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Swapping red meat for plant-based protein boosts longevity and climate health: Shots

A plant-based diet is not just good for your health, it’s good for the planet.

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A plant-based diet is not just good for your health, it’s good for the planet.

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If you’re aiming to cut back on meat and you want to build muscle strength, you’re not alone.

Following our story on foods that help maintain strength, lots of you responded to our call-out, telling us you’re trying to increase protein consumption with a plant-based diet.

Millions of women are 'under-muscled.' These foods help build strength

Now, a new study published in NatureFood, finds that if people

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by Alisha Putri•
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COVID vaccines don’t cause cancer, but misinformation persists

Anyone who spends even a moderate amount of time online has likely come across social media posts falsely claiming that COVID-19 vaccines are harmful to human health.

Among the most widely debunked claims is that vaccines developed with messenger RNA technology can cause cancer because they contain “monkey virus DNA.”

Such claims were even repeated during a US congressional hearing on vaccine injuries last year, but North American and European health authorities have stressed that there is no evidence of a causal link between COVID vaccines and cancer, or that mRNA vaccines can alter human DNA in any way.

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by Alisha Putri•
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Will Kate Middleton Video Footage Dispel Health Rumors?

An apparently happy and healthy-looking Kate Middleton was seen walking alongside her husband, Prince William, near Windsor Castle in video footage reportedly shot over the weekend. The video is helping to dispel one of this year’s most enduring conspiracy theories regarding her health and whereabouts while recovering from abdominal surgery — though skepticism still abounds, as the Palace has yet to verify or comment on the video. And now speculation around the royal has moved to a second image she shared in 2022 that on Tuesday was deemed to have been altered.

The video was shot on Saturday about

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by Alisha Putri•
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WHO updates guidelines on fats and carbohydrates

WHO has updated its guidance on total fat, saturated and trans-fat and carbohydrates, based on the latest scientific evidence.

The three new guidelines, Saturated fatty acid and trans-fatty acid intake for adults and children, Total fat intake for the prevention of unhealthy weight gain in adults and children, and Carbohydrate intake for adults and children, contains recommendations that aim to reduce the risk of unhealthy weight gain and diet-related noncommunicable diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and certain types of cancer.

With its guidance on dietary fat, WHO notes that both quantity and quality are important

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by Alisha Putri•