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Lilac Buttercream Flower Cake: the Color Comes From Berries, Not Red 40 and Blue 1

Three vanilla layers, a lilac coat and a pink center, both frostings colored by two saucepans of berries. No Red 40, no Blue 1 — and about 70 g of sugar in a slice.

Fudgy Cocoa Powder Brownies: Natural Cocoa Has Nearly Nine Times the Flavanols

One saucepan, a cup of cocoa, 16 squares at 195 calories each. Natural cocoa carries nearly nine times the flavanols of a heavily Dutched tin — and with no baking soda here, either bakes the same.

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How Many Prunes a Day? 50 Grams Is 5 or 6 — and 41% of the 100-Gram Group Dropped Out

Five or six prunes is 50 g, the dose that held hip bone density nearly steady for 12 months. In the 100 g group, 41% quit before the year was out.

Sheet Pan Salmon and Zucchini: 35 Minutes, and Why the Cherry Tomatoes Stay Whole

Corn, zucchini and whole cherry tomatoes get a 12-minute head start; the salmon joins for the last 12 to 14. Plus the corn number we got wrong: 657 micrograms, not 900.

Fudgy Cocoa Powder Brownies: Natural Cocoa Has Nearly Nine Times the Flavanols

One saucepan, a cup of cocoa, 16 squares at 195 calories each. Natural cocoa carries nearly nine times the flavanols of a heavily Dutched tin — and with no baking soda here, either bakes the same.

No-Bake Pumpkin Protein Balls: 10 Grams of Protein in a 40-Gram Serving

Nine no-bake balls from one bowl, 40 g each and 10.37 g of protein apiece. The canned pumpkin they are named for supplies 0.67 g of the batch's 93.30 g.

How Many Blackberries a Day? 62 Calories a Cup, and the Trial That Used Four

How many blackberries a day? A cup delivers 7.6 g of fiber for 62 calories — and the only metabolic trial used four cups daily.

Cottage Cheese Toast With Avocado — 17 g of Protein in 10 Minutes

Toasted sourdough, mashed avocado, drained cottage cheese and cucumber ribbons — 17 g of protein a slice in ten minutes, with no added salt.