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Sep 8, 2026

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The Dollar Vegetable Your Gums Are Built Out Of

Almost 6 in 10 people past 65 have some form of gum disease. The nutrient that holds a gum to a tooth was first pulled out of this fruit, at midnight, in a Hungarian lab.

Sep 5, 2026

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The Spiky Green Bud That Lightens a Heavy Meal

Your liver makes a kind of soap that breaks fat apart — and as the years add up, that flow can run slow. A thistle the Greeks ate 2,000 years ago helps get it moving.

Sep 4, 2026

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The Light in Your Eyes Sets the Mood for Your Whole Day

In 2002, a Brown University lab found a cell in your eye with just one job — read the light. Give it a bright morning, and the rest of the day falls in line.