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ACSM Strength Training Guide: You Don’t Need to Train to Failure

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Does effective strength training require training to failure? A 2026 American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) umbrella review in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise—an overview of reviews summarizing 137 systematic reviews and more than 30,000 participants—says: for most adults, no. Why this matters Many desk workers and retirees avoid resistance training because they […]

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Pregnancy Folate: Folic Acid vs 5-MTHF Head-to-Head RCT

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How do standard folic acid (FA) and active 5-methyltetrahydrofolate (5-MTHF) compare when dosed equimolarly in pregnancy? Synthetic FA must be reduced and remethylated—MTHFR is a key step—to yield circulating 5-MTHF. MTHFR variants are relatively common in Asian populations; direct 5-MTHF supplementation can bypass that bottleneck in theory. Head-to-head, adequately powered RCTs in pregnant women have

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Bad Eating Habits Stack: Xiangya Prospective Cohort

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Nutrition epidemiology often asks what people eat. A large Chinese cohort asks a complementary question: does the accumulation of how people eat predict mortality? Researchers at The Third Xiangya Hospital reported in American Journal of Preventive Cardiology (2025) on 57,737 adults from domestic health examinations. They built a weighted composite of 23 dietary habits and

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