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People freak out about toxins and chemicals. What does the evidence say?

No matter where you look nowadays, someone is trying to sell a diet, pill, or potion that promises to help you detox. Counter to this, there are myriad science and evidence-based sites that will tell you detoxing is a bunch of hokum and that there is no benefit to any detox diet or supplement. So is there any evidence that detox diets or supplements help?

 

Let’s take a look at a few claims people make about detox diets.

 

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Revisit the fundamental principles of stretching to get the most out of your training.

Why is stretching so difficult? It seems as though it should be easy and simple. Need to stretch your hamstrings. Okay, bring your feet together and try to touch your toes. Quads tight? Then from a standing position, grab the top of a foot with the same hand and draw your heel in. Like I said, seems easy right? Well, yes and no.

 

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Despite what you’ve heard, there are strategies to tackle weight regain head on after dieting.

In the past few weeks, the publication of an article in the journal Obesity has set social media’s reaction rhetoric ablaze. A team of researchers conducted a cohort study of fourteen former participants of the NBC show weight loss competition The Biggest Loser, tracking and monitoring their efforts to retain their weight loss from the show over a six-year period.

 

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Many a potluck or summer cookout has been graced with a bowl of three-bean salad, and I have to confess that I usually skip right over it. The combination of beans and herbs just never really tasted all that exciting to me, so to jazz things up and make it more substantial, I tinkered with the recipe and added chewy pearl couscous and a ton of fresh herbs to this picnic classic.

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