Sweating, while irritating, is a good thing. It allows our bodies to expel heat from all the energy we’re burning. Whether we’re slowly walking up a hill or frantically doing spin in a sweltering studio, if we didn’t sweat we’d overheat and shut down. It’s a necessary...
Whereas smoking was once advertised as a pastime of the clued-up and debonair and holding a cigarette thought to make you look cool and sophisticated, now “cancer sticks” are smoked in huddles in soulless designated areas and roundly denigrated as horribly unhealthy, socially reprehensible and, well, just...
It’s been ages since, so why can’t I get that explosive love affair I once had out of my head? “When we are going through challenging times, or our life just doesn’t seem interesting enough, it can be common to start ruminating about happier or more exciting...
Just like the gas in your car, food you’re putting into your body is used as fuel, says nutritionist Sean Salazar. Unlike cars, though, people consume way more food than they need — anything extra gets stored in the body as fat . To get rid of this...
Pubes get more attention than ever in the modern world. More and more dudes are sculpting them with some simply shaving them off in their entirety. But is that actually recommended? And why have we even got the short, curly little blighters in the first place? Let’s...
POW! Improving Stamina For The Sales “There is no magic solution to this,” says Stasek. “Building stamina all comes down to hard work. Get out on the road now to increase your endurance and fitness. The fitter you get, the better you will recover. Boxing Day sales...
All the Chocolates in Your Kid’s Advent Calendar: 550 calories The Amount of Exercise Required to Burn It Off: One hour of stair climbing, at 575 calories per hour. Cool side effect: Buns of steel. Ten Mixed Drinks at the Office Christmas Party: 1,500 calories The Amount...
Feet have a reputation for smelling, but in reality they do so much more. Sit down, feet together, take note. Foot in the Door Our feet might not be the prettiest parts of our anatomy—apologies, podophiliacs (i.e., foot fans)—but they’re extremely complex and hard-working contraptions. They also...
Just Relax The bladder is very complex in its design. Once the bag-like organ nestled in your pelvic area has sent a signal to the brain to let you know it needs emptying, and you reach a desirable spot and comply, the detrusor muscles contract to squeeze...
You’re An Arse In the first few weeks after fertilisation, you’re nothing more than a small group of cells called a “blastula” that bursts open from the inside out, making a little bitty opening. This opening is called a blastopore, and it’s the first of your proto-organs...
Fight or Flight First discovered in the 1930s in the brain of a monkey, the amygdala is an almond-shaped set of neurons located within the medial temporal lobes of your noggin. Sometimes referred to as humans’ “fear factory” or your “emotional thermostat,” it works on a totally...
Right Ear, Right Now Just like fingerprints, ears are totally unique to the individual—big tech firms have even explored being able to unlock a mobile when simply held to the ear. That said, every human ear is divided into three distinct parts: the outer ear, the middle...