They will be enrolled during early pregnancy and asked to eat either enriched or normal soup three times a week.

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And if you have ever asked yourself why the Chinese eat the noodles in their soup with chopsticks, too a Sisyphean labor that involves lifting a bowl to mouth level and slurping think of Americans eating peas with a fork.

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If I heat a can of soup, you better eat it.

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Here, cool young things eat from a brief, weekly-changing menu (vividly green foraged herb soup, almond cake with spruce ice cream) under a vaulted, peeling ceiling.

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My kids will be joining millions of their candy-seeking compatriots across the nation in begging for candy from strangers Oct. 31, but only after they've had enough of Mama's "You Must Eat This If You Want To Go Trick-or-Treating" Squash Soup.

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But for most of the industry, asceticism for asceticism's sake is a thing of the past--good news for those who exercise when they want to, sleep late, lounge around their luxury suites and eat whatever they feel like--as long as it's not soup with sunflower seeds.

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"My wife and I still eat a bowl of rice, two dishes of vegetables and drink a bowl of soup every day, " says Jiang, 48.

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