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https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jun/18/weightlifting-at-retirement-age-keeps-legs-strong-years-later-study-finds

Weightlifting at retirement age keeps legs strong years later, study finds Year of heavy weights resistance training around retirement age has long-lasting benefits, research suggests

"Elinav’s findings on sucralose and saccharin go against decades of public health orthodoxy, which says artificial sweeteners have no effect on blood sugar. What’s more, all four sweeteners tested were found to alter the human microbiome – bacteria in the gut – in ways associated with high blood sugar." Weizmann Institute of Science The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/dec/08/artificial-sweeteners-price-of-sugar-free-are-they-as-harmless-as-we-thought?fbclid=IwAR2bL9C4EQqInR4echg_Z6tzgV5kk816VLew7sYtORnEGLJUf2FcNLIqHhg

The price of ‘sugar free’: are sweeteners as harmless as we thought? The long read: We know we need to cut down on sugar. But replacing it with artificial compounds isn’t necessarily the answer