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Foods with benefits

Food fads, hacks – Dr Michael Greger has ground his teeth at them all, but some have survived the rigours of scientific testing.

He has found some of these shooting stars of the diet world so empowering, he lists them as his recommended “tweaks”. Just swapping to a mostly plant-based diet will get a person on the road to healthy weight and longevity, he says, but science can press the pedal a

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