Most of us regard cooking oil as nothing more than a means to a non-sticking end. But (and this is a big, prepare-to-gag kind of but) the average American consumes a whopping 36 pounds of cooking oils per year—more than three times as much as in the...
The limb-numbness test is the perfect litmus test for deciphering how much I’m willing to sacrifice at the onset of a romantic relationship. For example: If I really like the person I’m spooning, I’m willing to go full numbness and sacrifice all feeling in my arm or...
Here’s a fact that might make you wonder why Willy Wonka isn’t president: Americans consume 2.8 billion pounds of chocolate each year, or approximately 12 pounds per person (about 1,200 Hershey Kisses). Most people would agree that eating this much chocolate is terrible for us: Commercial chocolates...
The white lab coat most of us associate with our gently patronizing doctors may be on the way out. A recent study from the University of Texas found that although the physicians’ white coat is one of the most iconic symbols of the trade — something many doctors wear...
Having previously ranked dairy products and types of milk by how healthy they are, we’re now ranking categories of cheese (note, not specific brands—that would take several thousand years) because frankly, there’s nothing we’re not happy to completely ruin for ourselves. But before we dive into this...
You know that guy — that one friend of yours who doesn’t quite seem to grasp just how strong he is. Whether it’s a finger-bruising handshake or an enthusiastic hug that almost puts you through the ceiling fan, he just doesn’t seem to understand his own strength the way...
I’m a firm believer that the perfect dip-to-chip ratio involves more dip than chip, which means I’m also a huge proponent of double-dipping, triple-dipping and even quadruple-dipping (and then sticking my fingers in and licking them). Now, it should be said that while I’m a double-dipper, I’m...
Rodney Hahn may be 58 years old, but it’s a pretty safe bet that if you’re reading this, he could destroy you in pull-ups. In 2015, Hahn smashed a Guiness World Record for the number of pull-ups completed in 24 hours by doing 5,337 of them. His...
Last month, doctors found a whopping 27 contact lenses stuck in a 67-year-old woman’s eye. For obvious reasons, this had a lot of contacts-wearers questioning their own bad habits when it comes to their lenses, so we reached out to Dr. Edward Bennett, O.D., American Optometric Association Contact...
When my editor approached me about listing an assortment of salts in order of how healthy they are, I assumed that he’d gone crazy. I honestly believed that there was no possible way to meaningfully rank various types of salt by how good for us they are....
It seems like any other day — you’re at work, going about your usual routine, uploading an early morning number two into the porcelain cloud. Everything seems like it’s going smoothly, but then you notice something scary: Blood when you wipe. And you didn’t even wipe that hard! A...
There are certain words or phrases you never want to hear come out of a doctor’s mouth: “You know, this is the first time I’ve ever tried this procedure”; “I’ve never seen one that color before”; “HOLY CRAP WAYNE, COME AND LOOK AT THIS!”; and of course, “Cancer.” The...
