I love sandwiches. Who doesn’t love sandwiches? Monsters, that’s who. But I’m also aware that many sandwiches aren’t necessarily well-rounded meals, which is why I asked nutritionist David Friedman, author of Food Sanity: How to Eat in a World of Fads and Fiction, to help me rank...
Most everybody’s unhappy these days — or at least, somewhat dissatisfied. Maybe your job bores the hell out of you; maybe life just hasn’t turned out the way you hoped it would; maybe you lost sight of a lifelong ambition at some point, and it’s fallen by...
You probably heard this stat from earlier this year: 40 percent of adults don’t even have 400 bucks to cover an emergency if they needed to. No surprise, then, that spending less money and saving more of it is a super popular New Year’s resolution. Last year, we interviewed several...
Have you ever been to a gym right after the New Year? What about in the first week of February? If you have, you’ll be asking yourself where everybody went, but you know the answer: They’re back home on the couch, swearing that they’ll make it happen...
Is anybody as organized as they’d like to be? Probably not, but still, we all know at least one person who’s such a red-hot mess they make us look like a model of minimalist precision in comparison. There are so many disorganized folk out there, in fact,...
Good morning. We know, you’re not quite sure what happened last night: All you know is that you invited a few buddies over to celebrate the new year, and the next thing you know you wake up with a wicked hangover, all of your friends are gone...
Pasty white family-friendly comedian James Gaffigan has an old but timeless bit about the inherent awkwardness of having members of different friend groups interact with each other: “There are so many weird situations in life anyway. You ever mix two different groups of friends? That can be...
You could say I’m prone to hangovers. And that’s not because of some genetic failing or predisposition. It’s just that, well, I’m simply not a one-glass-of-wine-at-dinner kind of girl. Call it whatever you want — an occupational hazard, binge drinking, a lack of self-control — I prefer...
Every now and then, it is incumbent on a nation to take stock, look inward and reflect on an important and heartfelt question: “How drunk are we right now?” With the holiday season well underway and the merry-go-round of party-hangover-party-hangover revving up toward full tilt, we decided...
Most of us know this (and only this) about carbohydrates: Putting less of them in our mouths results in weight loss. Now, this is technically true — research shows that low-carb diets are particularly effective for combating obesity and diabetes. We also all know that low-carb diets suuuck,...
Are you one of those guys who wants to look stylish but finds it doesn’t come all that naturally? We feel you. Don’t fret: With some advice from LA-based stylist Rayne Parvis, we’re all going to learn how to dress a little better. In this edition, we’re...
Consuming too much of just about anything can lead to vomiting, but alcohol is in its own league. This is because there’s an entire section of the brain dedicated to monitoring levels of potentially toxic substances in the body and purging them if necessary, but how does...
