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10 Things We’ve Learned About Taste
Smithsonian Magazine: Tomorrow, most Americans will say they are grateful for many things–except, chances are, they will forget an important one, taken for granted. I’m talking about our sense of taste, a faculty more nuanced
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Overeating Due to Stress?
Scientific American: Stress can make some people (me included) lose our appetite. Other folks find comfort in food. But such behaviors may actually even out in the long term. Because researchers find that people who
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What Kind Of Stress Eater Are You?
The Huffington Post: What are your eating habits in the face of stress? Do you eat more under duress, or are you the sort of person who loses your appetite? A new study shows that
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Stress Eaters May Compensate by Eating Less When Times Are Good
When faced with stress, some people seem to lose their appetite while others reach for the nearest sweet, salty, or fatty snack. Conventional wisdom tells us that stress eaters are the ones who need to
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Drinking With Your Eyes: How Wine Labels Trick Us Into Buying
NPR: We’re all guilty of it. Even if we don’t want to admit it, we’ve all been suckered into grabbing a bottle of wine off the grocery store shelf just because of what’s on the
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Love cats, eat cows?
Los Angeles Times: We Americans like to think of ourselves as animal lovers. But is this claim true? One way to answer this question is to follow the money. According to government, industry and interest
