Half of teenage girls are dangerously low in key nutrients.
A diet of pizza, sweets, and sugary drinks is taking a severe toll on the health of young women which is having implications as they get older, nutritionists have discovered.
World’s first 3D chocolate printer
3D chocolate printer
The world’s first 3D chocolate printer has just been unveiled in the U.K., . A 3D printer creates objects by gradually stacking layers of material into a desired shape. That is also how the chocolate version operates. It is also known as additive manufacturing in which the process has mostly been used for plastic and metal production but is not quite as tasty. (Video)
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Glass of milk can contain a cocktail of up to 20 chemicals
Scientists found a host of chemicals used to treat illnesses in animals and people in samples of cow, goat and human breast milk.
A cocktail of up to 20 painkillers, antibiotics and growth hormones, can be found in a glass of milk, scientists have shown.
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Fast food chains experimenting with booze to boost sales
Would you like a beer with your whopper meal?
Fast food restaurants like Burger King and Sonic and coffee powerhouse Starbucks are trying to boost sales during slow business hours by experimenting with sales of alcohol along with their standard offering.
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Why drinking diet soda could make you gain weight: Study
Diet soda makes you want to eat more.
According to scientists, drinking diet soft drinks can actually make people fatter.
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Average consumer in the U.S. drinks 45 gallons of soda a year
Soda is the most consumed beverage in the U.S.
With summer in full swing, Americans will be quenching their thirst with a variety of fizzy, sweet and intoxicating beverages with soda being the number one drink consumed.
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Small habits slowly pack on the pounds over the years: Study
Watching TV, eating potato chips, having a sugary soda are a few bad habits that slowly pack in the pounds.
Just a few bad habits like watching TV, eating potato chips, having a sugary soda at lunch or staying up too late at night are just a few bad habits that can add up to a steady creep of pounds over the years, U.S. researchers have found.
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One in 12 kids are affected by food allergies
More than a third of the kids has severe food allergies.
Food allergies affect one in 12 kids in the United States, according to new findings based on an online survey.
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Japanese scientists create edible steaks from human feces
Scientists create steak from poop.
Japanese scientists have found a way to create artificial meat from sewage containing human feces. (Video)
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High coffee intake may cause auditory hallucinations
What?
If you’ve just downed your fifth cup of coffee and you seem to be hearing things that aren’t actually there, well, you might want to blame the caffeine in your cup of Joe…
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Que: The BBQ-Scented Perfume
It is, of course, important to be specific about what sort of barbecue this perfume smells like. Less civilized areas (meaning those outside of Texas) create true culinary abominations and label them as barbecue.
I looking at you, Memphis…
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