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Dr Giles Yeo Chews the Fat by Alice Lloyd

Jun 10, 20212:48Science & Medicine

We tend to reduce food and health to bitesize nuggets of information, like calories or BMI. It’s understandable; numbers are easily digestible when we’re looking for answers or a quick fix. But the thing is, there’s a lo...

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