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Cookies can be a delicious sweet treat. Whether they're freshly baked or prepackaged, they're always a delight to eat and are usually packed with flavor. There are also so many kinds of cookies to choose from; from classics like chocolate chip, to more unique flavors like strawberry shortcake. And it may come as a surprise, but there are even such things as healthy cookies that can help aid weight loss without losing the tastiness. Although that seems too good to be true, there still are cookies out there that can cause weight gain, especially abdominal fat. According to Lisa Young, PhD, RDN, author of Finally Full, Finally Slim, and member of our medical expert board, one of the worst cookies to eat that can cause abdominal fat are sandwich cookies. "Th...

In an experiment on mice, transplanting fecal microbiota from young into old reversed hallmarks of aging in the gut, eyes, and brain In the quest for eternal youth, poo transplants may seem like an unlikely way to reverse the aging process. However, scientists at the Quadram Institute and the University of East Anglia have provided evidence, from research in mice, that transplanting fecal microbiota from young into old mice can reverse the hallmarks of aging in the gut, eyes, and brain. In the reverse experiment, microbes from aged mice induced inflammation in the brain of young recipients and depleted a key protein required for normal vision. These findings show that gut microbes play a role in regulating some of the detrimental effects of aging and open up the possibili...

Even when COVID-19 cases have declined and most patients are reporting mild symptoms, the possibility of long COVID is still high. Since studies have shown that even a mild SARS-CoV-2 infection can cause long COVID, experts have warned against undermining mild symptoms and urged people to take necessary measures. For those of you, who are still unaware of the term long COVID, it is a condition that occurs in people who have had a COVID-19 infection and continue to experience lingering symptoms long after their recovery. Up until now, several long term symptoms have come to the fore. However, research is still ongoing and scientists continue to work towards identifying new and unusual symptoms associated with the condition, so as to develop targeted treatments. Also read: Coronavirus: Nor...