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We simplify nutrition — through meticulous analysis of the latest scientific research — to help you answer your questions on how to be healthier.

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At Examine, we dig through thousands of studies per year. It’s a full-time job even for a team of scientists!

Read our How to Read a Scientific Study Guide to learn how to approach, question, and interpret a study: examine.news/bs251007

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07.10.2025 16:03 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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A study found that people ate 196 fewer calories per day on high-protein ultraprocessed diets versus low-protein versions. However, both groups still consumed excess calories. Protein helps reduce overeating, but whole foods remain the better choice!

Learn more: examine.news/bs250925

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25.09.2025 16:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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See how Examine Pro can transform your clinical practice 🚀

In this demo, co-founder Sol Orwell walks through key tools in Examine Pro, our new suite of tools for health professionals. Save time, cut through misinformation, and deliver better care for patients and clients.

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10.09.2025 15:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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04.09.2025 16:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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𝗘𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱! 🚀

Examine Pro is the all-in-one suite of evidence-based supplement & nutrition tools that empowers health professionals to provide safer and more tailored care to their patients and clients.

#examined #health #nutrition #supplements #healthprofessionals #examinepro

04.09.2025 16:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Examine Pro launches this week! 🎉

Built for health professionals, Pro gives you fast, evidence-based answers with tools like real-time safety checks, customizable handouts, and protocol builders, all powered by Examine’s trusted research.

#examined #health #nutrition #supplements #HCP

01.09.2025 16:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Launching soon with Examine Pro, the Safety Database & Checker helps health professionals quickly evaluate supplement safety. The tool includes a safety summary, interactions, side effects, precautions, pregnancy & lactation guidance, quality concerns, and WADA status.

#examined #pro

13.08.2025 17:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Check out the full how-to guide: examine.news/bs250724-1

#examined #ExamineAnywhere #browserExtension #chrome

24.07.2025 14:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Tired of flipping between tabs to fact-check health claims?

We are too. That’s why we built 𝗘𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝘆𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: a Chrome extension that highlights health terms on any site and instantly shows you Examine’s evidence‑based insights.

Give Examine Anywhere a try: examine.news/bs250724

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24.07.2025 14:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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The Examine Safety Database Walkthrough video is live on our YouTube channel!

Watch a quick tour of the Safety Database, one of three powerful tools in Examine Pro.

Learn more & watch the video: examine.news/bs250716

Join the early bird list for Examine Pro: examine.news/bs250716-1

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16.07.2025 15:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Protocol Builder helps health professionals create supplement protocols to improve your patients’ outcomes. It’s part of Examine Pro and allows you to:

🧠 Add supplement safety and dosage information
🎯 Customize protocols for goals and conditions
📄 Save, share, and print in seconds

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10.07.2025 15:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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We’re exhibiting at @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social's 2025 Annual Conference & Exhibition from now until June 30, 2025 in Philadelphia! Drop by booth #2233 to learn how libraries can build on public health knowledge with Examine.

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28.06.2025 15:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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We’ll be exhibiting at @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social's 2025 Annual Conference & Exhibition on June 26-30, 2025 in Philadelphia! Drop by booth #2233 to learn how libraries can build on public health knowledge with Examine.

2025.alaannual.org

#examined #ALAAC25

24.06.2025 16:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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In this cross-sectional study, daily screen time of 2 hours or more was associated with less flourishing and more hyperactivity and aggression in children ages 3–5, but not in children ages 6 months to 2 years.

Learn more: examine.news/bs250617-1

#examined #mentalhealth #screentime

17.06.2025 20:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲. It’s part of Examine Pro (coming early July) & empowers health professionals to:

📚 Pull content directly from Examine
🎯 Customize for each client
📤 Share in seconds

𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁: examine.news/bs250617

#examined #pro

17.06.2025 14:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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In this systematic review of randomized controlled trials, social support enhanced weight loss for a small fraction of participants, but its overall effect was uncertain.

Learn more: examine.news/bs250616-1

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16.06.2025 20:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Broccoli contains more protein than steak ... per calorie. Steak has about 10 times more protein than broccoli 𝘣𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, so you’d have to eat roughly 2 pounds (900 grams) of broccoli to get the amount of protein in 3.5 ounces (99 grams) of steak.

Learn more: examine.news/bs250616

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16.06.2025 16:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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In this randomized crossover trial that had young adults eat diets high in ultraprocessed foods, the participants ate fewer calories and burned more calories if their diet was high in protein and lower in carbohydrates.

Learn more: examine.news/bs250613

#examined #diet #ultraprocessedFood #fatLoss

13.06.2025 16:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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In this randomized controlled trial among participants with irritable bowel syndrome, the addition of probiotics to standard care reduced symptom severity.

Learn more: examine.news/bs250612

#examined #probiotics #IBS #gutHealth

12.06.2025 20:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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At Examine we write a lot about diet and supplements, but it’s certainly not ALL we write about.

Learn more about supplements that can help with exercise: examine.news/bs250611

#examined #supplements #exercise #musclegain

11.06.2025 16:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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In this cohort study, participants with microplastics and nanoplastics in their carotid artery plaque had a 353% higher risk of cardiovascular events and death compared to participants without these plastics in their plaque.

Learn more: examine.news/bs250610-1

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10.06.2025 20:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Ever wish Examine had an app? Follow these steps to add Examine to your mobile device!

Quickly access the latest evidence-based health information with Examine on your home screen: examine.news/bs250610

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10.06.2025 16:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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In this prospective cohort study, long-term changes in blood pressure and the risk of high blood pressure did not differ between habitual coffee consumers and nonconsumers.

Learn more: examine.news/bs250609-1

#examined #coffee #bloodpressure

09.06.2025 20:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Want to know what the evidence says about exogenous ketones? This table summarizes the likelihood of truth concerning claims made about the effects. For full info, visit: examine.news/bs250609

#examined #exogenousKetones #ketoSupplements

09.06.2025 16:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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In this meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, early time-restricted eating reduced body fat and was superior to late time-restricted eating for improving metabolic health.

Learn more: examine.news/bs250605

#examined #diet #fatLoss

05.06.2025 19:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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In this meta-analysis in people with seafood allergies, consuming tiny (but progressively larger) amounts of cooked seafood reduced the occurrences of allergic reactions to seafood. However, important factors reduce our confidence in these findings.

Learn more: examine.news/bs250604

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04.06.2025 20:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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In this randomized controlled crossover study, consecutive nights of presleep alcohol consumption decreased rapid eye movement sleep and altered slow-wave sleep patterns. These changes persisted across all 3 nights of the study.

Learn more: examine.news/bs250603

#examined #sleep #alcohol

03.06.2025 20:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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In this prospective cohort study, higher intakes of cheese, but not yogurt or milk, were associated with an increased risk of frailty.

Learn more: examine.news/bs250602-1

#examined #dairy #frailty #diet

02.06.2025 20:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Ingesting medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) rapidly increases the circulating concentrations of ketone bodies, which serve as an alternative energy source for the brain when glucose availability is low.

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PMID:32709961

Learn more: examine.news/bs250602

#examined #MCTs #ketones #brain

02.06.2025 16:01 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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In this randomized crossover trial in adolescent girls, eating breakfast later in the morning reduced blood glucose levels after lunch, compared to both eating breakfast earlier in the morning and skipping breakfast.

Learn more: examine.news/bs250530

#examined #diet #breakfast #bloodglucose

30.05.2025 16:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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