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Post-lockdown Instagram juice diets have 5 times recommended sugar intake

Experts have warned Brits against post-lockdown juice diets loaded with up to FIVE times the recommended intake of sugar. A Sunday People investigation found diet plans promoted on Instagram in which users replace food with juice for up to 10 days, restricting themselves to as little as 430 calories a day. The four companies we… Read More »

It Looks Like Health Insurance, but It’s Not. ‘Just Trust God,’ Buyers Are Told. – The New York Times

Eight-year-old Blake Collie was at the swimming pool when he got a frightening headache. His parents rushed him to the emergency room only to learn he had a brain aneurysm. Blake spent nearly two months in the hospital. His family did not have traditional health insurance. “We could not afford it,” said his father, Mark… Read More »

Health Spending Grew Modestly, New Analysis Finds – The New York Times

WASHINGTON — The burdensome costs of medical care, prescription drugs and health insurance have become dominant issues in the 2020 presidential campaign. But a new report from the Department of Health and Human Services shows the nation remains in a period of relatively slow growth in health spending. Health spending in the United States rose… Read More »