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health
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It Seems SA’s Addiction To Porn Is Getting Out Of Hand
25 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
It seems as if we South African’s have a bit of a porn problem. Reports claim that ‘porn addiction’ is on the rise in our fair land, with kids as young as 15 being checked into therapy, and millions of rands being spent on porn subscriptions each month.
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Don’t Read This If You Dig Fast Food
21 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Most of us love fast food. But periodically, we need to remind ourselves of just how nasty fast food is, before we can make an informed decision about whether or not to carry on eating it. Here is a reminder.
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This Is Why ‘Oil Pulling’ Will Change Your Life [VIDEO]
20 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Ever heard of ‘Oil pulling’? Nope, us neither. That’s because it’s an outdated practice that stems from the biblical era – but it has some serious health benefits, apparently.
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The Bush Is Officially Back
20 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
A recent study in the UK has revealed that more and more women have decided to go au naturale, while more and more men are okay with that. Yup. Despite being bombarded with images of pubic topiary whenever Britney Spears or Paris Hilton got out of a cab, it seems as if the trend is now to totally neglect the razor.
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Forbes Gives Us 13 Things That ‘Mentally Strong’ People Avoid
19 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Many of us worry whether our bodies get enough exercise – but it’s important to remember that our mental health is just as important if we want to be successful and healthy. Clinical social worker Amy Morin prepared this list of things to avoid in order for your mind to be as strong as steel
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Please Can We All Stop This ‘Gluten-Free’ Obsession Now?
08 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 10 Comments
It can be said with a certain degree of confidence that those people who order gluten-free pizzas don’t even know what gluten is, what it does, or why they’re actually rejecting it. It’s a fad now, and the health-conscious are paying good money for bland bread, made out of cornflour. But why?
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Drunk Student Crushed To Death By Hydraulic Truck After Falling Asleep In A Wheelie Bin
08 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We may have found a story about the worst hangover in recorded history. Canadian Masters’ student, Garret Elsey, had only just arrived at Bristol University when he decided to get a few drinks on his first night out. What began as a tame night of pizza, beer and jagermeister soon became a stomach-churning disaster.
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Australia Declares Katy Perry’s Album A Bio-Hazard
07 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In yet another case showcasing Australia’s uber-tight border control regulations, officials at Australia’s customs desk have declared international copies of Katy Perry’s new album, “Prism,” to be an indisputable bio-hazard. Why? Is it because her album is just so terrible and they need an excuse to get it off the number one spot on Australia’s Aria chart? No. It’s because Katy Perry gives away free seeds with her album.
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World’s Fattest Man Finds Love With 7/10 American Woman [PICS + VIDEO]
06 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Weighing in at 445 kilograms at his heaviest, Paul Mason was the worlds fattest man. Constricted to his bed because of massive bulk, the 52 year-old had to consume 20,000 calories a day just to keep himself going. That was until he underwent a mammoth surgery procedure at the NHS, which helped him get rid of a staggering 300 kilograms of fat. Now that he’s lean – he’s managed to bag himself a woman with the help of the internet. The fat guy’s got game.
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Bill Gates Doesn’t Believe That Global Internet Connectivity Should Be Our #1 Priority
05 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
You would expect Bill Gates to be at the at the front of the march when it comes to campaigning for the whole world to be online. In response to Mark Zuckerberg’s plan to bring the whole world online, however, Gates insisted that internet accessibility shouldn’t be our number one priority. Despite the fact that Gates is still Microsoft’s chairman, he spends most of his time focusing on philanthropy through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Kim Kardashian Doesn’t Drink – Neither Do These Other Stars
04 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We tend to assume that high-flying celebrities all drink. What else would you do with all that cash and all that free time? Well, it turns out that there’s a fair few who simply choose not to drink, despite the fact that they may get paid to advertise alcohol (like Kim K did). We’re not sure if it makes us feel more guilty, or if it brings us hope that celebrities may turn out to be good role models after all.
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Attention Girls: The ‘Thigh Gap’ Is Not A Good Thing
30 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
In the past, girls would compare themselves to persons in their vicinity – checking to see who the skinniest girl in the room is, and seeing how they match up. Now, they have the internet for that – and the girls on the internet are way skinnier than anyone you might ever really meet. The proliferation of photo-sharing sites like Pinterest, along with the concept on ‘thinspiration’ has caused mass hysteria as girls across the world attempt to get as skinny as possible – and maybe one day achieving the infamous ‘thigh gap”.
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This Is How Sugar Is Killing The World [VIDEO]
23 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The Credit Suisse Research Institute has released their 2013 study, titled: ‘Sugar: Consumption at a Crossroad’. The study found that millions of people worldwide are affected by type II diabetes or obesity, costing the global healthcare system billions of dollars every year.
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Beat Around The Bosch – SA’s First Fun Run Concert
22 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Beat Around the Bosch is SA’s first combined running and live music event, and it’s happening in Stellenbosch on 28 September! The event is the first of its kind because no other running race has ever featured live music from six stages around the 7,95km track through the historic student and winelands town.
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Man Loses The Ability To Feel Sad After Suffering Stroke
21 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
68-year-old, Malcom Myatt of England, will never be sad again. After spending 19 weeks in the hospital due to a stroke he suffered, doctors told him the frontal lobe of his brain had been destroyed. That’s the section of the brain that controls emotions.
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The Question That Won’t Go Away: Is Fruit Juice Bad For Your Health?
19 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Juice. The healthy alternative to fizzy-drinks. Have it when you’re not feeling well, or when tap water isn’t hitting the spot. But is it really the healthiest option? Not according to American obesity expert, Robert Lustig.
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Coca-Cola Defends Sweetener Dangers Amid Declining Sales
15 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Coca-Cola has launched a new print advertising campaign which some have called a “propaganda campaign” in an attempt to reverse declining sales. The ads show the company defending the use of its sweetener, aspartame. The ad reads, “time and again, these low and no calorie sweeteners have shown to be safe, high-quality alternatives to sugar”.
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South Africa Is Super Fat, Says Science
07 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Last year, over 2,500 respondents participated in the SA National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the results of which were published on Tuesday. The survey showed that 22% of South African children between the ages of two and five are either overweight or obese – that’s 10% higher than in the United States. On average, 60% of women aged 50 years and above have waist measurements of 88cm or more.
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Planes DO Make You Sick: Qantas Passengers Taken To Hospital
02 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A Qantas flight from Chile to Australia on Thursday resulted in 26 ill passengers, 16 of whom required hospitalisation after touch down in Sydney. Ambulances and paramedics met the plane to transport the ill passengers, who are claiming to have fallen ill during the flight.
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NEW DIET Is Called The ‘Breath Diet’ And Takes 5 Minutes A Day [VIDEO]
01 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Breathe the weight away is what former Japanese actor Miki Ryosuke is claiming. If you simply concentrate on your breathing and take long breathes and exhale aggressively for two to five minutes daily, you will lose weight.
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Oh James! Rare Condition Causes Debilitating Euphoria When Stroke Victim Hears Movie Theme Tune
01 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
An unnamed 45-year-old man suffered a stroke. He made a full recovery. Sort of. We say “sort of”, because the man developed synesthesia, a neurological syndrome that enables a person to taste colour and sound. And other things.
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If You’re 23 Or 69 You’re Having The Best Years Of Your Life: This Is Why
29 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Yes, a new study of over 20,000 participants has declared that 23 and 69 are the two happiest years of your life, confirming that anywhere between 29 and 51 really is a sprawling, barren emotional wasteland. You’re pretty screwed if you didn’t stop to savour the hell out of either of those two years. Quick! […]
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Is Lack Of Sleep Ruining Your Career? How Much Is Enough?
29 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Hyper successful people like Donald Trump and Martha Stewart like to remind as many people as often as possible of how little sleep they get. Donald and Martha subscribe to the Gladwell premise that the more you do something, the better you’ll be at it. When pressed, they’ll tell you that they owe their success […]
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Menthol Cigarettes Are More Addictive Than Regular Cigarettes
24 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
All of you who think you are doing good to your body by smoking menthols may just be wasting your time. As of Tuesday the US Food and Drug Administration said they may have to place restrictions on menthol cigarettes. According to study results, the product is actually more addictive than regular cigarettes “menthol cigarettes pose […]
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Now That It’s Lunch: Study Shows Missing Breakfast Increases Your Risk Of Heart Attack
23 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Could skipping breakfast be detrimental to your health and place you at risk of having a heart attack or coronary heart disease? These could be the results you notice when you do not eat breakfast.
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Eat A Donut Right Now: Dubai Will Actually Pay Residents In Gold As Incentive To Lose Weight
18 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If gym isn’t the thing for you, then maybe you need to move to Dubai. According to Emirates 24/7, Dubai is testing the incentive theory. Will people lose weight, if they have something to gain…that isn’t fat? The city is offering, wait for it…two grams of solid gold, if they drop a casual two kilograms […]
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Man Wakes Up In Motel – Has Amnesia And Can Only Speak Swedish
16 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Something like this has definitely happened before – in The Hangover. So, according to Business Insider, a man was found four months ago… unconscious… in a Southern California motel. Not such a crazy story? Except for the fact than when the man awoke, he could only speak Swedish and didn’t remember a thing about his […]
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This Is Why Mozzies Like Your Ankles More Than Other People’s
15 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Mosquito. You know the noise, you know the feeling, but you don’t know why the heck in a room of 10 people, you come out looking like you’ve caught some foreign disease. An article in the Smithsonian covered the question: “Why do mosquitos bite some people more than others?” We’ve taken the most important ideas […]
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This Is Why You Shouldn’t Make Babies In May
11 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
According to an article from the LA Times, those old wives’ tales about pregnancy aren’t as far fetched as we thought. Health economist Janet Currie and Hannes Schwandt of Princeton University describe how there could be a relationship between the month the child is born, birth weight and gestation period. Currie published on Monday: Pregnancy length and […]
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Woman Opens Eyes While Doctors Harvest Her Organs
10 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Doctors at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center in New York were removing a woman’s organs for transplant when they realised the woman was alive. Colleen Burns had opened her eyes during surgery.
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