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...experts are increasingly confronted with patients like Rutzel who speak of nervously shunning foods with artificial flavors, colors or preservatives and rigidly following a particular diet, such as vegan or raw foods. Women may be more prone to this kind of restrictive consumption than men, keeping running tabs of verboten foods and micromanaging food prep. Many opt to go hungry rather than eat anything less than wholesome. (See how to prevent illness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Orthorexia: Can Healthy Eating Be a Disorder? | 2/12/2010 | See Source »

...Germany will not tolerate Nazi symbols for a couple of generations. Simply seeing the swastika causes most Germans terrible anguish. Besides, why should public display of a symbol be legally permitted when the party it stands for is verboten? Alan Benson, BERLIN...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fevered Debate | 9/14/2009 | See Source »

Rental cars are verboten in Bermuda - the narrow, winding roads have been deemed too dangerous. The law also prohibits hotels from providing transportation to guests to and from the airport, and taxis are expensive (the ride from the airport to 9 Beaches is $50). So, depending on the size of your group, the shuttle buses from the airport are a better deal, at about $15 per person. But smart visitors take the government-run Bermuda Breeze buses - from the airport and around the islands. Single rides cost $3; an unlimited weekly pass is $45, including ferry rides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Bermuda? It's Close, Warm and Suddenly Cheap | 7/15/2009 | See Source »

...when a caged pigeon named Adolf throws up a wing in a Nazi salute, no one can hold back. The self-conscious silence in the theater shatters as the audience roars. Women scream in delight. Some people in the audience wave mock Nazi flags that resemble the real ones - verboten in Germany - but with black twisted pretzels instead of swastikas. (See pictures of Hitler's rise to power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Showtime for Hitler: The Producers Comes to Berlin | 5/19/2009 | See Source »

...follow the premise to its logical conclusion. As ballsy as the movie is, it has one undescended testicle. It's bound to turn this disturbed cur into an underdog, and then a top dog. The bitter aftertaste that was permitted, in fact encouraged, in '70s movies is virtually verboten today. A feel-good ending is mandatory, even in a comedy like this, which promises to be transgressive because it's the first major-studio job for a director with an underground reputation for being crazy-bold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Observe and Report: Travis Bickle, Mall Cop | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

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