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The new cheese puff snack brand Ffups stresses that they are not a “better-for-you” alternative. They make no promises of rejuvenated digestion, extra nutrients, or plant-based goodness. These “unapologetically indulgent” puffs are just tasty “things for your mouth.” “If you’re worried about Ffups being healthy, you’re on the wrong website,” reads the blunt marketing copy. “Go eat some carrots!” Andrea Hernández, the creator of snack trend newsletter Snaxshot, has witnessed a new generation of brands rejecting aggressive health marketing claims, which have begun to feel like “Mad Libs” of every nutrient under the sun. Consumers were bombarded with charcoal-infused cheddar cheese and vegetable ice cream (“it’s good for immunity!”). CBD seltzer promised a “meditation in a can.” Even Evian released a line of functional “mineral enhanced” sparkling water called Feed Your Mind to allegedly boost cognitive function. “The funniest was beverage brands having to label … [Read more...] about The Goop-ification of wellness is on the way out (you can thank Gen Z)

Apple recently started marketing the iPad as a laptop replacement given its hardware prowess. In fact, the latest iPads outclass even the best Windows laptops and perhaps match the entry level MacBooks with the M1 chip when it comes to specifications. However, the iPad OS is still a limiting part of the whole iPad experience. Fortunately, a slew of professional-grade apps have launched for the iPad over the years. These apps can help you create the most pro-looking work possible on a mobile platform. Check out the best pro-grade iPad apps: 1) Procreate It is a powerful digital illustration app that lets you create art and animation sans the intimidating UI of something like Photoshop. Artists have access to a plethora of brushes, support for up to 902 layers on the iPad Pro M1 16GB variant and frame-by-frame animation at 15FPS. The experience on cheaper iPads is just as smooth compared to their more expensive counterparts. The app costs $9.99/ ₹899 on the App Store. 2) … [Read more...] about 3 iPad Productivity Apps That Will Change The Way You Use Your iPad

Once again, the United States is messing up its approach to vaccines. Three months into its monkeypox outbreak, just 620,000 doses of the two-injection Jynneos shot—the nation’s current best immune defense against the virus—have been shipped to states , not nearly enough to immunize the 1.6 million to 1.7 million Americans that the CDC considers at highest risk. The next deliveries from the manufacturer aren’t slated until September at the earliest . For now, we’re stuck with the stocks we’ve got. Which is why the feds have turned to Inoculation Plan B: splitting Jynneos doses into five, and poking them into the skin, rather than into the layer of fat beneath. The FDA issued an emergency-use authorization for the strategy yesterday afternoon. This dose-sparing tactic will allow far more people to sign up for doses before summer’s end; if successful, it could help contain the outbreak in the U.S., which currently accounts for nearly a third of the world’s documented … [Read more...] about America’s New Monkeypox Strategy Rests on a Single Study