“You Are What You Eat” Is Just A Subtle Form Of Thinspiration
The Characters On Friends Were Not Suicidal Caffeine Junkies, FYI
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Meatless Monday: 6 Healthy, Vegetarian Cinco De Mayo Recipes
The Best Way to Cook — The year’s best cookbooks will keep you interested in your kitchen, says The New York Times.
The Worst Part of Waking Up — Make sure your favorite brew isn’t one of the forty unhealthiest coffees. (The Daily Beast)
Vitamin A Prevents Death — Studies find that supplements can prevent childhood death from measles and diarrhea. (ScienceDaily) More
Doctors Disapprove Kelly Ripa’s Shoes – The morning television host is on crutches for a hip injury, but she’s still wearing four-inch heels. (AOL Health)
Aspirin Cuts Cancer Risk – British researchers found that regular, low-dose intake of aspirin may cut cancer deaths, but they don’t recommend that healthy adults start pill-popping just yet, thanks to possible side effects. (Seattle Times)
Nuts: The Perfect Holiday Food – Nutrients found in nuts can relieve winter blues and holiday stress, among other ills (including PMS, anxiety, and fatigue). (Independent) More
Lyon’s Bike-Share Success Could Help Us — A new study of what makes Lyon’s bike-sharing successful could help planners make other cities adopt more eco-friendly transportation. (Grist)
Vitamin D Is Hard to Come By — Diet and sunlight may not be enough to get sufficient amounts of the essential vitamin, say doctors. Time to take your vitamins. (USA Today)
Yoko Ono Likes Kimchi — The Meatless Monday supporter brings peace to her kitchen with rice and kimchi, and remembers John Lennon by eating chocolate. (Edible Manhattan)
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Bikes as Fashion — Women in the Big Apple are making cycling chic. (New York Times)
Just Breathe — Pranayama basics to destress in or out of yoga class. (Well + Good NYC)
Ketchup Is Scary — And not just as part of your Halloween costume. It’s also bad for your diet. (FitSugar)
Eco-Friendly Buildings — They’re not just green, they’re living. (Grist) More
Mandy Ingber on Eat, Pray, Love – Jennifer Aniston’s yoga trainer talks about The EPL Efect. (FitCeleb)
Venus Williams’ Favorite Exercises – Swimming is better than running and football is better than core exercises. (FitSugar)
Marion Cotillard Might Play Batwoman – This is relevant because a) she’s into environmental causes, and b) we like her. (Ecorazzi)
Parents of Girls Divorce More – Apparently men like the idea of living with wife & son better than wife & daughter. Apparently. (Psychology Today)
Does Language Affect Your Outlook in Life? – Vocabulary and grammar might effect the way you perceive reality, emotions, and concepts. Capiche? (New York Times) More
Women Are Better Than Men: They eat more vegetables, and live longer. (Daily Intel)
Could Microwaved Food Kill You? Well, it might not kill you, but it might not be good for you, either. (Huffington Post)
Breast Implants Are (Still) A Bad Idea: And there are 6 regretful stars to prove it. (The Frisky)
Poll Shows Travelers Hate Kids: Intolerant Americans want to stick families in the back of the plane. (Broadsheet)
Where Should You Buy Your Shrimp? Between Gulf and imported shrimp, imported might be the worse of two evils. (AOL) More
Dieting on Twitter – “Last nite: asparagus sted of fries, but too much alcohol. Today: fruit; then sushi, little bit of soy sauce, 1 cookie sted of usual 3.” (New York Times)
Chrissie Hynde Gets Into Fashion – And it’s eco-friendly, and vegan. (Ecorazzi)
Priming Your Kids For The New World – Give them an online-friendly baby name? (Yahoo! Shine)
Madonna’s Face Has Changed – A gallery of how the 52-year-old star’s face has changed – despite all attempts to stop it. (US Magazine)
Marry Rich – Because apparently, poor men are more likely to cheat. (Lemondrop) More
Married To The Wrong Man? ChristWire.org’s 9 Signs Your Husband is Gay could really help clear things up. (Huffington Post)
Diet Soda Is Bad For Pregnancy. Scientists say artificial sweeteners could lead to premature birth. Stick with a juice box. (Telegraph)
Blondes Make Better Housewives Than Brunettes. In movies, that is. ‘‘Brune/Blonde,” an exhibition and book from Alain Bergala, explores women’s hair color in film, art, and mythology. (New York Times)
Gwyneth Paltrow Has Bad Bones. She was diagnosed with osteopenia, and she should probably start taking vitamin D and eating sardines. (NPR)
Cougars Aren’t Real. Sociologist Michael Dunn says that cougars are a myth created by the media (who, us?). Time Magazine doesn’t believe him. (The Frisky) More
