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There are a lot of misconceptions about exercise. Here are nine.
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Only children are no more likely to be narcissistic than anyone else.
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Nuts are a healthy part of any diet, but can they really make you smarter?
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Science destroys folk wisdom, once again.
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While some health advice is right, some of the regimes these people follow are just ridiculous.
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In moderate doses, alcohol is more of a medicine than a poison.
Stepfathers are less likely to kill their children than previous researchers have claimed.
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Two large nutritional studies seem to have reported contradictory findings on carbs. But only if you believe the headlines.
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Healthy food isn’t just about organic food and so-called superfoods.
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In one sense, the brain feels no pain. In another sense, it feels all the pain.
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Milk may be good for you, but perhaps not as good as recent headlines have suggested.
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A nutritionist fact checks the claimed health benefits of beer. It may reduce the risk of heart disease but you’d be much better off getting these benefits from other foods.
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Sometimes exercise can be as effective at improving pain and mobility as surgery.
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Alcohol is a dangerous drug. Drinking in excess can kill you, but so can trying to quit.
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Experts say there is still a long way to go before we can make firm statements about the best time of day to eat.
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Nutrition expert – sugar does not cause type 2 diabetes on its own.
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Expert fact checks claim that cannabis cures cancer.
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Health researchers fact check the idea that running a marathon suppresses your immune system.