consuming

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For non-smokers, this came primarily from consuming contaminated food including breakfast cereals, bread, croissants and other pastries, biscuits, rice and potatoes, it said.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Chan School of Public Health, adults were consuming an average of 2.9 ounces of protein per day in 2025.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

However, more people were still consuming protein shakes, with little evidence they were switching to other protein-boosted beverages or snacks, according to Davenport.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

“This is not just an online viral trend that we are consuming, it is something that we are actually hearing and seeing from our young people,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

My appetite vanished and my digestive system, which required abundant oxygen to metabolize food, failed to make use of much of what I forced myself to eat; instead my body began consuming itself for sustenance.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer