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Can You Explain BMI to Me, an Average Guy Who Feels Obese After Eating a Pound of Wings?
If we’re going to call a spade a spade, then the first line of the preamble should be edited to say: “We, the mostly obese people of United States…” Because let’s face it, we’re fat. Amongst industrialized countries, America is the fattest of them all, with two...
How Much Is ‘a Drink,’ Technically Speaking?
There are few instances that provoke riot-type behavior from me — a generally level-headed guy — more than a bartender measuring the amount of alcohol they’re about to pour into my glass as though it’s the chemical catalyst for an atomic bomb. Yes, it’s their job not...
The Best Hangover Cure Is… an Omelette and Soup? What the…
A little while back, a couple nutrition experts told USA Today that the ultimate hangover cure is an omelette for breakfast and soup for lunch. *checks to make sure I read that right* Look, yes, when you get into the science of it, their reasoning seems sensible:...
What Does the ‘Planetary Health Diet’ Mean for Me, an Average Guy Who Lives on This Stupid Planet?
Less than two weeks ago, as Earth and its people spiraled increasingly closer to imminent devastation, an international committee of 37 scientists released a strongly-worded report urging humanity to adopt a new, planet-friendly diet. The researchers argue that ongoing global food-related crises — namely, climate change, environmental...
Ranking Hard Liquors by How (Un)Healthy They Are
Warning: Hard liquor might be carb-free, but drinking too much will still expand your waistline, destroy your liver, and in entirely hypothetical cases, make you puke in the back of a taxi (I’m so, so, so sorry, sir). But that never stopped anyone from going shot-for-shot with...
Ranking Breads by How Healthy They Are
First, a friendly trigger warning for anyone on the keto diet: Science shows that consuming carbohydrates in moderation is healthier than consuming them either in low amounts or not at all, which means bread isn’t actually the devil. That said, not all breads are created equal, which...
Getting Sick Is Not a Good Weight Loss Plan
To state the obvious, no one likes getting sick. You’re either freezing, boiling hot, vomiting profusely or rushing to the toilet like your drink got spiked with a weapons-grade laxative. If you’re really unlucky, you’ve got all four symptoms, slowly but surely reminding you why death is the...
Ranking Vegetables by How Healthy They Are
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Everyone should eat more vegetables. But if navigating the produce section gives you anxiety, don’t worry: I asked nutritionist David Friedman, author of Food Sanity: How to Eat in a World of Fads and Fiction, to help me...
Can You Explain Superfoods to Me, an Average Guy Who Wants to Feel Super with the Minimum Amount of Effort?
Welcome to the brave new world where even foods have their own version of the Marvel universe. Yes, you read that correctly: Foods can be super, too. Well… sort of, but we’ll get to that later. Superfoods — the aptly named category of foods that’s supposed to...
The Hidden Financial Costs of Drinking
Being hammered can make you suddenly find otherwise unremarkable people hot enough to sleep with, but less discussed is the fact that it also makes you suddenly find otherwise unremarkable goods and services desirable enough to drop good money on. I’m not just talking about the new...
The Skinny Guys Who Can’t Gain Weight No Matter What They Do
We jogged to the gym together. We spotted each other on the bench press and at the squat rack. We pushed each other to go a little heavier on the weights, or a few more reps. We made fun of other guys’ bad lifting form. We even...