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The surprisingly scandalous working mom behind the Birkin bag

The Birkin Bag is the ultimate status symbol: wildly expensive, ridiculously hard to get and immediately identifiable. Real Housewives collect it, hip-hop artists rap about it and “Sex and the City” once devoted an episode to it. Yet, according to Marisa Meltzer’s new biography, “It Girl: The Life and Legacy…

Why just 1 can of diet soda may be worse for your health than regular soda

Maybe sugar substitutes aren’t such a Splenda-did idea. An eye-opening new study links artificially sweetened beverages to an increased risk of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), the most common liver disease in the US. Surprisingly, these supposed guilt-free guzzlers carried a higher risk than sugary soda. “Our study shows…

The surprising reason you should be freezing your bread before toasting

It’s the toast of the town. A hot hack for cutting calories from starchy foods like rice and bread — without having to shrink portion size — has some TikTokkers saying it’s the best thing since sliced bread. Dubbed by one cooking enthusiast as an “Asian mom secret,” the toasty…