Eating

September 24, 2020 | 1:39am A Massachusetts man died last year from eating an excessive amount of black licorice, doctors said Wednesday. The unusual case was reported in the New England Journal of Medicine, detailing how the man consumed a bag and half of the candy every day for two weeks prior to his death.…

Eating disorders are thriving as the COVID-19 pandemic stretches into its sixth month of reshaping American life.Hotline calls to the National Eating Disorders Association are up 70-80% in recent months, according to a Tuesday report by NPR.For many Americans, eating is tied to stress, anxiety and other disorders. Often an emotional coping mechanism, it can be triggered by food scarcity and stockpiling behavior.PERCENTAGE OF…

Share on PinterestA new study finds that during lockdown, eating disorder symptoms worsened in people with a history of eating disorders.The research, which appears in the Journal of Eating Disorders, raises awareness of the pandemic’s detrimental effects on people’s mental health, and could be valuable for the future development of health services.COVID-19, the disease caused…

I’m a grown woman and I’ve never eaten sushi. I’ve never tasted avocado or grapefruit or chicken wings or pickles or yogurt and, not to rock your world, but I’ve never had a cup of coffee. In fact, the list of foods I’ve never eaten is far, far longer than the list of those I…

By Michael Le Page Seaweed contains fibres we normally can’t digestAmarita/Getty Images Eating seaweed can genetically alter the bacteria in your gut, as they can acquire genes from marine bacteria for digesting substances unique to seaweeds. It is not known if this affects people’s health, but having gut bacteria that can digest carrageenan, a common…