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☆ Embracing the chaos in Ho Chi Minh City
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-06 | by ( Richard Quest | Joe Minihane | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

This is Ho Chi Minh City, the commercial heart of a resurgent Vietnam. It may be Ho Chi Minh City. Maksym Panchuk/iStock Editorial/Getty ImagesAccording to a 2022 C40 Cities Report, Ho Chi Minh City is home to some 7.3 million motorcycles. Watching him at work is to appreciate just how important preserving history and sharing culture is to the people of Ho Chi Minh City. Yet to get a proper taste of its most famous coffee, you really need to find one of the best coffee houses in Ho Chi Minh City.

Persons: thrall, Graham Greene, “, ” Greene, Greene, Ho, Po, it’s, ”, Minh City's, Ho Chi Minh, Tuan, Reed Kaestner, Tran, Tien, “ It’s, Âu, Lạc Long, Richard Quest, there’s, curbside Organizations: CNN, Maksym, Saigon Opera, National Assembly, Municipal Theatre of Ho, zipping, American Embassy, brac Locations: Chi Minh City, Vietnam, It’s, Ho Chi Minh City, it’s, Saigon, Chi, Ho Chi, Paris, South Vietnam, Municipal Theatre of Ho Chi Minh City, Brazil, “, American

☆ I moved from the US to Barcelona. Here are 11 things that surprised me most.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Jordan Mautner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The Caga Tió (left) and caganers figurines (right). For the whole month of December, children leave food and water out for Caga Tió, which translates to pooping log. Then they hit the log with a stick on Christmas Eve, and Caga Tió "poops out" presents. People take this tradition very seriously, the streets of Barcelona are decorated with this pooping log, and every store has one in its window. In the same vein, caganers are another fascinating Christmas tradition in Catalonia.

Persons: Jordan Mautner, Jordi —, Caga, Freddy Mercury, SpongeBob, Joe Biden Organizations: Barcelona Locations: Barcelona, Catalonia

☆ Miki Agrawal has moved on from Thinx. She hopes you have, too.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Claire Landsbaum | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +23 min

Agrawal, a 45-year-old serial entrepreneur who founded the period-underwear company Thinx and the bidet startup Tushy, has always poured herself into her businesses. That July, Agrawal gave birth to her son, Hiro Happy Horn Agrawal. AdvertisementAfter leaving Thinx, Agrawal, pictured here in her Texas home, poured her energy into her bidet startup Tushy. Before Thinx, before Tushy, Agrawal was an analyst at Deutsche Bank, working in an office near the World Trade Center. In 2011, she cofounded period-underwear company Thinx with her twin sister, Radha, and a friend, Antonia Saint Dunbar.

Persons: Miki Agrawal, Agrawal, she's, We're, missteps she'd, Miki Agrawal Agrawal, Andrew Horn, Agrawal's, Horn, Instagram, she'd, Hiro Happy Horn Agrawal, Forbes, Tushy, they'd, Thinx, Ilana Panich, —, hadn't, they're, Richard Wolf, Radha, Antonia Saint Dunbar, Nicholas Hunt, undressed, wasn't, Shama Amalean Skinner, Amalean Skinner, Maria Molland Selby, welling, Miki, who's, Justin Allen, She'd, Hiro, Jason Ojalvo, Ojalvo, Horn —, Melissa Pruett, Pruett, Jessica Fern's, I've, exes, it's, wifedom, hummus —, Happie Hoffman, Austin, Tesla, Elon Musk, Musk's, Kimbal, Argawal Organizations: New York, Commission, Human Rights, Washington Post, CNBC, Business, Deutsche Bank, World Trade, New York Magic, Food Network, New York Magazine, Antonia Saint Dunbar ., Nike, Outfront Media, New, MTA, New York Times, Glamour, Amazon Locations: New, playa, Texas, Tribeca, West, Williamsburg, Park, America, Canada, Orlando, Thinx, Costa Rica, Horn, Oregon, Austin

☆ 3 signs and symptoms of an unhealthy gut and how to fix it, according to a gastroenterologist
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-18 | by ( Serafina Kenny | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Dr. Will Bulsiewicz, a gastroenterologist, shared three signs of an unhealthy gut with Business Insider. He also shared three ways to improve gut health and fix those symptoms. And with the rate of colorectal cancer cases in under 50s increasing, maintaining good gut health is more important than ever. But there's no miracle pill to improve gut health, despite what the greens powder or probiotic supplement brands might have you think. He told Business Insider the three potential signs of an unhealthy gut and three approaches that could fix it.

Persons: Will Bulsiewicz, —, ZOE, Bulsiewicz Organizations: Service, US, Omega

☆ What passing gas can say about your health
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

“There are two sources of ‘gas,’ and not all gas is gas. Passing gas “between maybe five and 15 times per day … is totally normal,” said Dr. William Chey, the H. Marvin Pollard Professor of Gastroenterology at the University of Michigan. Gas isn’t as much of an indicator of gut health as bowel movement frequency and texture. But dietary choices can lead to more or less gas, and there are certain points at which gas is worth mentioning to a doctor. The reason for that is, if things move very slowly through the GI tract, they have more time to interact with the bacteria in the GI tract, particularly the colon.

Persons: CNN —, poops, ”, Mark Corkins, Corkins, William Chey, Marvin Pollard, Rena Yadlapati, ” Chey, “, it’ll, “ We’ll, I’ve, ” Yadlapati, Yadlapati, Chey Organizations: CNN, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Gastroenterology, University of Michigan, gastroenterology, University of California Locations: FODMAPs, San Diego

☆ How often should you poop?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Everyone poops, but it turns out we don’t all need to poop every day. It’s helpful to know what your poop looks like in addition to just how often you poop. But if you’re excessively straining when trying to poop or feeling like you haven’t totally emptied your bowel, you may need to make changes to either poop more often or have healthier stool quality, experts said. But if we’re stressed, hormones and nervous system changes can prevent poop from moving toward the rectum, resulting in constipation. But don’t delay — the right time to poop is when you’re feeling the urge to do so, experts said.

Persons: Folasade, “, ’ ”, Michael Camilleri, ”, Trisha Pasricha, ” Camilleri, you’re, Pasricha, May, Camilleri, —, we’re Organizations: CNN, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, gastroenterology, hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Food and Drug Administration, kiwis Locations: Los Angeles, Minnesota, Massachusetts

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