Airports are often terrible places to be. There are too many people rushing somewhere combined with too many cranky folks leaving somewhere mixed with annoying obstacles in the form of TSA security and rolling luggages. But it’s just like that for us normal folk. For first class flyers? It’s like…
Changing gut bacteria through diet affects brain function, UCLA study shows
UCLA researchers now have the first evidence that bacteria ingested in food can affect brain function in humans. In an early proof-of-concept study of healthy women, they found that women who regularly consumed beneficial bacteria known as probiotics through yogurt showed altered brain function, both while in a resting state…
Long lines in Dubai for ‘Your Child in Gold’ contest
Campaign will award families two grams of gold for every kilo of weight lost Dubai: More than 1,300 people lined up on Tuesday night to enter a weight loss contest in Dubai that rewards gold for every kilo lost. The ‘Your Child in Gold’ contest follows last year’s ‘Your Weight…
Costco Kicks Out Coke And Replaces It With Pepsi In Food Courts
Coca-Cola is out and Pepsi is in at Costco. Costco has confirmed that all of its foodservice locations will be switching from Coke to Pepsi products, Jeffrey Klineman at BevNET reported. It will start gradually changing things out at its 400 U.S. stores in April as the vending contracts expire. This…
I’m dying of thirst. Can I start drinking seawater?
Before, when I saw a castaway having a bad time, literally dying for a drink but surrounded by seawater, the message in films was always ‘whatever happens, never start drinking seawater. If you were to do so, perhaps you’d feel a bit better, a bit less thirsty, but it wouldn’t be long…
