20 things you didn’t know about obesity

11. Obesity ranks second among preventable causes of death. Tobacco use is number one.

12. According to the Department of Veteran Affairs, of the 7.5 million veterans who receive their health benefits from the agency, more than 70 percent are overweight and 20 percent have diabetes, which may lead to blindness, amputations, and kidney and heart problems.

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Ouch

• 7 pints of Rickard’s Red draught
• 1 pint of Creemore Springs
• 2 Dr. Peppers
• 1 Car Bomb
• 1/2 greasy-ass breakfast at Elgin St. Diner @ 2:30AM

1 night to remember.

Something disturbing

Take a look at the picture below.

How friggin disgusting is it that while foods that are good for you, have only gone UP in price in the last 20 years, where the foods that are bad for you have only gone down. Talk about being the exact reason why the western world is considered “morbidly obese”.

It’s no surprise we see links between obesity and poverty. We know we should be eating better, but we don’t. We don’t keep track of what we eat and have no idea how many calories we’re actually eating. (We think we do but we’re completely wrong.) Our friends have pet theories about what’s good to eat, but it’s rarely informed by data and it’s mostly minuatie (“you should eat nuts 18 minutes before sleeping!”). We say we’re going to cook at home more, but never find time to. We spend too much on food.

What’s interesting is that I feel completely comfortable managing my personal finances, but the food issue–a close parallel–is really intimidating. Realizing this has really opened my eyes to how hard it is to get started on a goal, whether it’s personal finance or eating better.

How to avoid crying when chopping onions

Lifehacker reader and foodie Ian Beyer offers a helpful tip for how to avoid onion-slicing-induced tears:

Using a knife, cut a cone out of the bottom of the onion (where the roots come out). The diameter of this cone should be about a third of the diameter of the onion, and about 1/3 deep. Take this piece and throw it away (don’t put it down the disposal!). This piece contains the part/gland that makes baby Jesus and everyone else in the room cry when you’re chopping it up. Once you’ve gotten that piece out, chop off the top, peel, and slice the onion.

Been doing it for years, and it works like a charm. You know your cone is too small if it doesn’t work, because you’ve cut into that teargas grenade.

(taken from http://www.lifehacker.com/software/life-hacks/how-to-avoid-crying-when-chopping-onions-103803.php)

What does 200 Calories Look Like?

some geek took a bunch of pictures of 200 calories of all kinds of different foods… its pretty surprising to see that a small spoonful of peanut butter has the same number of calories as an entire plate of broccoli.

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