All lunchboxes are subject to inspection
Now that it’s back-to-school time again, Web Watch would like to take a look at what SCHOOLS ARE BANNING FROM THE LUNCH ROOM:
Yes, it’s all about ensuring that today’s kids are eating healthy foods in the school cafeteria.
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“Whiskey,” to paraphrase Homer Simpson. “…is there nothing you can’t do?”
Apparently not, if you take James Gilpin as an example.
James Gilpin knows a bit of science behind the making and distilling of whiskey, and he knows that all he needs is some good sugar water to make the stuff. So, being a type-1 diabetic, Gilpin turned to one resource that he had readily available to him.
Introducing GILPIN FAMILY WHISKEY. It’s WHISKEY MADE FROM PEE. More specifically, the whiskey is made from the pee from diabetics, whose urine often contains high levels of sugar.
Do you suffer from “Hourglass Syndrome“?
That’s what computer chip manufacturer Intel has called the stress that waiting on slow computers to do their work causes. Sure, it seems to be entirely a marketing gimmick, as Intel is focused on upselling to newer and faster computer chips – but there does appear to be some basis in fact as a general observation. Who could blame Intel for taking advantage of the situation for their own profit and gain?
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When one thinks about “vice”, they usually think of one of the following:
Being sinful is sometimes just in one’s own mind. And because of that, there are 10 SINFUL VICES THAT ARE ACTUALLY HEALTHY FOR YOU. Because when we think “vices”, we don’t often think about why we enjoy these so much:
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Just like many of you, Web Watch knows plenty of people who have gone under the knife for elective plastic surgery.
Sometimes the results turn out well and better than the original, other times… not so much. Sometimes the reasons behind why the person went and got the plastic surgery are obvious, and sometimes we will never know the true motivation behind why someone decides to do what they do to their bodies.
Whether you’re for or against plastic surgery on others, you may want to be aware of the MOST POPULAR PLASTIC SURGERY REQUESTS made in 2010. This survey asked over 2000 people about their opinion of getting plastic surgery — 69% responded that they had no issue with having work done if money were no object. So while the actual number of surgeries being performed is down — mainly due to the current economic situation — interest in plastic surgery continues to be on the rise.
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The Resting Metabolic Rate Debate
Do you know what your METABOLIC RATE is when doing various activities around the house?
Better yet – do you know which day-to-day functions offer the best (or worst) exercise based on the amount of metabolic activity they provide?
A number of doctors and researchers have updated the COMPENDIUM OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES that lists and allows you to compare the MET of each activity you select, and it’s been published in the Official Journal of the American College of Sports Medicine. The MET is a standard “metabolic intensity level” metric that allows different studies that look at health-related data to all be based on the same overall measurement standard.
In other words, two different studies on running can use the same MET value associated with running when working out their math.
If it helps, 1 MET is the standard intensity level when a person is resting and just sitting down, relaxing. Sleeping offers the lowest MET of 0.9. The highest MET is 18, and can be obtained by running 10.9 MPH.
Now that we know what the range is, here is a list of MET intensity levels for doing various other activities:
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Some people eat for energy, like athletes do.
Some people eat for stress relief.
Most people eat just to survive until the next day, since food is important.
Then there are those people who eat just to get high. A little buzz. Anything to take the edge off of one’s head, if you know what we mean.
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Remember how WEB WATCH TOLD YOU ABOUT HOW OLDER WOMEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE SEX?
Well, you know how all those Viagra and other male enhancement drug commercials all say that the product “does not protect the user from sexually transmitted diseases”? It ends up that there’s a reason for this disclaimer to exist, aside from the standard insistance from the legal department.
The ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE is reporting that OLDER MEN WHO USE ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION DRUGS ARE TWICE AS LIKELY TO HAVE AN STD THAN THOSE WHO DON’T USE THOSE DRUGS.
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