A report prepared for the Missouri House Ethics Committee found no direct evidence to support that House Speaker Dean Plocher committed an ethical violation in pursuit of an expensive technology contract even as the document painted a portrait of an obstructed investigation. The report also found that Plocher received nearly $4,000 in government reimbursements for […]
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Study: Some comfort foods may actually impair your body’s response to stress
While comfort foods — like macaroni and cheese, cinnamon rolls, chicken parm and fast foods — may intrinsically make you feel better or at least slightly boost your mood, that may not exactly be the case for your body. As Rachel Hall writes in The Guardian, “researchers have found that [eating comfort foods] can reduce blood flow to the brain and […]