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 We talk a lot about ''watching what we eat,'' but if you never gave a thought to what you ate and instead watched only what you drank, you could probably cut 450 calories a day out of your life.

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 "He lived four years in the 19th century, 100 years in the 20th century, and 8 years in the 21st century. We call him the man of three centuries," said the younger Francis, 81.

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 How would you rate your food-safety IQ? I know someone who never washes their fruits and vegetables after bringing them home from the market because he believes that they're washed at the store. 

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 Lift your spirits with 40 fierce, funny, and electrifying movie moments.

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 Indole-3-carbinol (I3C), a compound found in cruciferous vegetables including broccoli and cabbage, lowers the activity of an enzyme associated with aggressive breast cancer, say researchers from the University of California, Berkeley.

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 Note to readers: no clever lede needed, let's get right to the good stuff.
The L.A. Times thoughtfully offers six good ways to relieve holiday stress, or non-holiday stress.
1. Exercise: Regular exercise leads to lower baseline heart rates, lower blood pressure and lower stress hormone levels when at rest, all of which makes it easier to handle stress.

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 Consumers should be wary of Web sites from clinics that offer stem cell treatments, says a study that found a lack of firm medical evidence to back up their claims. The Web sites in the study generally portrayed their therapies as safe, effective and ready for routine use, but published research doesn't support that "overoptimistic" picture, the study authors said.

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 Though often touted as a way to strengthen bones, taking vitamin K for osteopenia does not protect postmenopausal women from age-related declines in bone density, a new study shows.

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 Ask doctors what vitamin K does, and most will tell you it is involved in the clotting process…period!

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 Both dietary interventions inhibit gene expression profiles associated with cardiac and skeletal muscle aging, and prevent age-related cardiac dysfunction. Dietary resveratrol also mimics the effects of CR in insulin mediated glucose uptake in muscle. 

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