Food & Drinks

Is chocolate addictive?
12:04 2018-02-14

Are you one of the millions of people who call themselves a chocoholic? Do you get weak in the knees when you walk past a chocolate shop? Keep emergency chocolate hidden in your drawer so no one will find it? Fall victim to midnight chocolate cravings? Don’t worry, no judgment here. Chocolate does indeed feel …

Do vegetarians have smellier sweat than omnivores?
10:33 2018-02-14

Early in his career, late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs took a $5 an hour job at Atari — and promptly grossed out his coworkers. Although Atari’s chief engineer “saw something in him,” Jobs’ officemates soon smelled something on him, too: body odor. Jobs believed his vegetarian diet prevented body odor, so he bathed less frequently …

Valentine’s Day Cocktails to Fall in Love With
03:42 2018-02-14

Whether you’re in love or you’re drowning your sorrows with your friends, Valentine’s Day is a holiday tailor-made for booze (and lots of it). Maybe you’re toasting champagne to your one true love, you’re sharing a cocktail with a Tinder date, or perhaps you’re throwing back drinks with your single friends. Either way, on top …

8 Ways to Train Your Brain to Hate Junk Food
08:14 2018-02-13

If unhealthy, processed food, is sabotaging your weight loss efforts, outsmart junk food cravings with these clever tricks. Why do we crave unhealthy food? As explained in the recent New York Times Magazine piece, “The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food,” there’s no denying that junk food cravings are powerful, physiological reactions—and, apparently, carefully and …

These 12 Anti-Aging Foods Might Add Years to Your Life
07:05 2018-02-13

We’re going way beyond green tea and blueberries! Split peas Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old: When it comes to living a long life, it doesn’t matter how you eat your green and yellow legumes as long as you eat them. (Okay maybe not nine days old; …