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Explosive diarrhea, ‘protein maxxing’ and the science of burnout

Explosive diarrhea, ‘protein maxxing’ and the science of burnout

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Your salad could make you sick. Your protein obsession might not help, either

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In this episode of Science Quickly, we unpack a major outbreak of
Cyclospora infections linked to contaminated produce, explore new
research that suggests that “protein maxxing” may do more harm than
good and examine mental exhaustion’s effects on the decisions we
make. Plus, Europe faces another devastating wildfire season, with
one blaze having become so intense that it created its own weather.
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