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Do artificial sweeteners really make you fat?

Influencers claiming that artificial sweeteners make you fat ignore the complex realities of weight gain.
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Is bacon really more nutritious than an apple? Examining the evidence behind misleading nutrition comparisons

Claims that bacon is more nutritious than an apple miss out some basic nutritional facts. We explore this more in this fact-check
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Matcha may affect iron absorption, but you shouldn't really worry about it

Matcha has increased in popularity of the last few years, but with it, so have rumous about potential harms. We unpack the evidence in this fact check.
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Big Chicken: what Mo Gilligan's Netflix documentary reveals about your fried chicken

Netflix's Big Chicken follows Mo Gilligan's 28-day fried chicken binge into a hard look at factory farming. What the documentary gets right — and what's next.
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