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We all dread finding ourselves in a situation where you're ordering something off the menu and you completely butcher the name to the bemusement of the server, probably thinking "silly uncultured swine" as they mutter the correct way. Either that, or you feel so insecure about your ability to pronounce a…
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I don't mean to be Captain Obvious, but there's quite a few ways in which your average human being differs from the beasts and birds you can find in your gardens and your zoos. Let's forget for a second that as a species, we've surpassed all of them in terms…
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As summer creeps ever closer, it becomes more and more important to stick to the weight loss plan you've put in place for yourself. Just because you're seeing results in week seven of 12 doesn't mean you should lay off the kale and go back to carbonara as a "treat".…
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The Food Envy faithful will know competitive eating is no joke, despite what YouTube comments will tell you. Raina Huang knows this all too well. In a recent Facebook Livestream with Foodbeast, Huang took on the OMG Burger Challenge at The Catch in Anaheim, California. For the past nine years, someone…
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In the age of information and technology we find ourselves in, unwillingly or not we are being influenced by the things we see and hear online. I'm not talking about the power of social media platforms to change the outcomes of past (and probably future) elections but the constant circus…
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I imagine, like myself, many of you glorious Food Envy readers are fond of their sweet things. As soon as sugar touches your tongue, your nervous system kicks into high gear. The tongue tells the brain’s “taste centre” that you ate something sweet, relaying a message to another part of…
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As our taste for what kind of food we want fast changes, so too does the fast food industry. Even though we seek out a quick burrito bowl or some self-service sushi, there will always be a little part of you that wants your fast food to be some sort…
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Last Bank Holiday Monday, we all took time off work to hang out with our loved ones, not to mention enjoy the lovely weather, right? For most of us, that meant hanging out in swings or deckchairs, getting out the garden grill, and cooking up a delicious barbecue in the…
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When humanity is at its worst we can always look to children to help us see the good in things. So pure of heart and unfiltered in their beliefs; a news segment about a bunch or rapscallions doing a good deed will always put a smile on your face. Wouldn't you…
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There’s a reason our stomachs are sometimes called our second brains. Our gut produces about 90 percent of our serotonin, the chemical responsible for making us feel good. Rachel Kelly has all the tea on the issue - she is a mental health advocate and author of "The Happiness Diet",…
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As tasty as all those cheese towers and monster burgers are, they are indeed leading us, rather hastily, to a premature grave. Eating unhealthy foods like these have been proven to significantly increase your chance of morbid diseases like obesity and even cause fatalities. The U.K. continues to crack down…
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Whenever you head out of the door for a meal not of the fast or home-cooked variety, then unless you're thinking of raiding somebody's garbage, your next destination is probably a restaurant. From diners to delicatessens, from sushi to sandwiches, you're spoilt for choice when it comes to exotic ways…
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All hail Mickey D's. Your incredibly delicious and amazingly-priced menu items have been the saviour of many a ruined night out, and a "forgot my brown bag at home" lunch hour. Even if you don't worship food from the Golden Arches, you can at least respect the success of the…
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When it comes to sitting at a table and eating food you can't use your hands for (ie. not the pizza and burgers you eat every day) you may know the basics of etiquette, but there are probably some lesser-known rules you didn't realise you're breaking. From stirring your tea…
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Take a walk through any busy part of a city centre the world over, and there's a good chance you'll come across a homeless person either huddled under a doorway, or out on the street asking for spare change. It's a sad part of modern life that through one misfortune…
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When regular people are craving pizza, they’re usually within just a couple minutes of a slice. It is blessedly easy for most of us to get our hands on that cheesy, greasy goodness, for not that bad a price I might add. For astronauts, this is not the case, as…
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You've been told over and over again if you want to get anywhere near a flat stomach or a six-pack, you have to watch what you eat - namely, up the protein and stay away from the pizza. Difficult to implement, but incredibly satisfying to achieve. While you may have just…
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Starbucks literally just finished racial bias training - we've been told time and time again that discrimination against anyone for essentially existing and doing all the crap people seemingly do every day is not right (you shouldn't have to be told anyway, it should be instilled upon you from birth)…
