Insider Today: No more diet soda
30.11.2024 - 14:05
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Happy Saturday and happy holidays! I hope you're spending this time with family and remembering late loved ones who made this time special. There's no special dispatch from me this week as I'm doing the same. Until next week!
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Real-estate agents say prospective château buyers should set aside at least 1.5% of the purchase price just for annual maintenance. Plus, if the place is classified as a historic monument, add some French bureaucracy to the process. It's a big reason the French aren't interested in châteaus.
And Americans are finding this out the hard way .
Diet drinks may be marketed as healthier alternatives, but as one dietitian told BI's Rachel Hosie, "they're far from being a health drink."
Regularly consuming ultra-processed foods, like artificially sweetened diet sodas, have been linked to a myriad of potential health risks, like type 2 diabetes, and certain cancers. For a few months, Hosie tried cutting down her diet-soda intake. She said her tastebuds quickly adapted to the healthier options, but they're more expensive.
These are the 3 lessons she learned .
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BI's Joey Hadden toured the hotel's Granite Residence, a 4,355-square-foot penthouse, with five bedrooms, a full kitchen, and a spacious pantry. She said the space felt more like a luxury home than a hotel accommodation.
But the smallest room was her favorite .
The Insider Today team: Dan DeFrancesco, deputy editor and anchor, in New York City. Grace Lett, editor, in New York. Lisa Ryan, executive editor, in New York. Amanda Yen, fellow, in New York.