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Study Points to Sugar, Not Just Meat, as Fuel for Human Brain Evolution

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A team of researchers from the University of Sydney and the University of Glasgow argues that dietary sugars, not animal foods, may have played the decisive role in the expansion of the human brain over the past 4 million years, as hominin brain size grew nearly fivefold, from about 300 grams in early relatives like […]

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Scientists Propose New Strategy in Fight against High Blood Pressure

Potassium-rich foods include fruits, vegetables, legumes and dairy. Image credit: Jasmine Lin.

In a perspective paper published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, a team of researchers and health experts calls for a β€˜paradigm shift’ in how public health agencies address hypertension.

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