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Can certain foods suppress your appetite?

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Can certain foods suppress your appetite?

It’s likely that your weekly shop is packed with packaging promising that the food inside will taste great, stay fresh and be good for you. You might also find some products telling you they’ll fill you up for longer. But is it really possible for a food to suppress our appetites? While some research suggests … Read more

Why a workout is good for your gut bacteria

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Why a workout is good for your gut bacteria

But it’s still unclear how exercise changes the community of microorganisms living in our guts, although there are several theories, Woods says. “Lactate is produced when we exercise, and it can serve as fuel for some bacterial species,” he says. Another possible mechanism, they explain, may be through exercise-induced changes in the immune system, specifically … Read more