Americans say they lose weight in Europe – and I think I know why | Arwa Mahdawi
Is it because of differences in the flour that’s being consumed? Or something to do with the European approach to getting around? It’s not just the mass shootings you have to watch out for in the US, it’s also the lettuce – a dodgy bit of iceberg could leave you sick with cyclosporiasis. And then there are the frozen blueberries, recently recalled because of a “reasonable probability” they could “cause serious advers
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Is it because of differences in the flour that’s being consumed? Or something to do with the European approach to getting around? It’s not just the mass shootings you have to watch out for in the US, it’s also the lettuce – a dodgy bit of iceberg could leave you sick with cyclosporiasis. And then there are the frozen blueberries, recently recalled because of a “reasonable probability” they could “cause serious advers
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Americans say they lose weight in Europe – and I think I know why | Arwa Mahdawi
Is it because of differences in the flour that’s being consumed? Or something to do with the European approach to getting around? It’s not just the mass shootings you have to watch out for in the US, it’s also the lettuce – a dodgy bit of iceberg could leave you sick with cyclosporiasis. And then there are the frozen blueberries, recently recalled because of a “reasonable probability” they could “cause serious advers
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