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The 'Hard' Is the Only Point of 75 Hard

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Dhvanil Raval

“Which Oil?” Doesn't Matter Much. “How Much?” Does.

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Anushka Mukherjee

Why Is Eating So Confusing?

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Anushka Mukherjee

How did we get egg yolks so wrong? They are fine.

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Anushka Mukherjee

On Systems I Still Don't Trust

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Jaanvi Advani

How I Unlearnt Strength (And Became Stronger)

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Aashna Rane

Parenting Your Parents

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Ruchita Chandrashekar
13 min read

We should get to know each other better

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Samarth Bansal
3 min read

How to Buy Eggs in India

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Samarth Bansal
11 mins read

What the Eggoz Controversy Actually Tells Us About Eggs in India

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Samarth Bansal
13 mins read

"Oh, this is also how I could feel."

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Samarth Bansal
5 mins read

The Beginner's Guide to the Gym

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Ankush Datar
7 mins read

How To Manage Your Alcohol Consumption?

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Shashank Mehta

Delhi Doesn't Know What's Polluting Its Air

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Samarth Bansal

If Obesity Is Universal, Why Does Every Country Treat It Differently?

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Akshat Kharbanda

Diwali Indulgence Won’t Make You Fat

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Shashank Mehta

The Problem With Ozempic Isn’t Science. It’s Capitalism.

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Samarth Bansal

Are Our Vegetables Really Losing Their Nutrition?

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Anushka Mukherjee

How to Help Parents Eat Enough Protein

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Natasha Zorana

5 Soy Myths That Won't Die (And Why They're All Wrong)

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Shrey Khanna

A birthday note (and a question for you)

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Samarth Bansal

A Letter to Anyone Walking Through Grief

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Amrita Tripathi

The Smart Consumer's Guide to Understanding Lab Reports

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Arjun Anjaria

Four Scientific Principles That Make Any Food Tastier

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Samarth Bansal

The Three Things Your Brain Does While You Sleep

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Rohini Sen

The Menopause Conversation We Should All Be Having

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Aruna Chawala

How Treating My PCOS Hooked Me On Aesthetic Treatments

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Pallavi Pundir

How I Forgot to Chew (And Why My Father Ensured I Did)

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Tanmoy Goswami

Dopamine Decoded: The Chemical We Blame But Don't Understand

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Samarth Bansal

8 Tips To Choose The Right Cooking Oil

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How much do you really need to invest in fitness?

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Lavanya Mohan

How Food Got Divorced From Flavour

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Anushka Mukherjee

Six Types of Rest Your Body Really Needs

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Riya Rashmi

Were eggs ever meant to be so cheap? And more things.

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Jaanvi Advani

I Stopped Drinking Two Years Ago. Here's What Really Changed.

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Aniruddha Mahale

How The World Got High On Sugar

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Anushka Mukherjee

What's Going On In Your Heart?

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Samarth Bansal

How India Learnt to Not See Its Air Crisis

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Samarth Bansal

No One Tells You How Hard PCOS Really Is

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Disha Rawal

Do You Need Collagen Supplements?

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Priya Nagwani

Fat Loss Needs A Mental Plan. (Not Just Motivation.)

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Shrey Khanna

Why Weight Loss Is A Rigged Game

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Samarth Bansal

Eight Swaps To Eat Better Everyday

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Swetha Sivakumar

You Can’t Be Healthy If You Don’t Know What It Means

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Shashank Mehta

How the US and EU Differ on Food Safety

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Anushka Mukherjee

The Science of Helpful Conversations

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Natasha Zorana

Forget weight loss. Exercise fights a hidden enemy.

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Samarth Bansal

A Couple's Guide to Better Sleep

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Aruna Chawala

Why Restaurants Fail

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Shashank Mehta

Why Packaged Food Startups Fail

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Shashank Mehta

The Hair Truth: 26 Things You Need To Know

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Dr. Namita Chopade

What's The Best Way To Eat Your Veggies?

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Priya Nagwani

The Baby Feeding Jungle

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Hamsini Ravi

Five Fat Loss Myths

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Samarth Bansal

Ovary-Achievers: How Hormones Shape Women's Health

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Dhanya Ramadurai

Healthy and Tasty: The Beginner's Guide to Salad Making

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Riya Rashmi

Five Things: Salt. Sleep. Books. And more.

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Samarth Bansal

Are You Eating Your Feelings?

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Charvi Altamirano

Flawed and Fit: Everything I've Learned About Staying Healthy

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Samarth Bansal

I Quit My Smartphone for Five Months. Here’s What I Learned.

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Ayan Modi

My Antidepressant Diaries: A Love-Hate Story of Healing

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Uddhav Parab

How to Start Meal Planning

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Shalini Goyal

Mangoes are aam-azing. But are they healthy?

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Priya Nagwani

How I Quit my 20-Year Smoking Habit After Failing Six Times

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Aniruddha Mahale

A Yogi’s Guide to Your Yoga Queries

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Vrinda Sharma Rosenberg

Beyond the news: The fall of ‘health drink’ label and Indian masalas under scrutiny

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Samarth Bansal

The Night Shift: Sleep, Stress, and Self-Care

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Shantanu Kishwar

Discipline, Resilience, and Discomfort: Three Pillars of my Fitness

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Sahil Kapoor

How Can Vegetarians Get Enough Protein?

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Priya Nagwani

The Ultimate Guide To Skincare

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Dr. Namita Chopade

The Beginner’s Guide to Continuous Glucose Monitors

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Samarth Bansal

The Great Protein Cover-Up: Is Your Food Lying to You?

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Samarth Bansal

The complete guide to magnesium

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Ankush Datar

How I transformed my diet and improved my health

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Riya Rashmi

Travelling through time, one run at a time

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Rohan Banerjee

Rapid Fiver: Is 10k steps a myth? And four other things to know!

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Samarth Bansal

My Autoimmune Journey: I Lost All Body Hair, But Gained Inner Strength

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Pulkit Goyal

Did we need Poonam Pandey’s shock-marketing on public health?

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Anoo Bhuyan

Nutrition science is so confusing. That’s okay!

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Samarth Bansal

How and Why I Turned Vegan

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Shweta Thakur

What is creatine and what does it do?

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Ankush Datar

Are multivitamin tablets good for you?

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Shantanu Kishwar

Truth Be Told: Looking back, looking forward

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Samarth Bansal

Why Is My Food A Chemical Cocktail?

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Samarth Bansal

How winter can help your fat loss

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Sudarshan Gangrade

Why you should track insulin

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Ankush Datar

The ultimate guide to achieve good gut health

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Sandesh Chopade

How I took on the Herculean task of reinventing my body

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Aniruddha Mahale

How are people reversing diabetes? Did British rule make us prone to diabetes?

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Samarth Bansal

How to manage fitness as an adult with ADHD

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Yashi Gupta

Are Energy Drinks Bad For You?

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Ankush Datar

Influencer vs Brands: What’s The Truth

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Sanjana Ramachandran

Why Is Cancer Hard To Beat? Is Ice Cream Secretly Good For You?

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Samarth Bansal

Ozempic: Weight Loss Fad Or Wonder Drug For Diabetics?

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Shantanu Kishwar

How To Pick A Good Dietitian

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Ritika Shah

Good Books On Health, Fitness and Nutrition

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Ankush Datar

Is Fruit Juice The New Cola?

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Amita Gadre

How I Built My Exercise Routine

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Samarth Bansal

An interview with ‘The Bournvita Guy’, Revant Himmatsingka

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Shashank Mehta

How To Eat A Healthy Breakfast At Buffets

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Shashank Mehta

Are Artificial Sweeteners Healthier Than Sugar?

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Samarth Bansal

A Masterclass On Managing Caffeine: How Much Coffee Is Too Much?

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Samarth Bansal

Rapid Fiver: Is Even A Little Alcohol Harmful? And 5 Other Things To Know!

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Samarth Bansal

Travel Hacks: How To Stay Fit While Travelling?

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Shashank Mehta

How I Went From 102 Kg To 74 Kg At 50

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Sachin Kalbag

Are blue-light glasses effective?

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Ankush Datar

How I Manage The “Cheat Meal”

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Shashank Mehta

Rapid Fiver: 5 Truths On Health From Us

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Samarth Bansal

How To Improve Gut Health?

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Samarth Bansal

Allergic To Being Still: A Runner’s Diary

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Shantanu Kishwar
11 mins read

Will Bournvita Allow Us To Talk About Sugar?

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Samarth Bansal

Is Whey Protein A Steroid?

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Nayantara Menon Bagla

How Can Genetics Affect Your Health?

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Sandesh Chopade

Is A2 Milk A Cash-Cow?

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Shirin Mehrotra

How My Dad Started Strength Training At 63

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Ankush Datar

I Finally Started Taking Care Of My Body

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Narayani Basu

Track Your Health To Hack Your Health

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Ankush Datar

How To Find A Good Therapist?

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Aruna Gopakumar

Is Modern-Day Bread Even Food?

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Samarth Bansal

The Ultimate Guide To Parkour For Beginners

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Want To Become Fit? Start With Your ‘Why’

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Varun Duggirala

Does refrigeration kill nutrition?

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Krish Ashok

Resolutions Don’t Work. Habits Do.

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Ashdin Doctor

Beware: New Year Marketing Is Here!

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Your Brain Needs To Relax And Here’s How You Can Do It

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Swami Purnachaitanya

Everyone Has An Opinion On Your Body. But why?

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Samarth Bansal

Here’s How I Got My Cholesterol Levels Down

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The Definitive Guide To Smart Food Shopping

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I Solved The Mystery Of The Afternoon Slump With CGM

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Samarth Bansal

Diwali indulgence won’t make you fat

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Shashank Mehta

What Spikes Your Blood Glucose?

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Is Your Body Ageing gracefully?

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Should You Count Calories?

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Safest Cooking Utensils For Healthy Living

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Why You Can’t Eat Just One Chip

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Samarth Bansal

My Experiments With Sleep

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Samarth Bansal