Having trouble getting back to the gym after all the holiday festivities? Allow me to provide some motivation: • To work off the calories acquired from a single gingerbread cookie, you’ll need to swim 18 minutes.• How about a martini and some party mix? You’ll need to bike for 47 minutes to burn it off.• [...]
I remember seeing a report on the news once about a woman who died from a brain tumor, supposedly from her cell phone. The scary thing about it was that the tumor was in the shape of her phone’s antenna, on the side of her head where she used her phone. Turns out this may [...]
We’ve all heard the advice that it’s better to eat more slowly, presumably so the stomach gets a chance to register that it’s full. Strangely enough, however, this tip hasn’t had any scientific studies to back it up… until now. A study done on 30 women at the University of Rhode Island concluded that “the [...]
Now that winter is soon upon us, it’s becoming more and more difficult to stay energized throughout the day. (Seasonal Affective Disorder, a depression that results from the season change, is a very real phenomenon.) This article gives you some advice on how to fight the mid-day yawns. Some surprising tips given: • Put a [...]
Bottled water… better for you than tap water? Guess again. OK, so if it isn’t better for you, it must taste better, right? (The clip is from Penn & Teller’s myth-busting show “Bullshit.”)
If you haven’t heard about Barbra Streisand’s explosion yet, you’ve been living under a rock. Well somebody thought it would be a great idea to make it into a dance mix. It’s brilliant. Go to the site of the creator to hear the mix. It should play automatically once the site loads, so be careful [...]
Like to dine out? Of course you do. That’s one of the reasons you live in New York City. Be forewarned, though. McDonald’s isn’t the only “restaurant” guilty of supersizing. Americans want more on their plate, and chefs everywhere are happy to accommodate. According to the article, “A typical restaurant meal has at least 60% [...]
I worked out at the Boston Sports Club in Allston this afternoon. On the way to the locker room, I saw this poster on the wall: It’s a poster for a group exercise sample class, but wait a minute, who’s that sexy beast in the upper right corner? Yes, that’s me. It’s from a shoot [...]
When the smoking ban went into effect, no one was happier than me. However, I’m not sure how I feel about the proposal to do the same for artificial trans fats. It’s a good rule of thumb to avoid food that contains any kind of oil that is “partially hydrogenated.” This is a relatively easy [...]
The musical Maria Maria is playing at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College (10 Ave., between 58th and 59th), and tickets are $65 a piece. Jack Dalgleish, one of our regulars in step class, is producing the show, and he’s kindly offering a free pair of tickets to anyone who emails him [...]