There you are, ending the day with your usual bedtime routine. You slip into your house pants, brush your teeth and scroll through social media for an uncertain amount of time. An undeniable wave of fatigue crashes over your brain as you conclude your nocturnal regimen with several hearty vape hits. Your...
Parents the world over warn us that eating before executing an epic belly flop into the pool results in debilitating cramps that impede our ability to stay afloat. When we do indulge in some poolside grub, they demand we wait at least 30 minutes before diving into...
Gobbling on hot dogs and washing them down with crappy beer until you flip over the barbecue and set fire to the entire backyard has become an American summertime tradition. But when you inevitably awaken from your alcohol-induced slumber, eyes glued to the ashen remains of a...
The single biggest predictor of a new dad getting hit with paternal depression — which involves a persistent slew of awful feelings such as sadness, lack of energy, worry, moodiness or changes in appetite, occurring within a year of the baby’s birth — is if his partner gets hit...
If you’ve ever seen a man in a yoga class, or one of the millions of kids who had to “sit and reach” for the now-defunct Presidential Fitness Test or one of the many male YouTubers who film themselves trying — and largely failing — to touch their toes, chances...
Studies have long suggested that eating properly, in addition to making your body feel good, can improve your overall mental health. For example, one study found that people who eat hardly any fruits and vegetables can experience a boost in happiness equivalent to what an unemployed person feels when...
When it comes to working out, we’re not all strongmen like Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (aka The Mountain). Many of us could go our entire lives and still not know our lat pull-downs from our incline benches from our deadlifts. Which is to say, there’s no shame in not knowing...
The color red has long been associated with a range of intense emotions, foremost among them being anger — hence the phrase, “seeing red.” According to Phrase.org, it’s widely believed that “seeing red” originates from the sport of bull-fighting and the matador’s use of a red cape to...
Despite recent catastrophes, we live in an era of unprecedented airplane safety. “There are a range of estimates out there, but based on its analysis of U.S. Census data, it puts the odds of dying as a plane passenger at 1 in 205,552,” reports SBS News. “That compares...
Once an addict, always an addict. That’s essentially what Dr. Charlie Seltzer, a Philadelphia-based weight-loss physician (and yes, that is his real name), tells me when I ask him why I’ll drink like, five seltzers a day when I’m craving sugar really bad. Hell, I gave up soda...
Last week, I had the apartment to myself for three days before flying to Texas for a wedding. And while this might seem like a nice moment for an introvert like me to have some alone time, I freaked out. I don’t know why, but I was...
It’s basic cooking knowledge that herbs impart flavor onto food. But one lesser-known fact is that herbs also have the capacity to make food healthier. “Herbs have more antioxidants per weight than most fruits and veggies,” says nutritionist David Friedman, author of Food Sanity: How to Eat in a World...