The holidays can be a trying time for anyone trying to maintain a strict diet and fitness regimen. Every event is centered around drinking booze and overeating, and the sheer number of events makes it nearly impossible to keep a steady gym schedule. But for many people,...
Drowning yourself in spiked eggnog is one way to survive the holidays, and you wouldn’t be alone in doing so: Americans consume a whopping 135 million pounds of eggnog each year, most of which we can only assume has a decent helping of rum in it. Sadly,...
Being a good uncle is tricky: Uncles can be that cool, fun guy who gets to spoil the kids by bringing them to a theme park and letting them eat churros as a meal, then lets them stay up late to watch movies deemed too violent by...
Shocking news! Drinking too much makes you fat. Who knew??? Yes, we all know that alcohol leads to obesity. But many of us assume that the biggest offender is beer. In fact, though, any kind of alcohol is going to help pad out that spare tire. And...
It’s flu season, and you know what that means: You finally have an excuse to take a few sick days. But how sick do you have to be to stay home? And how well do you have to be before returning to work? Primary care physician Dr....
Music triggers people in plenty of weird ways: It can calm you; it can make you happy; it can help you eat less; it can improve your driving. And it’s not always as simple as the tone or lyrics — studies show there’s even a specific number...
You don’t need to drink very much, or even often, to see that alcohol gives with one hand and takes away with the other. Whatever booze offers in easy laughs, false bravado and unforgettable stunts will soon enough be offset by beer poops, hangovers and inexplicable drunk purchases. But we press on and...
First, something to consider: White teeth aren’t necessarily healthy teeth. The British, for example, who are well-known for their popcorn mouths, generally have healthier teeth than Americans, who are obsessed with blinding white smiles. Still, there’s normally no harm in whitening your teeth for vanity’s sake, so...
The smell of cinnamon is intimately connected to Christmas, which apparently means you should expect a chub all season long. A 2014 study found that the mere scent of cinnamon increases blood flow to the penis by 20 percent. The initial reasoning isn’t totally outlandish, either: “The...
The open-office plan was supposed to be a thrillingly radical departure from traditional, stuffier office spaces. Invented to tear down the fascist walls of isolation and hierarchy in the workplace, they were designed to encourage more socializing, more light and more free-spirited collaboration between workers, who could stop and...
There’s a stark difference between being swole and being swollen. For one, being swole is an understandably desirable state for some bros, as was explained to contributing writer Oliver Lee Bateman earlier this year. “‘Swole,’ meanwhile, seems like a classic erection reference, ‘jacked’ likewise — the body...
Potty Talk is a one-panel comic about the funny thoughts, observations and fears men have in the bathroom. This week’s is from illustrator Burton Durand. Check out his Instagram here.
