Every year begins with bold promises about our health—new diets, ambitious gym goals, and the hope that this will finally be the year. But as the months pass, those plans often end up discarded, ...

But as surely as we all know those things, we also know that for us human beings, it’s not as simple as proclaiming, or even proving, that exercise can change our entire world. It’s not even as easy ...

You are what you eat, people sometimes say. I see the reverse — you eat what you are. There are many reasons we eat or don’t eat that have little or nothing to do with nutrition. They include taste ...

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