Powering our appetite for protein

Proteins, whether from whey, plants or animals, are essential for building muscle. Last year, approximately 71% of consumers identified protein as the nutrient they most frequently try to eat. That’s an appetite corporate America is more than happy to feed – even though protein often doesn’t taste very good. Lee Cowan looks at how companies…

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U.S. considers dropping leaflets in Venezuela as it ramps up pressure on Maduro, sources say

Officials in the Trump administration on Saturday discussed the possibility of dropping leaflets on Venezuela’s capital city of Caracas as it seeks to weaken the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Among the potential avenues discussed regarding operations for Venezuela was dropping U.S. leaflets on Caracas as a kind of psychological warfare to pressure Maduro, multiple…

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Ex-Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to shut off plane’s engines mid-flight relives “most consequential three seconds of my life”

An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot indicted for trying to shut off a passenger jet’s engines mid-flight in 2023 recalled the scary moment he slipped out of reality after eating “magic mushrooms.” Former airline captain Joseph Emerson said he takes full responsibility for the night in October 2023 that changed his life.  “I had no intention…

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