Akilah Weber Pierson, MD
@aweberpierson
You deserve to know what you’re drinking. 🥤 SB 869 will require chain restaurants in California to show added sugar warnings on high-sugar drinks—no fine print, just transparency. Better info = healthier choices. #SB869 #SugarAwareness #HealthEquity
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Anyone else got this issue if you even consider it an issue 🤣😏
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A stretcher cart was run over by a player during an Ecuadorian Serie B game (insert sound effects here)
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"Sergio Fajardo dejó en evidencia las mentiras del señor Abelardo de la Espriella..." "...pues la realidad fue revelada y lo que reveló la realidad es que, al parecer o presuntamente, Abelardo de la Espriella sufre de mitomanía." ¿Qué opina usted? www.instagram.com/p/DZF9qwUxaLH/
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Sleduji 360° Hrib je proste zabavny clovek. Jak Kokotena, ale hlavne nejakou Murovou si proste namazal na chleba. Debatovali o dostupnosti a regulaci drog. Co si z toho ja odnasim? Idiot nezna stud.