Wellness tips, fitness advice, and health related breakthroughs.
Wellness tips, fitness advice, and health related breakthroughs.
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If there's one thing we should have learned by now, it's that internet trends are not to be taken seriously. In the past six months alone, we've seen people chowing down on Tide Pods and snorting condoms for the sake of joining in with the latest online fad - and…
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Losing weight sucks, you guys. If I raided an ancient tomb and found a genie who granted me three wishes, at least one of those wishes would be to make it so that I could get Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's body by doing little more than just eating pizza all…
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A cancer patient has used her obituary to call out the fat-shaming she received at the hands of the medical professionals who were meant to be helping her. After being told that she had inoperable cancer and being given days to live, Ellen Maud Bennett filled her final days with…
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A month ago, 48-year-old Greg Manteufel was perfectly healthy. He painted houses for a living and loved cruising around West Bend, Wisconsin on his Harley Davidson motorcycle. Then one day he developed a fever and started vomiting. Assuming it was the stomach flu, he decided to sleep on it, and let…
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I like to think that the best (and easiest) way to get the body of your dreams is simply to drastically lower your standards and expectations. Getting a six pack, perfectly-sculpted biceps or whatever will take months of dedicated training and careful eating, and I simply do not have the…
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It's a sad fact that people still viewing breastfeeding in an archaic, outmoded manner. Mothers everywhere are still being shamed left, right and centre for the (apparently) heinous crime of making sure that their children are fed in public. Indeed, many people still treat this perfectly natural act of maternal…
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Giving blood is usually thought of as a virtuous, straightforward process. In terms of its ethical plus points, it’s a no-brainer. People around the world desperately need blood transfusions in order to live - and there you are walking around with an easily replenishable supply. You get a biscuit, a…
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Ah, summer - with its long days, warm evenings, and endless opportunities to hang out with friends and loved ones, what's not to love about the season? Well, other than the BLISTERING HEAT, of course. Seriously, I get that most people enjoy the kind of weather that allows for barbecues…
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Fortune cookies (whether they actually taste good or not) are one of the best things about ordering Chinese food. Who doesn't get a little bit excited about what their future could have in store? Unfortunately, not every fortune turns out to be as helpful or as optimistic as we'd like. From…
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There are lots of reasons not to use plastic - but this one might come as a shock. Chemicals in everyday items, from household cleaners to food packaging, can damage a man’s penis - and make it smaller. Turns out, phthalates, BPA and parabens are to blame for a rise…
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If you're anything like me, then the summer heatwave has gone from being an awesome novelty to a living nightmare that's seriously outstayed its welcome. At first, I was as surprised as anyone to see a gigantic ball of fire up in the sky one day, which was toasting my…
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When you've gotta go, you've gotta go, and the intensity of this phrase only increases if you've got the runs. Father-of-three and author Clint Edwards shared a rather unforgettable diarrhoea story, thanks to the encouragement he received from his four-year-old daughter, who he had in his company at the unfortunate time. Edwards shared on Facebook how he…
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Although you've probably got a whole host of things to worry about when looking at your plate and deciding what to add and what to take off, diabetes makes the challenge of eating healthily that little bit more pressing. It's not a great disease to have, not one bit: and…
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As anyone who has struggled with the painful curse of puberty will know, blocked pores are a common occurrence for anyone with problematic skin. They come in all shapes and sizes, all colours and shades, from blackheads to whiteheads, raised lumps to weird craters - and all of them, universally, are…
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In recent years, social media has become a platform for people to promote alternative conceptions of beauty, and to encourage body positivity. It's certainly about time that we see some diversity on our screens, and while plus-size models such as Ashley Graham and Tess Holliday are doing their part to…
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As a guy, I don't know what it's like to give birth. In high school, my sex ed teacher described the pain as being similar to a watermelon coming out of your - you know what? I don't want to think about it. Childbirth looks long and painful. If scientists…
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As a man with fairly short hair, washing mine is no big deal. However, there are a lot of people out there who have a harder time with it. When you're in a rush to get ready - or you simply want to use your time on other things -…
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If you read certain newspapers - which I will not name - you could be fooled into believing that pretty much everything gives you cancer. Somewhere online, there is a list of things that the news claim will give you cancer. Whether it be dogs or grass, bacon or exercise,…
