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☆ 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.

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☆ How 19 NFL players lost weight after retiring and became unrecognizable, including one who used a 'water fast'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( Cork Gaines | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Russell Okung revealed that he lost over 100 pounds on a "water fast" after retiring from the NFL. Many former NFL players, especially linemen, lost weight with simple, less drastic diet changes. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementFormer NFL player Russell Okung weighed 310 pounds during his football career and recently lost over 100 pounds using a 40-day "water fast." When retirement comes, the processs of losing the weight can be just as complicated as gaining it.

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☆ Tired after eating? Here’s why, and how to fix it
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The tendency to get tired after eating isn’t inherently suggestive of something amiss. If you had a meal high in fat — such as fried foods or pizza — that could make you feel tired. “That can really be an energy zapper.”Just like high-sugar foods, sugary drinks can also make you feel tired once the crash hits, Stefanski said. Choosing more balanced meals and snacks can help you feel less tired after eating, experts said. The test measures average blood sugar levels and shows how much glucose is attached to hemoglobin in red blood cells, Stefanski said.

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☆ HGTV's Galey Alix wants to be a star. Will the spotlight crush her — or set her free?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Anna Peele | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +19 min

Alix is the creator and star of the HGTV show "Home in a Heartbeat With Galey Alix," which premiered in April and streams on Max. Galey Alix Gravenstein comes from a family of overachievers. Alix got to work with Jay Delgado, remaking Calloway's blank white box into a Galey Alix take on a rich person's beach house. In April 2021, Parker, who had no renovation experience, offered to help Alix with an install. He and Lauren Parker insist Alix is OK because she's able to ask people like them for help without fear.

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☆ A 45-year-old tech exec who claims to have reduced his biological age by 5 years says he finishes his last meal of the day by 11 a.m.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Bryan Johnson spends up to $2 million a year on a rigorous program to reduce his biological age. The tech exec recently confirmed he eats his last meal of the day at 11 a.m.His typical "dinner" consists of meals like an orange and fennel salad or a stuffed sweet potato. In order to dramatically reduce his biological age, 45-year-old tech entrepreneur Bryan Johnson abides by a rather unconventional eating schedule: He eats his last meal of the day at 11 a.m.Johnson has an $2 million-a-year anti-aging program known as Project Blueprint. Johnson wrote that this behavior had repercussions on his mood, sleep, and performance. Since then only "Morning Bryan" is authorized to make decisions on when, what, and how much to eat, Johnson wrote.

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☆ Health-conscious millennials, Gen Zers are making cottage cheese cool again—but is it really that good for you?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Renée Onque | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

That number has since fallen to 1.9 pounds of cottage cheese per person in one year in 2021, USDA data shows. But is cottage cheese— or any cheese for that matter— actually good for you? Compared to other cheeses, including American cheese, cottage cheese is a much healthier option because it's less processed, says Shanahan. "Cottage cheese is healthier than American cheese because it's fermented and has some live bacteria in there [like] yogurt has," she says. "I'm not confident to suggest cottage cheese would be significantly different than other types of cheese," Sun tells CNBC Make It.

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☆ ‘We Knew Cottage Cheese Could be Sexy.’ Gen Z Discovers Lumpy Staple
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Julia Munslow | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

After holistic health coach Lainie Kates tasted her latest ice cream recipe for the first time, she turned to her husband and said, “This is gonna go viral.” The concoction looked and tasted close enough to ice cream to satisfy a sweet tooth, but was higher in protein and lower in carbs than traditional ice cream.

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☆ The $170 million startup behind Better Bagel says it's on a mission to be the 'Beyond Meat of carbs'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

BetterBrand, which makes low-carbohydrate, high-protein Better Bagels, closed a $6 million Series A funding round, it said on Wednesday. The Better Bagel contains 90% fewer carbs than a traditional bagel, BetterBrand's website says. BetterBrand founder and CEO Aimee Yang BetterBrandBetterBrand's goal is to become the "Beyond Meat of carbs," Yang said. "You've heard how much funding has gone into plant-based and just how saturated that market has gotten," Yang told Insider. BetterBrand also plans to grow sales to between $30 million and $40 million over the next 12 months, Yang said.

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☆ How Do Certain Foods Become National Dishes?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Irina Dumitrescu | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

“National Dish” is the story of her quest to understand why certain foods, like pizza, ramen and tapas, are adopted as symbols of their places of origin. The result is a fast-paced, entertaining travelogue, peppered with compact history lessons that reveal the surprising ways dishes become iconic. In Naples, Italy, von Bremzen settles into a flat in the still ungentrified Spanish Quarter. Somewhere here, between hanging laundry, loose pit bulls and the beatific presence of Diego Maradona, is the secret to a true pizza margherita. The legend goes like this: In 1889, Naples receives a visit from King Umberto and his beautiful, charismatic queen, Margherita.

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☆ 'It's like watching a snuff film': Media elites shocked by The Atlantic's surgical dismantling of CNN boss Chris Licht
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Nicholas Carlson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

("I'm a fucking machine," Licht told me one day, when I asked why he was skipping a meal.) A clear-the-air town hall where he gets irritated with the CNN journalist interviewing him. Licht told Alberta. The big blunder Alberta returns to over and over in the story is the May 10 Trump town hall. Another media big wig, but one not at the conference, told me he thinks Licht is "done" at CNN.

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☆ Why Mother’s Day is the most hated day in the restaurant industry
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-12 | by ( Alexandra Peers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —Mother’s Day is one of the busiest days for the American restaurant industry, presenting a massive operational challenge to restaurants. In fact, if I die and go to hell, I completely expect it to be Mother’s Day. Mother’s Day presents “an operational challenge,” said Shawn Walchef, owner of five Cali BBQ eateries in the San Diego area. “Your Mother’s Day meal can’t be obnoxiously expensive,” said Derek Axelrod, co-owner of Manhattan’s Upper East Side T bar restaurant. Their Mother’s Day menu will likely be upwards of $100 person, but won’t turn much of a profit, he said.

☆ Warren Buffett's businesses are battling historic inflation, hefty interest rates, and tighter lending. 5 Berkshire Hathaway CEOs break down why they're thriving despite a brutal economic backdrop.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-12 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway faces inflation, higher interest rates, and tighter credit. Its subsidiaries are also seeing signs that their customers, suppliers, and partners are being pinched by higher prices, steeper interest rates on their debts, and perhaps even reduced access to credit. "You just kind of have to take it," Egan said about some of the higher costs. Moreover, longstanding suppliers who refrained from passing on their higher costs to See's in 2021 have been forced to charge it more. The fast-food chain's franchisees face much higher costs for equipment, building materials, and construction work than they did a few years ago.

☆ More Gen Zers are achieving a dream that was largely out of reach for millennials when they were young: They're homeowners
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Alcynna Lloyd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A Redfin report found that 30% of Gen Zers owned homes at age 25 in 2022. Gen Zers were greeted by a stronger labor market as they established their careers. So how did Gen Z gain the competitive edge? It all comes down to a healthy labor market, Daryl Fairweather, the chief economist at Redfin, told Insider. "It has a lot to do with the timing of when Gen Z entered the labor market versus when millennials did," Fairweather said.

☆ Healthy breakfast ideas: Start your day with these quick meals
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Casey Barber | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Because of the versatility and hands-off aspect of the preparation, these are some of my favorite breakfast options for road trip vacations and camping adventures — but they work for busy at-home mornings, too. Overnight oats are one of the most versatile breakfast options out there — and can easily be taken on the road or enjoyed at home. NelliSyr/iStockphoto/Getty ImagesTartines, AKA open-faced sandwiches — or as I like to call them, “things on toast” — comprise a catchall category of breakfast options that can skew savory or sweet. When I have a few minutes and am feeling famished, my go-to move is to grab eggs and tortillas for breakfast tacos or burritos. Eggs and tortillas pair well in the morning to make breakfast tacos or burritos.

☆ Bud Light Seltzer wants to remind people it doesn’t actually contain any beer
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-07 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —Bud Light Seltzer has a problem: People still think there’s beer in the spiked seltzer. “We launched Bud Light Seltzer with the Bud Light name in 2020 because it came with immediate benefits in terms of recognizability and distribution,” he said. From Bud Light Seltzer/YouTubeTo that end, Bud Light Seltzer is rolling out a new, year-long ad campaign with the slogan “100% Hard Seltzer, 0% Beer.” The debut TV spot shows a Bud Light Seltzer delivery truck rolling through a brown-colored desert with colorful bubbles floating through the back. In one ad shown during the 2020 Super Bowl, Bud Light Seltzer enlisted rapper Post Malone and showed the inside of his brain trying to decide to either buy Bud Light or Bud Light Seltzer from a convenience store. Sales of Bud Light Seltzer have fallen about 24% last year, the firm said, which is worse than the seltzer category on average, which fell nearly 15%.

☆ How healthy imitation crab is compared to other seafood, and what surimi sticks are actually made of
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-07 | by ( Crystal Raypole | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

While imitation crab is more affordable than real crab, it doesn't have as much nutritional value. Once imitation crab hit the markets in the late '70s, it became wildly popular as an affordable alternative to crab meat. Yet while real crab packs a major protein punch, imitation crab doesn't have quite as much nutritional value. Imitation crab contains little or no real crab. Brian Vander Brug / Contributor / Getty ImagesThe rising costs of crab have made imitation crab a more appealing option for many shoppers.

☆ High Noon, the top-selling canned cocktail, is expanding beyond vodka
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —As sales of canned cocktails and of tequila soar, High Noon is looking to capitalize on that combo. High Noon Tequila Seltzer hits shelves Wednesday in the United States and will be sold in an 8-pack containing four flavors (lime, grapefruit, passionfruit and strawberry) for a suggested retail price of $21.99. High Noon Tequila Seltzer hits shelves on Wednesday. Or course, High Noon Tequila Seltzer isn’t the first tequila-based premixed cocktail. Gallo jumped on the canned cocktail craze in 2019 with High Noon, a vodka base mixed with several types juice including lime, lemon and mango.

☆ The Wild World Inside Your Gut
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Alice Callahan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +20 min

The Wild World Inside Your GutWe tackled everything from heartburn, stress, spicy foods and colon cleanses to antibiotics and more. So grab a kombucha, get comfortable and read on for everything you’ve wanted to know about the wild world inside your gut. 3 What are some simple things I can do to improve my gut health? That “really is going to have the strongest impact on our health, including gut health,” she said. (Though for general gut health, Dr. Rao said, most people living in the United States could benefit from eating fewer refined carbohydrates and more fiber.)

☆ We're having loyal Costco shoppers share their grocery lists with us. Here are their favorite things to buy there.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Business Insider | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +36 min

Read Abigail Abesamis Demarest's full Costco shopping list: I've shopped at Costco for over 10 years. AdvertisementRead Lisa Tanner's full Costco shopping list: I'm a mom of 10 who's shopped at Costco for almost 20 years. Read Tara Zeller's full Costco shopping list: I drive 4 hours and spend $500 for every Costco trip. AdvertisementRead Majed Kassis' full Costco shopping list: I run a Costco fan account with over 390,000 followers. Read Rachel MacPherson's full Costco shopping list: I'm a personal trainer who shops for a family of 6 at Costco.

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☆ The Kansas City Chiefs' lead dietitian explains how she sneaks nutrients into players' junk food, from fried chicken to pizza
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Rachel Hosie | Jackson Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Kansas City Chiefs have made it to the 2023 Super Bowl after narrowly missing out the previous year. In each of those last eight years, the Chiefs' diet plan has been carefully curated by head dietitian Leslie Bonci. AdvertisementMost of the players eat breakfast and lunch in the canteen, and they have the option to stay for dinner or take a meal home, Bonci told Insider. Fried chicken: For one, fried chicken and other fried foods aren't deep-fried but rather air-fried. Pasta: For pasta dishes, Bonci will design a medley of veggie-based noodles, bean-based noodles, and whole wheat noodles to mix with pasta sauce.

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☆ I live in a town of 1,100 people. Inflation has changed the way I grocery shop — here's how.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-28 | by ( Robin Madell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I live in Altamont, Tennessee, a small rural town with a population of around 1,100 people. The closest grocery stores we have near us are The Dollar Store and Piggly Wiggly, which are walking distance from my house. I usually buy a protein like chicken or beef, vegetables like broccoli or Brussels sprouts, and occasional carbs like potatoes. If I buy beef, that will usually put my bill over my $100 weekly limit. The cost of Starbucks ground French roast that I buy from the grocery store has increased by more than 50%, from $6 to $10.99 per 12-ounce bag.

☆ Certain cereals can actually lower your energy to start the day. Reach for these breakfast foods instead
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Renée Onque | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

If cereal is your go-to breakfast, you may be lowering your energy levels before your day has even started. Eating cereals that are high in sugar, and other simple carbohydrates like white bread that immediately break down into sugar, will lead to an instant spike in your blood sugar, according to Dr. Nancy Rahnama, an internist and clinical nutritionist. "And anything that spikes is going to crash," Rahnama tells CNBC Make It. "This high-end crash and burn throughout the day leads to fatigue, irritability, changes in the mood, headaches, hunger [and] cravings." High-glycemic carbohydrates, also known as simple carbs, can affect how refreshed and alert you feel in the morning, too, if you eat them for breakfast, says Raphael Vallat, a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Human Sleep Science at U.C.

☆ 9 tech predictions for 2023 from seed investor in Uber, Pinterest, and other top companies
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Scott Belsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

2022 was a pivotal year for:Collaborative web apps disrupting every function of the enterprise. Internet browsers will shift from generalized to specializedAs web apps, communal browsing, and decentralized technology continue to grow, browsers have become too generalized and antiquated for the future of web apps. Web apps offer virality and infinite possibilities for product-led growth, and are finally powerful enough for sophisticated apps like Photoshop. Browsers will be reimagined for collaboration and higher performance web apps — like Arc from The Browser Company. Content creators will own their audience and some will become "platform-less"Content creators with mass audiences are seeking novel ways to own the relationship.

☆ A nutritionist shares the best snacks to bring on a plane to boost your immune system
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( Monica Pitrelli | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

But there are steps people can take to reduce their chances of getting sick, say health specialists at Spain's SHA Wellness Clinic. Source: SHA Wellness ClinicEating a nutrient-dense diet is the top recommendation from Melanie Waxman, an integrative nutrition specialist and eating coach at SHA Wellness Clinic. Nori is alkaline and provides a good source of vitamin C, as well as omega-3 fatty acids, protein and minerals." Nori is alkaline and provides a good source of vitamin C, as well as omega-3 fatty acids, protein and minerals." Supplements, for someStudies indicate that certain supplements — such as vitamin C, vitamin D, zinc, garlic, echinacea and green tea — may strengthen the body's immune response, Mera said.

☆ 'It never feels like you're out of poverty': comedian Moses Storm mines his trauma for laughs
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-17 | by ( Annie Nova | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Most recently, he debuted in his own comedy special on HBO Max, "Trash White," produced by his childhood icon, Conan O'Brien. They're coming in with their own anger and their own life. I don't think there's a topic in comedy that's off limits because it's too sad. AN: What is it hard to pitch a comedy special about poverty? MS: If you go in like, 'I'm going to do a hilarious comedy special about the economic and generational poverty in this country,' people are like, 'Boooo.'

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