasons To Start Exercising
Anyone who partakes in modern society has heard ad nauseam about the lifestyle benefits of healthy living. You’ll lose weight. Have more energy. Sleep better....
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Americans Are Poisoning Themselves To Death?
Perhaps the Great Recession is finally taking its toll on America’s youth. On September 20 the National Institute of Health issued a news release about...
