All calories aren't created equal. And breakfast matters. Those are some of the lessons from today's Health Journal column, in which Melinda Beck writes that what you eat─and when you eat it─can make a big difference in controlling appetite and satiety. M...

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最近，摒弃每天八杯水的所谓“医学神话”已成为一种时尚。 Lately it has been in vogue to dismiss the advice to drink eight glasses of water a day as a 'medical myth'. 有关书籍和医学期刊文章已经宣称，“8 x 8”饮水原则──即每天八杯水，每次八盎司（237毫升）──能够为人体健康带来诸多...

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Forget the chafing dish. Just give me the money. An increasing number of brides and grooms want cold hard cash as presents, wedding-industry insiders say. Gracefully communicating that desire to their invitees, however, can be a challenge. Traditional gif...

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Everyone who eat instant noodles before knows how it looks like. It is very easy to cook it instantly by putting the noodles into the boiling water and add in those MSG packets, together with your other ingredients like eggs or vegetables. However, have y...

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Watching calories while eating out? The good news is in today's restaurants you have plenty of options! Here are a few tips from the National Restaurant Association on how to make the most of your dining-out experience. 外出就餐时，你担心摄入过多的热量吗？好消息是现在的餐馆提供...

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Do polygraphs work? Not really, experts say. Use these tips instead. 测谎器有用么？并非如此，专家们说。不如使用以下秘诀。 On the cringe-inducing hit show The Moment of Truth, guests are shamed into horribly embarrassing admissions on national TV after taking a so-called lie-dete...

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中式早点 烧饼 Clay oven rolls 油条 Fried bread stick 韭菜饺 Fried leek dumplings 水饺 Boiled dumplings 蒸饺 Steamed dumplings 馒头 Steamed buns 割包 Steamed sandwich 饭团 Rice and vegetable roll 蛋饼 Egg cakes 皮蛋 100-year egg 咸鸭蛋 Salted duck egg 豆浆 Soybean milk 饭 类 稀饭...

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Women Smell Better Than Men A woman friend of mine recently commented about her guy: “He’s such a boy. His towels are stinky. And he doesn’t seem to notice!” Well, maybe he can’t smell the stinkiness. According to recent research from the Monell Chemical ...

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Why are more people right-handed? In the 160 years in which "handedness" has been studied we have learned quite a lot, but we still cannot precisely describe what causes humans preferentially to use one hand over the other, or why human populations are bi...

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Heart Keeps Pumping Out New Cells The heart-stopping news from Stockholm is that the heart never stops—growing, that is. Because researchers have shown that the human heart continues to produce muscle cells, even in adults. Scientists have long debated wh...

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