The Checkup: Why Coffee Makes You Poop Like a Champ

Today's must-read health and fitness headlines.

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• You know you’ve always wondered about coffee’s mystical (wonderful?) poop-inducing properties. Now science can explain why it happens. [Health

• And now the case for peeing — yes, peeing — on your vegetable garden. [Rodale Wellness]

• Yes, even you type-A list-making fiends can find a way to quiet your mind to meditate — here’s how. [Greatist]

• Finally. Protein-packed breakfast ideas that don’t involve blenders. (Read: no smoothies here.) [Well + Good]

• Hey, swimmers! There’s a sweet new water-friendly fitness tracker with your name written alllllll over it. [Medical Daily]

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