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Presidential plates: an investigation into the diets of Joe Biden and Donald Trump

As the famous saying goes, you are what you eat. If that’s the case, what could the presidents of our country be eating that makes them the way they are? Spoiler alert: Presidential diets are far from normal. Former President Obama was known for eating seven lightly salted almonds before bed. Ronald Reagan was a jelly bean fanatic. Richard Nixon consumed cottage cheese, pineapple slices, and a glass of milk before resigning from the Oval Office. In the name of curiosity, I decided to follow the diets of our two most recent presidents for a weekend. On Friday, I spent […]

| Contributing Writer

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