Word: gum
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...Chocolate crème: 4 oz. Manjari chocolate (64% from Valrhona) 4 oz. Jivara chocolate (35% milk chocolate from Valrhona) 5 oz. cream 1 tbsp. glucose 1 oz. espresso beans ¼ tsp. kappa powder (seaweed powder) Pinch of xanthan gum 7 oz. mineral water...
...Think Gum Think Gum features a concoction of "brain-boosting" herbs (including gingko biloba, bacopa and peppermint) and naturally occurring caffeine (guarana) that's supposed to help with not only alertness but memory too. I wouldn't discount the placebo effect, but I can't guarantee the instructions on the package - "For best results, chew while learning or studying and again to recall information" - will make you smarter. Still, this gum does deliver an even-keeled, concentrated boost, vs. a spiked buzz. I started chewing the recommended two-piece dose and felt a little more alert but not antsy. Then...
...walls; those plaques trigger immune and inflammatory reactions in the body that tend to increase the instability and rupture of the plaques, which causes heart attacks. How aggressive the inflammatory response is depends on a person's genes, diet, stress levels and even exposure to chronic infections such as gum disease. So, the more active the inflammatory response, the greater the chance of ruptured plaques and heart attack. In people with elevated CRP, that means the danger lies not so much in the number of plaques (measured by cholesterol) but in how likely they are to burst (measured...
...takes a large capacity for tact to create the cotton candy-powder puff-bubble gum masterpiece that is “Legally Blonde: The Musical.” The writers—Laurence C. O’Keefe ’91 and Nell D. Benjamin ’93, who have worked together several times since the Hasty Pudding’s 145th production—return to the Yard to satirize its residents with just the right amount of sting and wit while avoiding an easy resort to caricature. Granted, they’ve got an audience with...
...Japanese consumers' affections are notoriously fickle. The current appetite for vegetable-flavored, canned alcoholic cocktails is already showing signs of waning. And targeted marketing can take on ridiculous dimensions - Nice On, for example, is an energy drink that's supposedly just for golfers. Then there's Man Fragrance gum, which purports to release beads of rose and menthol essence through human pores so the chewer can change the smell of sweat. (The gum might make a nice chaser to Kirin's recent hit, Fire Menthol Coffee...