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Why you should probably stop snacking at work

Have you had your banana bread today? Remember the slice of supreme pizza you snagged at the lunch meeting? The brownies your cubemate brought to cure the Monday blues? How about the carrot cake to celebrate John's retirement, the cookies in the kitchenette, the baked potato chips that got you through the afternoon? People have

Which foods might stop your brain from shrinking?

As we age, our brains tend to shrink in volume — “at a rate of around 5 percent per decade after age 40,” to be more precise. And the more they shrink, the more this seems to affect an individual’s cognitive abilities. However, there may be ways of maintaining a healthy brain volume, even as

New molecule may stop Alzheimer’s from spreading

A brain protein called tau is known to play a key role in the development of Alzheimer’s disease. Our brain cells have a “transport system” made of straight, parallel “roads,” along which food molecules, nutrients, and discarded parts of cells can travel. In a healthy brain, the protein tau helps these tracks to stay straight.

Could THIS stop you from ever getting fat?

A tale of two mice: Both have been fed a diet of burgers and pizza but the one on the right is still SLIM and scientists say the secret could stop you from getting fat! Danish researchers claimed it was ‘impossible’ for the rodents to put on weight  Copenhagen University scientists deleted an enzyme in