“And how much is this?” I asked, thumbing through the packet labeled “aura reading”. There were numerous pages explaining the chakras and showing some random soul with his face blacked out, surrounding by blurry orange halo. PDF files. Charts. Graphs. Who knew you could turn spirituality into a piece worthy of PubMed status? “A hundred,” the shop owner replied. View post on imgur.com I actively tried to force my eyes.. Read More
Just say no to nocebo sorcerers.
Aside from the hand-holding part at the end, I kinda liked this TED talk on how the mind can heal the body. As she went into a plethora of different examples about how stage 4 cancer and AIDS patients respectively experienced shrunken tumors and became HIV negative, Rankin brought up something I kinda never thought about. The first part’s obvi: We can make our bodies better with our brains. But.. Read More
Turning water pods into whine
I was ultra bummed the second he said it: “Oh, by the way, it’s in a residence – just so you know.” A residence? No. Thank you. Maybe if I wasn’t scheduling to come into a business, take my clothes off my body, and lay in a pod of water for two hours, I’d be fine. For some reason, I was so much more okay with that concept during my.. Read More
Are coconut oil’s cure-claims at least quasi legit?
So, is or is not coconut oil legitimately as good as people are telling me it is? From cooking to mouth sloshing to lathering it into your locks, I feel like this stuff’s usefulness ubiquity has become the vegan’s version of the Windex wielding dad gag in “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”. Sure, it tastes great on toast, but if I was asked to compare it to any other similar.. Read More
This toddler just gave me my next million dollar idea
In a few years, I’ll be thanking this few-years-old kid for making me a billionaire: But first, some context for my product to be: Okay, so you know how people buy ridiculously overpriced gym memberships and never use them? I think I’ve ranted on that before – in a previous blog – how people feel like if they fork out money, they’ll be held accountable to actually get off their.. Read More
Update on Starbucks’ new faux-co-nut milk
Well, it’s a good thing there’s still a week left till ‘bucks starts adding coconut milk to my addiction list. Why? ‘cause it gave me a chance to read an update on how… it’s not true coconut milk. Here’s the ingredient list: Now, if you can’t read that, the ingredients include water, coconut cream, cane sugar, tricalcium phosphate, coconut water concentrate, natural flavors, sea salt, carrageenan, gellan gum, corn dextrin,.. Read More
Foods that make you go ew, oh, and aghh! (Part 2)
Yes, we’re back with more foods that make you go ew, oh, and agggh! Wait, did you miss part 1? You did? Shhh sshh. No need to fret. It’s right here. Go ahead. Head over. Read at your leisure. We’ll be here patiently awaiting your return. …. 4. GRAPEFRUIT + DRUGS Category: “Aghhh!” and then “Ew” if you eat certain pharmaceuticals with it. (This gif’s a perfect Inception-esque (eh?) metaphor.. Read More
Foods that make you go ew, oh, and aghh! (Part 1)
Food is fuel, they say. But what kinda side effects is our food-fuel having on our body car? Can some of it make me tan? Make me ooze aqueous salt stank? Drive me bat shit crazy? The answer is: yes. According to science. Per an article I just read, there are at least six dietary noms (can’t touch on ‘em all in one day, can we?) that can monumentally eff.. Read More
Sexy British twins try diets to prove if fat or sugar’s worse.
Okay. Verdict’s in on “Which is worse for you: fat or sugar?” And the English Winklevoss twin doctors are here to ‘xplain: Ya know, at first, I hadn’t noticed this was a UK paper. So superficial me thought, “What hotties!” Then, crueler and ever worse superficial me (I’m beginning to think those two are the only sides I have) said “Oh, he said ‘stone’ instead of pounds; that means they’re.. Read More
Why I’m never relaxed at yoga class… and the solution.
“Yeah, they never tell you you’re doing a good job.” This was the (paraphrased, probably) comment my buddy and fellow kinda-yogi had to say about yoga instructors. He lives across the country – so it’s nice to know this stingy-with-the-compliments theme is something universal when it comes to the nation’s Zen quest. I’d have felt kinda alone and insecure otherwise. Which I do anyway in these classes a lot of.. Read More