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Ultra-processed food may damage your muscles even without weight gain, study finds

Here's an unsettling thought: what you eat for dinner might be reshaping your thigh muscles from the inside out, and obviously, that's not good news. A new study out of UC San Francisco, published in the journal Radiology , found that people who eat more ultra-processed food tend to develop more fat inside their thigh muscles. And it's showing up in people who don't even have knee osteoarthritis…

Ultra-processed food may damage your muscles even without weight gain, study finds

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ADHD is linked to almost 50% increase in gut problems

People with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder are significantly more likely to experience a range of gastrointestinal symptoms, according to a new systematic review covering more than 1.9…

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Zimbabwe: Nurses Threaten Labour Action Over Government Allowance U-Turn

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