These are cigarettes, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, telecoms, cement and steel.

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Citizens of Ethiopia and Egypt, for example, spent an estimated 55% and 43% of their incomes, respectively, on food and non-alcoholic beverages (excluding purchases made at restaurants, bars, hotels and the like).

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Impoverished denizens of Ethiopia and Egypt, for example, spend an estimated 55% and 43% of their incomes, respectively, on food and non-alcoholic beverages (excluding purchases made at restaurants, bars, hotels and the like).

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Alternate alcoholic beverages with non- alcoholic beverages.

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Adults over age 65 who drank one to six alcoholic beverages over the course of the week turned out to have a lower risk of dementia than non-drinkers or heavier drinkers, according to a 2003 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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