Tuesday 9/14/21
Celebrate National Parents Day off, Cream Filled Donut, Eat a Hoagie, Live Creative, Sober, Andt on a Log Day. Also Virginia Day recognizing one of the original 13 colonies and the 10th state to ratify the Constitution.
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Ants on a Log is a great snack made by spreading peanut butter on celery and placing raisins on top. The snack name was first used in the 1950s. The typical peanut butter version of ants on a log is recommended as a healthy snack by the McKinley Health Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. How healthy is it? We’ve outlined each ingredient to give you an idea.
Raisins add a little sweetness to snack time while also providing vitamin C, selenium, and zinc. They’re also low in sodium and are a good source of potassium, making them great for blood pressure. Another healthy benefit of raisins includes iron, copper, and magnesium. Coupled with potassium, these pH-balancing minerals help keep stomach acid in order.
The next layer, peanut butter, is an excellent source of protein. Along with that, peanut butter offers a boost of healthy fat, too.
Finally, crispy celery is low in calories. But that’s not all! In the crunch of celery, you’ll find fiber, folate, potassium, and vitamin K. Not only is it low in calories, but it doesn’t have any of the fat and cholesterol other snack foods have either.
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Have an upset stomach? Here are 9 foods that have been known to help: Bananas, Ginger, Plain yogurt, Papaya, Apple Sauce, Oatmeal, White Rice, Chamomile Tea, and Chicken Broth.
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Justin Bieber and Lil Nas X took home the top honors at the MTV Video Music Awards, broadcast live last night from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Madonna opened the show with a cheeky salute to MTV’s 40th birthday. Olivia Rodrigo made her VMA debut performing "good 4 u." Alicia Keys sang "Empire State of Mind" outdoors in front of the NYC skyline. Machine Gun Kelly and Conor McGregor got into a fight on the red carpet for some reason. Read on for all the details.
https://www.mtv.com/vma
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Ed Sheeran says he took his friend Taylor Swift to a pub and no one noticed.
The "Bad Habits" singer started out talking about how he had taken British rapper Stormzy to his local pub and "it was one of those ones where the locals were trying to be funny with him but it just ended up being like, 'Oh no, can you not say that, please.'"
"I took Taylor [Swift] there once, but when I took Taylor no one really clocked [that it was her]," Sheeran said. "It was like a week later that the person behind the bar was like, 'Did you bring Taylor Swift in here last week?'"
The pair are longtime friends and Sheeran appeared on Swift's 2012 "Red" album.
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39% of Americans now say their phone is their most important possession, according to a new poll. That's around two in five people.
18% say it's even worth going into debt to make sure you have the newest phone. And 15% of Americans judge people if their phone looks old or outdated.
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What cereal did you grow up eating? Do you still eat it or is it no longer available?
• Fruit Brute — Years available: 1975 – 1983
• Donkey Kong Crunch — Years available: 1982 – 1984
• C3POs — Years available: 1984 – 1986
• Morning Funnies — Years available: 1988 – 1989
• Sesame Street C is for Cereal — Years available: 2011 – 2014
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