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Food / Travel Society

More Good Coffee News Is Pouring In: Live Longer, Live Better, Drink More

Even four cups a day! Coffee can be good for you, and not just for waking you up. A series of recent scientific studies show drinking abundant good brew can prevent heart disease and dementia and help you live longer. But how and when you prepare are key.

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Future Ideas

A Quest For ‘Personal Freedom’ Is No Excuse To Ignore Science

When it comes to human health and the planet’s well-being, certain activities are simply untenable. Researchers also know that self-regulation never works.

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Society

How Good Health And Instagram Squeeze France’s Pastry Chefs

Caught between the image-first expectations of social media, and consumer ideas about healthy eating, pâtissiers struggle to find a new recipe for success.

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Sweet! Upcoming Tax Scares UK Into Taking It Easy On Sugar

Beverage companies have responded to the planned tax by reducing the sugar content of their drinks.

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Bamboo & Sugar

On the western Indonesian island of Sumatra, this man was using a bamboo ladder to harvest sap from a tree, which would then be processed into sugar at the local refinery.

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Food / Travel

Weighing The Price Of Latin America’s Soft Drink Epidemic

The sweet (and unhealthy) underbelly of the region’s economic growth.

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Food / Travel

After Horsemeat Scandal, France’s Ten Simple Tips For Better Eating

PARIS – The horsemeat lasagna scandal has reignited the debate on “junk” food. However, it can be very difficult to sort out the good and the bad… Some key recommendations from Dr. Laurent Chevalier, a prominent French nutritionist: 1 – Favor organic products. They are less contaminated by chemicals – especially pesticides and hormones – […]

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Society

The Obese Of Congo: When Wealth Leads To Weight Gain

After a nearly 10 percent jump in obesity, the first efforts have been launched at educating Congolese about both diet and exercise. But skinny to many means sick — and poor.

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