20 Nutrition Facts That Should be Common Sense (But Aren't) Common sense is surprisingly rare in nutrition. All sorts of myths and misconceptions are being spread around, even by so-called experts. Here are 20 nutrition facts that should be common sense (but clearly aren’t). 1. Trans fats are nasty. Producing them involves high pressure, heat and hydrogen gas in the presence of a metal catalyst. This process turns liquid vegetable oils into a thick, toxic sludge that is solid at room temperature. You have to wonder what was going through the head of the person who actually thought of putting this stuff in food and selling it to humans. Of course, trans fats are more than just unappetising. 2. You really don’t need to be constantly eating in order to lose weight. Studies have actually looked at this and found that smaller, more frequent meals have no effect on fat burning or body weight (3, 4). Eating every 2-3 hours is inconvenient and completely unnecessary for the majority of people. 3. Advertisement 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.
I got An Otter! What's Your Patronus? Neurolove Komentet ma palidhje, e pa logjike: 1. "Ju feministet.." - nuk ka t'boj as me feminizem, as lezbikizem, e asnje lloj gejizmi. Kampanja perfshin krejt shoqerine, edhe i bon besa mire ma shume mashkujve se femnave, ashtu qe e fitojne sendin ma t'rendsishem, I got Henry David Thoreau! Which Classic Author Is Your Soulmate? Body image: how actors push their bodies to the limits Matthew McConaughey Before: 84kg (13st 3lb/185lb)After: 61kg (9st 8lb/134lb) McConaughey has already scooped a number of industry accolades for his role in Dallas Buyers Club, which he prepared for by consuming only Diet Coke, egg whites, chicken and the odd spoonful of tapioca. He has won both the Screen Actors Guild award for best actor and the Golden Globe for best actor (drama). Jared Leto Before: 70kg (10st 12lb/152lb)After: 100kg (15st 10lb/220lb) Although the film fell a little flat, Leto was praised for his portrayal of John Lennon's killer, Mark David Chapman, in the 2007 biographical film, Chapter 27. Tom Hanks Before: 101kg (15st 12lb/222lb)After: 77kg (12st 1lb/169lb) Hanks was nominated for a best actor Oscar and won best actor at the Golden Globes for his role as a stranded FedEx employee in Castaway. Renée Zellweger Before: 49kg (7st 10lb/108lb)After: 59kg (9st 4lb/130lb) Robert De Niro Before: 66kg (10st 5lb/145lb) After: 96kg (15st 1lb/211lb) Christian Bale Matt Damon Tom Hardy
How To Turn Into A Tree After You Die Did you know that you can grow into a tree after you die? Bios Urn is a funerary urn made from biodegradable materials that will turn you into a tree after you die. Inside the urn there is a pine seed, which can be replaced by any other seed or plant, and will grow to remember your loved one. Bios Urn turns death into a transformation and a return to life through nature. When planted, the tree seed is nourished by and absorbs the nutrients from the ashes of your body which are contained inside. Once your remains have been placed into the urn, it can be planted and then the seed germinates and begins to grow. Share and Enjoy
The Most Beautiful and Timelessly Bewitching LGBTQ Love Letters in History What is love? This question haunts the human psyche perhaps more persistently than any other. It has occupied our collective imagination for millennia, it has baffled scientists, taunted philosophers, and tantalized artists. So mystified by love were the Ancient Greeks that they itemized six types of it. But nothing defines it with more exquisite expressiveness than the love letter. As we turn the leaf on a new chapter of modern history that embraces a more inclusive definition of love — both culturally and, at last, politically — here is a celebration of the human heart’s highest capacity through history’s most beautiful and timelessly bewitching LGBTQ love letters. The gender-bending protagonist in Virginia Woolf’s pioneering novel Orlando, which subverted censorship to revolutionize the politics of queer love, was based on the English poet Vita Sackville-West, Woolf’s onetime passionate lover and lifelong dear friend. …I am reduced to a thing that wants Virginia. A few days later: