For me, the iPhone is a constant companion. I might say that the device itself is something I can’t live without, whether I like it or not. In general, having the iPhone with me 24/7 has been a good thing. After all, when I need to disconnect, there is always airplane mode.
Recently, I moved all my apps around so that the most used apps are all on the home screen. Surprisingly, many of the apps ...
What Caused the Setpoint to Change? We have two criteria to narrow our search for the cause of modern fat gain: It has to be new to the human environment It has to cause leptin resistance or otherwise disturb the setpoint Although I believe that exercise is part of a healthy lifestyle, it probably can't explain the increase in fat mass in modern nations. I've written about that here and ...
For some (me), Twinkies are one of life's best indulgences—but the idea of ingesting something that could theoretically survive a nuclear winter is a little unnerving. Here's a preservative-free recipe for the yummy snack cakes you can feel good about. To whip these bad boys together, food web site CHOW demonstrates that all you'll need is a few common ingredients you may already hav...
"This is the year -- the year that through hard work, determination and sheer willpower, I will mold my body into the shape I've always wanted and change my life forever."
For too many years -- more than I care to admit -- this was my New Year's Day mantra. Is it yours?
As someone with a fair amount of self-discipline and a firm belief in the power of hard work, I came into adulthood thinking...
The Spanish inventor Pep Torres from the studio Stereonoise , who also created the flowerpot that automatically rolls your plants into the sunlight , has thought up a vending machine that only dispenses the snacks once you have burned enough calories. This vending machine has been launched just in time for this year's Christmas holiday and doles out nougat candy, the typical Christmas sweets in ...
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Drink water. It seems easy enough, and yet many of us don't do it. New research shows that it's not just good for our bodies, it's good for our minds.
Athletes typically lose between 2 and 4 percent of their body weight during athletic performance. (James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, was said to typically lose 10 pounds of water duri...
Written by Vincent Kovar
The art of memory, or Ars Memorativa in the Latin, has fascinated us since…well, I can’t quite remember. From the ancient Greeks to early Christian monks, scholars have employed a number of mental techniques in training their minds to keep track of the burgeoning field of human knowledge. Nowadays however, there seem to be so many more things to keep track of. Not o...