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By Adam Rifkin

It's increasingly hard to tell which health advice is good.

I'm stashing interesting things I discover, in the hope of collecting good advice.

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Eat a handful of nuts every day.

Six Daily Exercises to Boost Mobility and Balance

How Little Sleep Can You Get Away With?

Industry-funded soda studies overwhelmingly downplay health risks.

What Obesity Looks Like on the Inside, by BBC Obesity the Post Mortem

The maximum lifespan of humans is fixed and subject to natural constraints. With rare exceptions no one has lived beyond 115 years.

What happens to your body one hour after you drink diet soda?

Internal 'clock' makes some people age faster and die younger – regardless of lifestyle

More Than 9 in 10 People Breathe Bad Air, W.H.O. Study Says

Activity Trackers May Undermine Weight Loss Efforts

How to Meditate

Advice From a Former Olympic Hopeful: Set the Bar Low

Men who act as breadwinners face negative health effects.

6 Things a Food Safety Expert Won't Eat… And One He Will

People who are more forgiving can better handle stress.

This Is How To Get Healthy: 6 Research-Backed Secrets by Eric Barker

Harvard-trained researcher Shawn Achor told Oprah the 5-step secret to happiness, including breathing and the happy secret to better work.

In First, Quick DNA Test Diagnoses a Boy’s Illness

Regular nut consumption is linked to less inflammation.

How Much Exercise Do You Need to Make Up For Sitting All Day?

Why burpees and jumping rope are the two exercises that will keep you fit for life.

Helpless to Prevent Cancer? Actually, Quite a Bit Is in Your Control

How to tell if your workout is hard enough to actually do something for you, from Harvard Medical School...

The billion dollar brain training industry is a sham. It is nothing but a placebo, according to a scientific study.

Obesity is three times as deadly for men than for women.

5 Beneficial Side Effects of Kindness include that it makes our hearts healthier and it slows aging.

Long visits to nature are linked to improved mental health.

How to Brush Your Teeth the Right Way

Marc Benioff has a simple stress-reducing technique: Mindfulness Meditation

Mara Wilson Technique for Calming Anxiety: Deep Breathing

Beets, chocolate, spinach, rhubarb, tea, and nuts are rich in oxalate, and colas are rich in phosphate; both contribute to kidney stones.

Nearly every food or beverage endorsed by musicians who scored a hit in the Billboard Hot 100 Chart in the years 2013 and 2014 is unhealthy.

Desk Stretches To Do Every Day That Can Make You Healthier

Educate Your Immune System

One Hard Thing You Have to Do to Be Happy, Healthy and Successful: Get Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable, by Marc and Angel

A Form of Therapy That Convinces You to Go to the Gym

Do These Three Exercises in Four Minutes to Improve Your Hunched Posture

Why you shouldn't exercise to lose weight, explained with 60+ studies

Finding gratitude and appreciation is key to resilience. ~Sheryl Sandberg Berkeley commencement speech

Lydia Ramsay took the Pathway Genomics Fit genetics test to learn how she should exercise and eat based on her DNA. It works well.

Ritual reinvents vitamins with sustained release beaded oil capsules to go after the $80 billion industry. US consumes 1.5b vitamins daily.

Theranos Is Wrong: We Don't Need More Blood Tests

Your Brain Has A "Delete" Button -- Here's How To Use It

18 Incredible Science-Based Benefits of Regular Sauna Use

Why You Can’t Lose Weight on a Diet, by the New York Times

The Root Causes of Leptin Resistance and The Top 12 Ways to Reverse It

1 Minute of All-Out Exercise May Have Benefits of 45 Minutes of Moderate Exertion

Gum disease opens up the body to a host of infections.

7 Things That Will Happen When You Start Doing Planks Every Day

Study: Acting tough may be bad for men's health

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