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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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strengthening primary health care financing for better health

Kyrgyzstan has set out on an ambitious path of health system reforms to improve access to Primary Health Care (PHC) services for its people. A new WHO/Europe study sheds light on the current state of PHC financing in Kyrgyzstan and offers 6 policy suggestions to strengthen it and promote more efficient public spending in PHC.

Evidence demonstrates that PHC is the most effective and cost-effective approach to delivering health care services to people and achieving universal health coverage (UHC). Kyrgyzstan is moving in this direction – counting on sustained support from the Government and from development partners – through the

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by Alisha Putri•
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Saint John boxer hangs up his gloves, opens up about battle with mental health

Saint John boxer Charlie Cavanagh is following his intuition and stepping away from the sport.

But the decision didn’t come easy.

“I feel a lot of guilt about that because being a professional athlete is a dream job — a lot of people would love to be in that position,” she said.

“I think that, for most of my career, I did feel [like] a bit of an imposter.

“I’ve been a boxer for over a decade now and I almost don’t know who I am without it. So I think that I was dreading the sport because I knew

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by Alisha Putri•
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Can herbs and spices influence the health of the gut microbiome?

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Adding herbs and spices to foods may affect gut health, research finds. Danny Lehman/Getty Images
  • Scientists researched whether polyphenols found in foods, herbs, and spices in one’s regular diet can affect gut health.
  • Polyphenols are compounds found in some plant-based foods that can work as antioxidants in the body and provide protection against some diseases.
  • Their findings showed that the polyphenols from herbs and spices may be responsible for an increase in beneficial gut microbes.

Researchers based at the National University of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon recently conducted a study on whether polyphenols found in foods,

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by Alisha Putri•