“Everything causes cancer, and we’re all going to die.” This is the message we see on everything, all the time — from household cleaners to cigarettes to flame-retardant furniture (since they contain chemicals that may promote cancer). But as science continues to discover more and more links between cancer...
There’s food, and then there’s dude food: The unholy, can-you-believe-I’m gonna-eat-this-stuff Frankenstein-ing of tailgate fare and stoner snacks, glued together with whiskey and bacon. It’s meat, fat, salt and hot sauce, deep fried and served with a fist bump. It’s the heart and soul of Man v. Food, Diners,...
Dudes: Hapless incompetents who shortcut everything and have a bold lack of self-regard for how things look. They mess up the laundry and burn water. They can’t work a dishwasher properly, and wouldn’t know what to do when you hand them a baby. At least, that’s long...
Americans waste a ton of food: Roughly 50 percent of all produce in the U.S. is thrown away. That’s about 60 million tons (or $160 billion worth) of produce annually, according to a report published in The Guardian. Even more shocking, that amount constitutes roughly “one-third of...
All I remember is that it was purple. When you visit Portland, Oregon, there are a handful of culinary experiences everyone insists you must check off: Ice Cream, Thai food, the tin-foil artistry encasing your leftovers from a certain Cajun restaurant, and of course, Voodoo Doughnuts. Admittedly,...
Pizza that’s been left in the fridge undergoes a process similar to that of a (perfectly adequate) caterpillar metamorphosing into a (shockingly delicious) butterfly: It radically transforms within its protective casing, eventually emerging as a new, improved, even more desirable beast. Here’s why that happens. First and...
There are two ways to wake up from a nap: refreshed, invigorated and raring to go, or like a reanimated corpse who isn’t sure what century it is. The latter is called sleep inertia, that temporary period of grogginess, disorientation, drowsiness, sleepiness, reduced alertness and impaired performance...
When you’re a dad, parenting questions often come up that you struggle to find an answer to. Since other parents are the worst and Google will send you down a rabbit hole of paralyzing, paranoid terror, we’re here to help by putting those questions to the experts....
I’m a vitamin C truther. In fact, as of writing this, I’m drinking my second vitamin C supplement of the day and it’s not yet noon. Why? Because I’m sick. I have a cold and the mucus in my sinuses is so pressurized I can feel it wanting to...
It’s been found time and again that a glass of wine is actually good for the heart. The problem is that most of us are unsatisfied with a single glass of Cabernet. Instead, we prefer to drink like we’re running from something (or all the things). We...
There have always been cultures, groups and individuals — sports, the military, fitness freaks, the hyper-successful — who claim that negative self-talk is motivating for them in a way positivity can’t touch. But can that ever really be a good thing? I asked Chicago psychologist Jacqueline Duke. “For some, the use of shame...
Don’t have three hours a day to spend at the gym? Not interested in bulging like a bodybuilder? Unmoved by promises of “fat-blasting, ab-chiseling monster workouts”? This is the column for you, fellow regular human with very little free time. … The Man Name: Frank G., Mahwah,...