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"Bad" Foods You Should Eat

Recently, a friend who was eating with me appeared shocked as I spread full-fat natural peanut butter on my whole-wheat toast. Isn't peanut butter super-fattening, she asked? It's high in fat but that doesn't mean it's fattening, I told her, noting that gaining or losing weight, and body fat, basically comes down to balancing calories. Knowing my master's work focused on weight loss, she took my word on this.

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