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Chocolate Might Never Be the Same

The cocoa shortage is making chocolate more expensive—maybe forever. Good chocolate, I’ve come to learn, should taste richly of cocoa—a balanced...

12.04.2024 7

The Atlantic

Yasmin Tayag

I Just Want a Normal Drink

Who asked for seltzer with ashwagandha? Recently, a balmy spring day left me feeling parched. I needed a beverage—stat!—and had forgotten my water...

28.03.2024 5

The Atlantic

Yasmin Tayag

Baby Food Pouches Are Unavoidable

No parent has the time or energy to make homemade meals all the time. On Sunday evening, I fed a bowl of salmon, broccoli, and rice to my...

22.03.2024 10

The Atlantic

Yasmin Tayag

The Ozempic Revolution Is Stuck

Millions more Americans are now eligible for obesity drugs. But the injections remain maddeningly hard to find. The irony undergirding the new wave of...

13.03.2024 9

The Atlantic

Yasmin Tayag

Everything Can Be Meat

The most promising future of lab-grown meat may not look like meat at all. Recently, a photo of rice left me confused. The rice itself looked tasty...

08.03.2024 8

The Atlantic

Yasmin Tayag

You Can Still See the Pandemic in Its Tattered, Forgotten Signs

“Stand six feet apart” stickers will be here for many years to come. Last Friday, in a bathroom at the Newark airport, I encountered a phrase I...

29.02.2024 3

The Atlantic

Yasmin Tayag

Chill Out About Your Gut Health

The obsession with digestion has gone too far. In my childhood home, an often-repeated phrase was “All disease begins in the gut.” My dad, a...

20.02.2024 3

The Atlantic

Yasmin Tayag

Ozempic Can Turn Into No-zempic

The obesity-drug revolution is leaving lots of people behind. No medication in the history of modern weight loss has inspired as much awe as the...

09.02.2024 10

The Atlantic

Yasmin Tayag

Caffeine’s Dirty Little Secret

“How much is too much?” is an impossible question. On Tuesday, curiosity finally got the best of me. How potent could Panera’s Charged Lemonades...

26.01.2024 40

The Atlantic

Yasmin Tayag

There Are Too Many Ways to Exercise

Choosing a workout regimen has become a workout in and of itself. This year, I’m going to get into shape. It does not matter that I’ve made this...

18.01.2024 10

The Atlantic

Yasmin Tayag

‘Plant-Based’ Has Lost All Meaning

A label once intended for meat replacements is now used for shampoo, booze, and nearly every other product imaginable. Several years ago, I made a New...

09.01.2024 10

The Atlantic

Yasmin Tayag

Beware Noodle Soup

Kids can get burnt from any hot liquid. But one kind stands above the rest. When the weather turns frigid, there is only one thing to do: make a pot...

26.12.2023 30

The Atlantic

Yasmin Tayag

Are You Sure You Want an Ozempic Pill?

Pharmaceutical companies are racing to create obesity drugs you can swallow. They might not be as great as they sound. Within the first five seconds...

15.12.2023 30

The Atlantic

Yasmin Tayag

Pregnancy Can Change Your Shoe Size Forever

Why wasn’t I ready for “mom feet”? One night in July, a few weeks after my son was born, I lay awake, desperately scrolling through photos of...

07.12.2023 7

The Atlantic

Yasmin Tayag

Obesity Drugs Are Giving New Life to BMI

The outdated, much-maligned health measure now determines who gets obesity drugs—and who doesn't. If anything defines America’s current...

30.11.2023 10

The Atlantic

Yasmin Tayag

The Obesity-Drug Era Starts Now

Wegovy is about to go mainstream. A wild idea recently circulated about the future of aviation: If passengers lose weight via obesity drugs, airlines...

15.11.2023 30

The Atlantic

Yasmin Tayag

The Fruit Aisle Is Getting Trippy

Behold: a yellow watermelon. On a recent visit to the supermarket, I found myself terribly disturbed by a carton of fruit. There, among the...

10.11.2023 30

The Atlantic

Yasmin Tayag

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