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Editor's note
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Most people think of yogurt as a healthy food, but a comprehensive survey of yogurts sold in the UK found that more than 90% have high levels of sugar. This is especially true of organic yogurts and yogurts aimed at children, say Bernadette Moore and Barbara Fielding. To get the benefit of yogurt, which includes healthy bacteria for your gut, it’s best to go for unsweetened natural or Greek yogurt with fruit for sweetness. Just don’t eat it
near cleaning products. New research shows that common household cleaning products can change your gut microbiome for the worse. Rachael Rigby explains how
this might even lead to obesity in children.
Oil and gas companies have long employed security to ensure stability of operations in insecure regions. But with weapons and technology supplied by the Kremlin, Russian energy giant, Gazprom, effectively has its own corporate militia. Nicolai Due-Gundersen charts the company’s melding of business and security that may soon play a major role in Russia’s energy plans in Syria.
If you’re a fan of TV’s Poldark or Bodyguard you will have seen lead male characters stripping down in scenes written to raise the temperature of viewers. While female objectification sparks concern about the danger it can put real women in, for men the power is reversed. But it doesn’t mean the sexual objectification of men is just a bit of fun, says Peter Lucas. As more men experience perfectionism-driven social anxiety and mental illness, some double standards are difficult to defend.
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Clint Witchalls
Health + Medicine Editor
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Top stories
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Bernadette Moore, University of Leeds; Barbara Fielding, University of Surrey
Is yogurt as healthy as you think?
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Put down that bleach.
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Rachael Rigby, Lancaster University
A sanitised environment can mean fewer helpful bacteria. That has some surprising consequences for the health of children.
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In the corridors of power: Russian president Vladimir Putin with Gazprom chief executive Alexei Miller.
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Nicolai Due-Gundersen, Kingston University
Armed and backed by some of the world's largest known oil and gas reserves, Gazprom would be more powerful than US mercenaries such as Blackwater, and also closely linked to the Kremlin.
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Peter Lucas, University of Central Lancashire
Perfectionism-driven social anxiety means young men will also be susceptible to ideological scripting of behaviour on TV.
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Business + Economy
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John Weeks, SOAS, University of London
Austerity policies cut Britain's brief recovery from the financial short and brought recession, stagnation and growing poverty.
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Liberty Vittert, University of Glasgow
You think you're receiving tablets of stone, but really they're more like custard.
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Robin Jarvis, Brunel University London
Many millions are in need of short-term credit to supplement poor and exploitative pay.
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Caroline Nye, University of Exeter
A new report by the Migration Advisory Committee on the impact of EU migration on the UK has highlighted the reliance of farms on migrant labour.
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Science + Technology
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Heather May Morgan, University of Aberdeen
Gadgets that tell too many people to go to the doctor are a worry, but the growing enthusiasm for health monitoring should be encouraged.
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Sarah Atkinson, King's College London
Will we soon no longer be able to discern which videos are real and which are fake?
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David Franklin, University of Portsmouth
Your field of view is how much you can see without turning your head. When things are closer to us, they take up more of our field of view, which makes them look bigger.
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Politics + Society
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Erica Consterdine, University of Sussex
Labour's immigration plans are progressive, but could still get bogged down in red tape.
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Nicola Power, Lancaster University
We humans have a tendency to avoid making decisions when we've got a lot of options and when we fear being blamed for our choice. Sound familiar?
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Health + Medicine
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Sarah Zipp, University of Stirling; Camilla Mørk Røstvik, University of St Andrews; Carrie Purcell, University of Glasgow
Scotland's commitment to providing all students with free monthly supplies is showing the world how period poverty can be tackled.
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Arts + Culture
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Jonathan Potter, Coventry University
Many viewers think that the recent adaptation of Vanity Fair plays fast and loose with Thackeray's novel. But the writer was surprisingly modern.
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Education
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Michael Smith, Northumbria University, Newcastle
Students, manage your stress with these top tips.
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