The 4-Day Ice Cream Cleanse That’s Not the Worst for You?

March 10, 2014 // 12:31 pm

We can’t pretend we haven’t thought of it. You could even say it’s kind of a dream come true: a diet cleanse made entirely of ice cream? Get outta here!

Yep, it turns out there’s a vegan ice cream shop in Los Angeles that’s offering a four-day, ice cream…

This Anti-New Year’s Resolution Burger Features a 100% Bacon Patty, Fried Egg, Whiskey-Soaked Onions and an Entire Grilled Cheese Sandwich

January 8, 2014 // 1:38 pm

Every month, SoCal-based burger chain Slater’s 50/50 unveils a new, completely over-the-top, featured hamburger for the month. In the past we’ve seen donut burgers, chorizo burgers, even orange chicken and kangaroo burgers.

Now, Slater’s wants to remind us that New Year’s Resolutions are hard, and…

No Sh*t: Vegetarians Slimmer Than Meat Eaters, Says Science

October 23, 2013 // 5:15 pm

A study from Loma Linda University is sticking it to carnivores, and showing us once again why eating your vegetables is good for you. The study is part of the university’s ongoing Adventist Health Study 2, which seeks to find why Seventh-Day Adventists possess a lower risk of certain health problems than…

‘Skinny’ Champagne is a Brilliant, Beautiful Marketing Play

October 23, 2013 // 2:03 pm

It might be a little too early in the holiday season to be poppin’ bubbly, but for later note, you can totally do it in “diet” now.

Created by former BBC reporter-turned-wine connoisseur Amanda Thomson and French winemaker Alexandre Penet, “Skinny Champagne” is basically bone dry champagne — champagne…

Man Drops 14 Pounds by Only Drinking Beer and Eating Sausages

October 22, 2013 // 2:10 pm

Inspired by Oktoberfest’s boozy shindigs, Arizona resident Evo Terra managed to shed 14 pounds last year by living off a diet of beer and sausages. Terra began the dream peculiar diet three years ago, which consists of two sausages and up to six beers a day — about 15,000 calories…

So Apparently Cheering for a Losing Football Team Makes You Fatter

September 19, 2013 // 8:00 am

Sometimes (read: every time), watching your team lose can hurt as bad as a break-up, or your dog dying, or watching the last thirty minutes of The Fox and The Hound. Well, it turns out football fans not only feel the same pain, they deal with it in the…

Pillsbury Releases Gluten-Free Pizza and Cookie Dough, Because Gluten-Free People Get the Munchies Too

August 7, 2013 // 5:30 am

Let’s be real: a gluten-free diet might have tons of health benefits, but we’d need to be stricken by some limb-munching supervirus before we’d consider living a life without pizza. Or donuts. Or cookie dough. Luckily for gluten-intolerant folks with pizza-centric priorities, dough marketing giant Pillsbury has finally taken…

One Man’s Weekly Nutritional Intake, as Told By Pop-Tarts and Broccoli

June 11, 2013 // 8:00 am

UK-based graphic design student Ryan MacEachern is one guy who knows how to make lemonade from lemons. Maybe even literally! Apparently, someone told him to put those graphic design skills to use by visually documenting his habits over the course of a week. Ryan, brilliant martyr that he…