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The Checkup: Does It Really Matter If Protein Powder Is Expired?

• After a disgusting experience with expired milk at the age of nine that’s stuck with me ever since, I am a crazy person when it […]

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The Checkup: WTF Is Sugar Face? (And Do You Have It?)

• Apparently, sugar face, like sushi face, is a thing. And according to Dr. Harold Lancer, dermatologist to flawless stars like Beyoncé and Kim Kardashian, […]

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Would This New Philly Policy Get You to Ditch Your Soda Addiction?

Our friends over on Citified have been keeping folks up to date on what’s going on with of Mayor Jim Kenney’s proposed soda tax, which would add […]

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This Is Your Skin on Sugar 

A few weeks ago, I was chatting with Jolene Hart, the author of Eat Pretty, about the wonders of hemp seeds when she mentioned the link […]

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The Checkup: The Scary Reason Why You Should Rethink Your Morning Starbucks Order

• Many of us are consuming way too much sugar — and if you’re hitting up Starbucks for a specialty drink on the regular, you’re definitely […]

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How to Cut Back on the Sneaky Ingredient We’re All Eating Too Much Of

Last week, the big health news floating around the Internet was the government’s update to the Dietary Guidelines, in which they mostly cracked down on […]

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The Checkup: The Trick to Squash a Headache in Two Minutes Flat

• Do you have a headache right now? Not a surprise, considering it’s the Monday after a beach-filled, beer-filled long weekend. Here, a visualization trick […]

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The Checkup: These Surprising Foods Have More Sugar Than a Krispy Kreme Donut

• A serving of Quaker Instant Oatmeal with raisins, dates and walnuts? Yep, that’s got more sugar than a Krispy Kreme donut. And so does […]

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The Checkup: This Is What Happens When You Quit Sugar

• BuzzFeed got three sugar fiends to give up sugar for an entire month, and while the first few weeks were rough, by the end, […]

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The Checkup: How to Never, Ever Skip a Morning Workout Again

• Knocking out your exercise early in the morning is great: It kickstarts your metabolism and gets you feeling energized for the day ahead. But […]

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Sugar Plant Removed Safety Device 13 Days Before Fatal Accident

The worker who died at a Bucks County sugar plant — after he was buried alive by sugar —would have been saved by a safety […]