{"id":21128,"date":"2017-01-14T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-14T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=21128"},"modified":"2021-01-07T20:46:06","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T06:46:06","slug":"weekend-reading-1142016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2017\/01\/14\/weekend-reading-1142016\/","title":{"rendered":"WEEKEND READING &#8211; 1\/14\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style=\"text-align:center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cantoni\/6398251975\/\" title=\"Nutella\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/8\/7010\/6398251975_042c8b2e79_z.jpg?resize=640%2C428&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" alt=\"Nutella\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><i>Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week or so. Enjoy.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=https:\/\/mic.com\/articles\/165238\/does-nutella-really-cause-cancer-the-truth-behind-the-not-so-sweet-news-isn-t-so-clear#.RAMOlzdq6>Does Nutella really cause cancer? The truth behind the not-so-sweet news isn&#8217;t so clear<\/a> <em>(via Food.Mic)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=https:\/\/munchies.vice.com\/en\/articles\/a-kfc-uses-facial-recognition-technology-to-tell-you-what-to-order-based-on-your-age-and-gender>This KFC Uses Facial Recognition Technology to Tell You What to Order<\/a> <em>(via Munchies)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/mentalfloss.com\/article\/90662\/50-sweet-facts-about-your-favorite-candies>50 Sweet Facts About Your Favorite Candies<\/a> <em>(via Mental Floss)<\/em> <\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/en.rocketnews24.com\/2017\/01\/11\/green-tea-cup-noodle-brings-matcha-to-the-wonderful-world-of-instant-ramen><\/a>Green tea Cup Noodle brings matcha to the wonderful world of instant ramen <em>(via RocketNews24)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/www.vox.com\/science-and-health\/2017\/1\/13\/14219606\/sugar-intake-dietary-nutrition-science>Sugar, explained<\/a> <em>(via Vox)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><small><a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cantoni\/6398251975><\/a>Image via flickr user Brian Cantoni \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/deed.en\">CC BY 2.0<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week or so. Enjoy. Does Nutella really cause cancer? The truth behind the not-so-sweet news isn&#8217;t so clear (via Food.Mic) This KFC Uses Facial Recognition Technology to Tell You What to Order (via Munchies) 50 Sweet Facts About Your Favorite Candies (via Mental Floss) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1461],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekend-reading"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30574,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2018\/07\/31\/announcement-sweet-and-savory-galore-although-mostly-sweet-winner\/","url_meta":{"origin":21128,"position":0},"title":"ANNOUNCEMENT: Sweet and Savory Galore, Although Mostly Sweet Winner","author":"Marvo","date":"July 31, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's the winner of our Sweet and Savory Galore, Although Mostly Sweet Weekend Giveaway: Amy R Congratulations! 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California Restaurant Admits It's Been Serving Popeyes Chicken for Months (via Munchies) People Say They're Finding Incredible Things In Their Cereal (via BuzzFeed) 50 Sweet Facts About Your Favorite Halloween Candies (via Mental Floss) KFC\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Weekend Reading&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Weekend Reading","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/category\/weekend-reading\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Popeyes-004.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Popeyes-004.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Popeyes-004.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":26189,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2017\/12\/09\/weekend-reading-12-9-2017\/","url_meta":{"origin":21128,"position":4},"title":"WEEKEND READING &#8211; 12\/9\/2017","author":"Marvo","date":"December 9, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week or so. 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