Could Gau Jal Be the Next “Superfood” Health Drink?
It’s an all-natural health drink from India. The manufacturer claims it “…offers a cure for around 70 to 80 incurable diseases like diabetes.” Sound good? Gau Jal = “cow water.” It’s a new soft drink made from cow urine. Does your Pepsi lack pep? Is your Coke not the real thing? India’s Hindu nationalist movement apparently has the answer: a new soft drink made from cow urine. The...
Stupid Food Tricks
As a student of human nature, as well as a de-facto health/nutrition advocate, I’ve always been intrigued by the way our society views food. In many ways, our food choices and eating behaviors are increasingly divorced from the reality of what food is, and what eating is supposed to accomplish. I’m not trying to be a killjoy: in fact, I’m a firm believer in “eat, drink and be merry.” Food has a sensual...
Exercise Gimmicks: Vol. 4: The Wii Fit
Nintendo released the Wii in late 2006. I have two teenagers, and both are gamers, so naturally, they wanted one. We said “ok” – but there was no way to get one in time for Xmas…the consoles were “hot” and were sold out within minutes of delivery at the usual retail outlets. And “mother love” only goes so far: there was no way in Hell I was going to freeze my buns off, standing in line...
What Not to Get Your Man for Xmas
OMG…Burger King body spray. Still can’t think what to get him for Christmas? Socks don’t seem to cut it any more? Fret no longer because Burger King is here to help. The mass purveyor of grilled meat is offering, for a limited time, something even better than their usual piles of beef patties. This week, American men were given the chance to smell like their favourite meat snack with the launch of Flame, Burger...
“Hunky” Santa
Only in Southern California… You know you’re not in the North Pole anymore when you come face to face with Santa Claus . . . and he’s a ripped hunk. You’re probably in Los Angeles — at the Beverly Center, to be precise. For six years, the upscale mall near West Hollywood has wooed shoppers with the prospect of getting up close and personal with Hunky Santa, in which Santa is a young, muscled dude with...
This Looks Like a Pretty Sweet Job…
Although I don’t think I’d care to be a professional chocolate taster, like the guy in this article. I like chocolate, but not THAT much.
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