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Olympic athletes train hour after hour all day long. Even in the off season, their lives revolve around getting their bodies ready to compete and fueling their long daily workouts.

What do some of the most sought-after Olympic athletes eat? How do they fuel their practices and why?

Garret Weber-Gale, a swimmer, eats an abundance of calories because of his grueling workout schedule, but his high blood pressure means choosing a mostly plant-based diet that includes whole grain cereal for breakfast with flax seeds, almond milk, and berries...

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Mark Covert is something of a celebrity in the running world.

Every year around this time, his phone starts to ring off the hook as he passes another milestone in his "running streak" -- the number of consecutive days he's logged at least a mile.

This week he hit 44 years, or 16,075 days in a row. It's the longest active streak ever recorded by the United States Running Streak Association. His closest competitor is Jon Sutherland, who's logged 15,768 days...

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Coke and Pepsi are chasing after the sweet spot: a soda with no calories, no artificial sweeteners and no funny aftertaste.

The world's top soft drink companies hope that's the elusive trifecta that will silence health concerns about soda and reverse the decline in consumption of carbonated drinks. But such a formula could be years away.

That's because the ingredient that makes soda taste good is also what packs on the pounds: high-fructose corn syrup. Artificial sweeteners like aspartame that are used in diet drinks don't have any calories but are seen as processed and fake...

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Want a beautiful reason to stop by the supermarket today? Certain foods contain powerhouse ingredients that may keep skin supple and smooth and help fight age-related damage, says Dr. Nicholas Perricone, a board-certified dermatologist and author of Ageless Face, Ageless Mind.

Wondering what to eat and what to smooth on? From our friends at Health.com, here are some skin-saving foods that may help both ways.

Strawberries...

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Andrew Curtin said it happened at least twice at his Boston-area high school in the last year. Angry about a breakup, a boy ended up at the school nurse's office with a broken hand after punching a locker or a wall.

"You don't think about when you see two people walking down the hall, 'Are they in a bad relationship or is it good?'" the 17-year-old Waltham High School senior said Thursday.

But he was among about 250 teenagers doing a lot of thinking about healthy relationships at a seminar at Simmons College on Thursday...

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Fitness does not have to be in a gym! Run, swim, kayak, surf. Do something outside!

People sometimes confuse thirst with hunger. Don't end up eating extra calories when an ice-cold glass of water is really what you need.

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Whatever you do, make sure it makes you happy! 

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