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What is too much choice?

The other day I was standing in the supermarket trying to get some toothpaste. I wanted regular toothpaste, which is hard to find these days. Instead, it's triple flavor, advanced whitening, charcoal filters, and so on. I got really confused and fiddled several tubes before…

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The holy grail of 7%

Reuters recently published a well-researched article series on America's losing battle against diabetes. It was an interesting read, especially the second part that claims that the pharmaceutical industry is responsible for the 'aggressive' HbA1c targets that doctors promote amongst their patients. The target level is…

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Mushrooms for breakfast

All mushrooms are edible, but some only once in a lifetime. For the past two years, I've had the same thing for breakfast: a two-egg omelette with 50g of cheese. It's perhaps not that strange that I got fed up and started to feel queasy…

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Raisins spike blood sugar

With my morning coffee, I read an article on how raisins 'may even help you to maintain healthy blood glucose levels' and it left me irritated. On the forum I frequent, grapes go under the name of sugar bombs. They are, just like raisins, an…

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