Why your diet should include more fat

Think back to the '80s and '90s when buying anything that didn't don a low-fat label was simply taboo. Back then, butter and egg yolks topped the "do not eat" list, while refined carbs and packaged foods weren't given a second thought. But times have definitely changed.

These days, experts tout fat as a must-have macro and full-fat products, like whole milk, avocado, ghee and coconut oil, join the ranks of superfoods.

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Vegetarian cafe refuses to accept £5 note made with animal byproduct

A vegetarian restaurant owner’s decision not to accept the new £5 note because it contains traces of meat byproducts has come under fire from vegetarians and omnivores alike.

Sharon Meijland, who has run the Rainbow cafe in Cambridge for three decades, said she would not allow customers to pay with the polymer note because the animal byproduct tallow is used during the production process.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/dec/03/

Osteria Francescana: does the world’s best restaurant live up to the hype?

Osteria Francescana, which this year was named number one in the World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards. In 2015, it was second; it has been in the top five since 2011. It won its third Michelin star in 2012. It is also, according to Michelin, the best restaurant in Europe. Osteria Francescana is owned and run by a native of Modena, Massimo Bottura, and this is where he placed his restaurant.
The Five Ages Of Parmesan is, perhaps, Bottura’s most famous dish, and it has taken him two decades to perfect it. It is, as it says, five cheeses of different ages: a sauce, an “air”, a demi-soufflé, a foam and a galette, which stands above the rest like a tiny spaceship. The description, again, is ludicrous – “the white on white monochrome is a portrait of the Modenese landscape covered in fog and silence” – but it looks and tastes marvellous. Bottura has nailed parmesan. It is definitive, and has nowhere else to go.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/dec/03/

Thousands of UK restaurants could go bust, accountancy firm warns

Thousands of restaurant businesses in Britain could go bust because the fall in sterling since the Brexit vote has sharply raised the cost of imported food and wine, an accountancy firm has warned.

Moore Stephens says that 5,570 restaurant businesses have at least a 30% chance of insolvency in the next three years, due to inflationary pressures and stagnating disposable incomes.

The UK imports 48% of its food, according to government figures, and many restaurants rely heavily on imported food and wine. The cost of labour has also gone up, after the government raised the national minimum wage from £6.70 to £7.20 in April, with a further rise to £7.50 to take place next April.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/dec/05/

Washington gunman motivated by fake news 'Pizzagate' conspiracy

Washington gunman motivated by fake news 'Pizzagate' conspiracy. Pizzagate is a baseless conspiracy, which falsely claims Clinton and her campaign chief John Podesta were running a child sex ring from the restaurant’s backrooms.Police said there was no active investigation of child abuse allegations relating to the restaurant.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/05

Cancer Tops List of Surprising Health Problems Tied to Obesity

By now you’ve probably heard that obesity increases the risk of heart disease and diabetes. But you might not know that the extra weight can have other serious health consequences, including cancer.

A new study found that 10 percent of all gallbladder, kidney, liver, and colon cancers could be attributed to excess weight. A whopping 41 percent of uterine cancers were tied to obesity, according to the study published today in The Lancet.

More than 36 percent of Americans are now considered obese, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. An additional 34 percent are considered overweight.

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Japanese Prime Minister to Make Historic First Visit Pearl Harbor

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Pearl Harbor with President Obama later this month.

Abe will become the first sitting Japanese leader to visit the site of Japan's 1941 attack on the U.S. Naval base that prompted the United States to join World War II 75 years ago.

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Fake US embassy in Ghana shut down after a decade

Real Embassy

It flew the American flag, hung a photo of President Obama and issued US visas for more than a decade.

But a building that operated as a US embassy in Ghana was a fake, the US State Department says. 

Fake Embassy

Carnival’s Princess Cruises to pay record fine for pollution, cover-up

Carnival’s Princess Cruises will pay a $40 million fine for dumping oily waste into the ocean – the largest penalty of its kind in history. The company also pleaded guilty to seven felony charges.

Jaguar reveals I-Pace, an electric SUV

Jaguar reveals I-Pace, an electric SUV. Jaguar revealed a 400 horsepower all-electric concept SUV Monday night ahead of the Los Angeles Motor Show. A production version is expected to be available some time in 2018.

1,000 jobs saved by Trump. Thousands more to go

President-elect Donald Trump has struck an agreement to save more than 1,000 factory jobs at a Carrier plant in Indianapolis that were destined for Mexico.

Steven Mnuchin- USA's new Treasury Secretary

Steven Terner Mnuchin (born December 21, 1962) is an investor, former executive from Goldman Sachs. In 2016, he served as the finance chairman of the successful presidential campaign of Donald J. Trump.

On November 30, 2016, it was announced that Mnuchin would be nominated as Secretary of the Treasury in the coming administration of President-electDonald Trump. 

Steve Mnuchin says there will be 'no absolute tax cut for the upper class'

Trump taps 'King of Bankruptcy' as Commerce Secretary

Wilbur Ross, the billionaire investor who is known for buying up distressed and failing companies, is President-elect Donald Trump's choice for the job.

That news, combined with the nomination of former Goldman Sachs (GS) banker and Hollywood executive Steven Mnuchin as Treasury Secretary, shows that Trump wants businessmen -- and not career politicians -- in key financial posts.

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz to step down

Schultz's surprise decision to step aside as the leader of Starbucks (SBUX) sent the stock sinking 3% in after-hours trading on Thursday.

Trump: Companies will be punished for leaving U.S.

Donald Trump praised Carrier for keeping over 1,000 jobs in the U.S. -- and threatened other companies that might consider leaving the country.

"Companies are not going to leave the U.S. anymore without consequences," Trump said Thursday at the Indiana plant where the company makes furnaces.

http://money.cnn.com/2016/12/01/news/companies/trump-carrier-visit-us-jobs

Iceland is suing a supermarket that's using its name

http://money.cnn.com/2016/11/25/news/iceland-store-country-lawsuit/index.html

Iceland is a country. But in Britain, Iceland is also a supermarket chain.

Movie "I Am Bolt" to hit the silver screens

Before putting his slightly ailing body through a final onslaught of winter training, a movie documentary plotting his path to a third and final Olympic sprint treble at Rio in August will be released globally in cinemas next week.