Health

Pregnancy Just Got Awesome: Study Okays Drinking ‘A Little’ During Pregnancy

May 24, 2013 // 1:09 pm

Let’s be honest — pregnancy is pretty much a constellation of things that suck. There’s the nausea, the weight gain, the swelling that makes your feet look like overstuffed sausage casings, and to top it all off you can’t even have a drink or your baby will…

Science Says Those Who Instagram Their Food are More Likely to Be Obese

May 8, 2013 // 3:45 pm

Next week’s talk: Those who Instagram their food are less likely to be obese.

Because it’s been a hot second since anyone’s given us a logical reason to stop being such tremendous douche-nozzles every time we go out to eat, Dr. Valerie Taylor, the mental health chair for the…

Here’s Why Alcohol Turns You Into An Emotional Hot Mess

April 23, 2013 // 3:36 pm

We’ve all been there: You’ve had one too many tequila shots, and instead of partying with the rest of your friends you’re curled up in a corner, sobbing uncontrollably into a bowl of beer nuts and telling a complete stranger about your balloon phobia and how it destroyed your…

Honey Infographic is Good News for Men with Low Sperm Count, People With Allergies

April 23, 2013 // 7:00 am

With spring in full bloom (LOL SEASONAL PUNS), most of us know pollen can affect allergies. But did you know it can increase sperm count? And honey can help alleviate those allergy symptoms that pollen kicked into high gear. And beeswax can basically give you super powers,…

News Flash: Turns Out Doing the Cinnamon Challenge Is Really, Really, Really Bad For Your Lungs

April 22, 2013 // 1:43 pm

It’s been a hot second since attempting to dry-swallow a tablespoon of cinnamon was considered “hip” and “funny,” and while that most likely has got something to do with the internet’s ever-dwindling attention span, it could also just be that practically choking on tiny grains of spicy sand actually…

Why Your Brain Craves the Taste of Beer Even if You Don’t

April 19, 2013 // 6:00 am

Foodbeasts, I have a confession: I like drinking as much as the next guy (or girl), but if my only options are dark beer and grape-flavored cough medicine, I’ll take the cough medicine. Sure, the flavor is awful, but at least it’s not beer! And it’ll get you drunk…

Science Makes Groundbreaking Discovery that Beer Pong Violates the 5-Second Rule

April 18, 2013 // 8:00 am

Thank goodness for rocket scientists — without them we may have never discovered that the seemingly innocuous game of beer pong is a cesspool teeming with bacteria. And by “rocket scientists” we mean a group of Clemson University student researchers who ran around their campus last fall, snatched beer pong balls…

From BBQ Sauce to Cliff Bars — Here’s How Much Sugar is Hiding in Everyday Food

April 12, 2013 // 11:01 am

Food holds a great many mysteries. When you think about it, do you know what’s actually in that McDonald’s Hot ‘N Spicy McChicken or Starbucks drink? Sugar. Lots and lots of sugar.

The folks over at Buzzfeed created a video that exposes just how much sweetener common foods…