Stupid Health Tricks

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Bonkers Face & Beauty Hacking Devices Return, Thanks To Crazy Asia! [2 Kinda NSFW]

Filed Under: Aging, Stupid Health Tricks

dr macks curves of youth 1890s facelift device

What’s Old Is New Again!:
When we look back at the oldest editions of Popular Mechanics, Good Housekeeping, Life Magazine etc.,

The back pages are chockablock with all kinds of hilarious contraptions to reshape, maintain, & massage women’s faces and figures.

And while we make fun of them now, we’re still not past all of that yet.

-Maybe we never will be in our quest for perfection.

Well today, Crazy Japan & Crazy Asia bring you their newest face & beauty tools in the images below!…

Strange Brew: Why Is Post-Drinking Munchies, or ‘The Aperitif Effect’ So Powerful?

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Mind/Brain, Nutrition, Stupid Health Tricks

strange brew movie poster with rick moranis and dave thomas

Legacy Of Alcohol, The Ham-Fist Way:
Over time, we’ve tried to sing the praises of alcohol; from Beer BS to Hangover bro-science.

Along the way, we’ve discovered some strange contradictions, like: Thirst is often mistaken for Hunger, & Mars500 finding a great reason to control your salt-intake.

So in the spirit of Weird, !SCIENCE! brings us another “WTF, Mother Nature?!!”

That contradiction starts with our bizarre need to eat after Animal House-level symphonies of drinking…

Absinthism For The “Hey Y’All, Watch This!” Crowd. Seriously: Don’t Drink The Hand Sanitizer. Even If You Do Work For Wells Fargo

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Sex, Drugs, Rock n Roll, Stupid Health Tricks

vintage french poster for absinthe parisienne

As Stupid As Nascar Cartman:
Every once in awhile, a health news story comes out that is truly inspirational.

Not since Eric Cartman drinking Vagisil in his bid to qualify as a Nascar driver, has something so majestic gone public.

And though in the small “Fail-Army” part of HT there is probably none that will exceed the caution against mixing grenades & sledgehammers.

-Which to be fair, for the rational-minded among you is pretty much the same equation as career blackmail+ impossible sales goals…

Pleated Jeans Gives Us 18 Very Painful-Looking Reminders To Wear Your Sunscreen This Summer

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Stupid Health Tricks

pleated jeans sunburn on back with eyes that looks like Patrick from Sponge Bob Square Pants

You Don’t Want To Learn This Lesson The Hard Way:
Now remember to put your sunblock on, boys and girls!

And while you’re at it, go back & read the post on the EWG’s list of the best ones for you.

Here are a few of the 18 painful examples Pleated Jeans rounded up to remind you to do it.

YEOWCH!…

Übertool Comics Discovers The Source Behind Each Year’s Mystifying New Fad Health-Foods

Filed Under: Noise, Nutrition, Other, Stupid Health Tricks

ubertool comic 150 the wise old food man of the mountains tells us what random thing to eat this year

It IS A New Thing Every Year, Isn’t It?:
As we’ve already seen from our friend/arch-enemy/frenemy, Jim Gaffigan, some people just can’t get on the Kale bandwagon.

On the other hand, many people seem to run their health-programs based only on what’s new for the year.

-As Übertool describes here…

Video: Remember Ladies, It’s Not Just Your Figure That Needs Exercise. -Your Face Does Too.

Filed Under: Aging, Exercise, Stupid Health Tricks, Video

Are your cheeks & jowls starting to sag? Smile lines starting to show?

Well look no further for your solution!

Because in an awesome throwback from at least the 80’s, we learn at some near Kristen-Wiig-ian-scale silliness…

Look Out Schwarzenegger, China’s Making Superdogs!

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Bio-Tech, Exercise, Stupid Health Tricks

-And one day, maybe Super-You. Or your super-grandkids.

So a short while ago, Chinese researchers pulled-off some of the first gene-modifications with that new technique from “BREAKTHROUGH”.

What they did with it is to create a new generation of dogs with a very uncommon trait: Super Muscles.

What it could mean for us one day is another set of radical changes; maybe whether we like it or not…

19 Of Buzzfeed’s Tweets About Exercise Should Prep You For All Your New Year’s Workout Resolutions

Filed Under: Exercise, Featured, Stupid Health Tricks

aparna nancherla @aparnapkin exercise sliding down a wall tweet

With the New Year approaching soon and marathons over recently, I agree with BuzzFeed that a few pick-me-ups of sadly-accurate exercise humor is just what the doctor ordered to psych you up for all your Get-in-shape resolutions & new gym memberships!

And your trainer (or WebMD’s Fit-O-Meter) should Absolutely be able to tell you how many calories you’ve burned sliding down that wall crying.

Now check out the other 18!…

15 Probably BS Scientific Benefits Of Beer, But Keep Drinking Just In Case

Filed Under: Aging, Disease, Featured, Noise, Nutrition, Stupid Health Tricks

blonde girl in blue dirndl hofbrauhaus oktoberfest drinking beer

Don’t let the internet-myths & exaggerations stop you. Unlike a vitamin or a drug, there will probably be insufficiently-concentrated amounts of each substance in one single beer to have a serious effect.

→So your only recourse is to just go pro & make sure to start drinking more! -For the rest of your life.

Besides believe it or not, drinking alcohol really does have actual health benefits.

Anyway, just in-case there is a grain of truth to long-term repeated-exposure benefits, and supported by the best study links we could find…

Video: ASAPScience Answers Internet Daredevil Question, “How Much Of Something Will Kill You?”

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Noise, Stupid Health Tricks, Video

[to which some YT-er will post the inevitable response-vid saying, “Hey Y’all, Watch This!!”]

-Ever wonder how much of something, harmless or not, that it would take to kill you?

Well from Mercury, to Polonium, Coffee, Alcohol, Water, Dehydration, Salt, Lack of Oxygen, Cherry Pits, Altitude, Height, Chocolate Bars, Marijuana, …

ASAPScience breaks out the numbers to answer your burning questions…

Note: For informational purposes only. Should not be construed as medical advice, diagnosis or substitute for professional care. Terms.

Bonkers Face & Beauty Hacking Devices Return, Thanks To Crazy Asia! [2 Kinda NSFW]

Strange Brew: Why Is Post-Drinking Munchies, or ‘The Aperitif Effect’ So Powerful?

Absinthism For The “Hey Y’All, Watch This!” Crowd. Seriously: Don’t Drink The Hand Sanitizer. Even If You Do Work For Wells Fargo

Pleated Jeans Gives Us 18 Very Painful-Looking Reminders To Wear Your Sunscreen This Summer

Übertool Comics Discovers The Source Behind Each Year’s Mystifying New Fad Health-Foods

Video: Remember Ladies, It’s Not Just Your Figure That Needs Exercise. -Your Face Does Too.

Look Out Schwarzenegger, China’s Making Superdogs!

19 Of Buzzfeed’s Tweets About Exercise Should Prep You For All Your New Year’s Workout Resolutions

15 Probably BS Scientific Benefits Of Beer, But Keep Drinking Just In Case

Video: ASAPScience Answers Internet Daredevil Question, “How Much Of Something Will Kill You?”

Clay-Eating Cheeky Monkeys And The Elusive Stomach Flu / Viral Gastroenteritis Remedy

God Save The New Queen Of The Silver Foxes! Grandmother & 59 Year-Old Model, Yasmina Rossi Shows What Age-Defying Really Looks Like

The Mousechurian Candidate: Ancient Chinese Secret Creates Mighty-Mouse With Commensurately Mighty-Brain

15 Probably BS Scientific Benefits Of Beer, But Keep Drinking Just In Case

Curry Spice Might Help Brain Repair Itself, Chillax, Then Take Over World