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3 Habits You Might Not Know Are Making You Bloated
If you’ve ever felt the need to, er, let one rip during your Vinyasa flow, you’ve likely pictured a utopian future in which no one needs to burp or fart. The body’s ability to release excess gas is critical to your health and comfort, but when it comes to helping you...
The Year In Unique, Kooky Health+Wellness Trends
From goat yoga and the Ruth Bader Ginsburg workout to penis pills for millennials, we look back at the year that was in health, fitness, and wellness. Health and wellness are such vast categories, from the practical (a bath) to the head-scratching (leech therapy),...
Tips to Avoid Aches and Strains In an Airplane
1. Stand up straight and feel the normal “S” curve of your spine. Then use rolled-up pillows or blankets to maintain that curve when you sit in your seat. Tuck a pillow behind your back and just above the beltline and lay another pillow across the gap between your...
People Who Own Dogs May Live Longer
By Alessandra Potenza This article originally appeared in The Verge If you needed one more reason to love your puppy, here’s a pretty good one: your furry best friend might help you live longer. Researchers in Sweden tracked more than 3.4 million Swedish people with...
6 Things You Can Do on Your Commute to Feel Better About Work
If you rely on public transportation to get you to work and then back home again, you may be feeling so very over it. From New York City to Washington, DC, it’s been a trying time for commuters. Which is not to say that driving in gridlock is a pleasant experience....
How many pounds of sugar do Americans consume annually, on average?
Americans consume 130 pounds of sugar every year. Our 1822 predecessors ate under 10 pounds of sugar a year. 130 pounds a year means about three pounds a week. That equals about 3,550 pounds in an average lifetime—approaching two tons of sugar. Source:...
Secrets of the Sugar Industry
About 50 years ago, the sugar industry stopped funding research that began to show something they wanted to hide: that eating lots of sugar is linked to heart disease. A new study exposes the sugar industry’s decades-old effort to stifle that critical research....
How many skin cells does the average person have?
The average person has about 300 million skin cells. A single square inch of skin has about 19 million cells and up to 300 sweat glands. Source: https://visual.ly/community/infographic/health/50-incredible-facts-about-skin
Online Caculator: How Many Years of Good Health Do You Have Left
If a scientist using an advanced AI program told you it could take all of your health and genetic information and other data, and tell you roughly when you were going to die, would you do it or choose not to know? Usually, people fall into one of two camps. In the...
True or False: Freezing food kills bacteria that can cause food poisoning
False: Bacteria can survive freezing temperatures. Freezing is not a method for making food safe to eat. When food is thawed, bacteria can still be present and may begin to multiply. Cooking food to the proper internal temperature is the best way to kill harmful...