45 h. ago The one type of food young people should eat to reduce their risk of bowel cancer

Research from the World Health Organisation (WHO) has shown bowel cancer is increasing in younger adults, with one in every 20 bowel cancer cases happening in people under 50

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4 d. ago Japanese TV show under fire for editing interview to falsely imply Chinese people eat crows

Editor thought manipulating street interview would make show more entertaining

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8 d. ago 'Don't you have friends to go with?': the stigma and joy of a table for one | Emma Gannon

Solo dining is a sign of unhappiness, a new report claims. I’ll tell you why I think that’s nonsense – but please don’t pull up a chairI once told a colleague that I was going to Amsterdam on a solo trip to wine and dine alone. “Do you not have any friends to go with?” she replied. She was joking, but I think she also meant it. Her comment was tinged with pity. Why would you choose to eat a three-course meal with a good view or order room service in a nice hotel on your own? What’s the point? Wouldn’t you want to share that with someone?Eating alone often gets a bad rap. It’s getting an even worse rap now that the World Happiness Report moved Americans down the ranking in part because they are, apparently, eating alone too much. The picture doesn’t look good: too many people have no one to eat with, they lack community, and are clearly rather isolated and lonely. Community is incredibly important – especially now, when the world feels increasingly unstable and unpredictable. We all ...

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1 week ago People behind two of Cardiff's best places to eat are about to open a new restaurant and it promises to be something special

Two men behind Cardiff's most popular restaurants are teaming up to create another must-visit destination for foodies

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2 w. ago People stunned after finding out what ridges on Ritz crackers are actually for

A TikTok user has shared a video showing how Ritz crackers are supposed to be eaten - and it's left thousands of people in shock, with many saying they'll never eat the snack the same way again

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2 w. ago 'Insect infestation' warning for cereal sold by Tesco, Ocado and Amazon

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) recalled the product and urged people not to eat any of it if their batch was affected

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2 w. ago People vow to 'never eat meal deals again' after discovering how they're made

One person said: "I honestly thought all sandwich prep was done using gloves, like Subway does. You see them change them regularly too." It's led to people questioning their meal deal habits

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3 w. ago Is it really worth splashing out £12 for a jacket potato? I tried the viral spud that people fly from all over the world to eat

Preston-based Spud Brothers - run by real life siblings Jacob, 28, and Harley Nelson, 21 - was a quick success story following sell-out events and millions of followers on TikTok.

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3 w. ago Inside the government study trying to understand the health effects of ultraprocessed foods

A National Institutes of Health study aims to find out whether ultraprocessed foods lead people to eat more

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3 w. ago As Jews celebrate Purim, let us end the slaughter in Gaza committed in our name | Peter Beinart

Our refusal to reckon with the dark side of Purim reflects a refusal to reckon with the dark side of ourselvesLater this month, on the holiday of Purim, Jewish people will dress in silly costumes, eat triangular pastries, and listen to an ancient story about attempted genocide. What we notice, and don’t notice, about that story says a lot about what we notice, and don’t notice, in Israel and Palestine.The tale comes from the book of Esther. It begins with a dissolute Persian king. He hosts a banquet, gets drunk, orders his queen to “display her beauty” to the revelers, and, when she refuses, banishes her from the throne. As her replacement he chooses Esther, a beautiful young maiden who, unbeknownst to him, is a Jew. Then he makes a calamitous personnel decision: he selects Haman, a pathological Jew-hater, to be his right-hand man. The stage is now set for an epic clash. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Cry When the Baby Cries by Becky Barnicoat review – the black and white truth about motherhood

Barnicoat’s memoir of early parenthood is funny, unflinching and a welcome corrective to the ceaseless pressures new mums face from social mediaIt’s a mark of the brilliance of Becky Barnicoat’s Cry When the Baby Cries that it worked for me, testing my patience only occasionally: as I’ve been known to tell people, while I like children a lot, I could never eat a whole one. I have a hunch that her book’s bracingly truthful tone will indeed make new (and new-ish) mothers feel very seen, just as some of the quotes on its jacket promise: no subject is for her off limits, from leaking breasts to dubious stains. But the more important thing by far is that it’s very funny and even sardonic. At her best, Barnicoat reminds me of Claire Bretécher (1940-2020), the great French cartoonist and one of the geniuses of the form.When I was growing up, my mother hung one of Brétécher’s strips on the kitchen wall. In it, a woman with a baby is visited by a friend who drones on obliviously about her ma...

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4 w. ago World's oldest people expert says eat more of one food if you want longer life

Dan Buettner delved into a specific diet choice that anyone can make if they 'actually want to live to 100' - it may surprise you

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