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KFC’s New Edible Nail Polish Will Literally Give You Chicken (Flavored) Fingers

KFC’s New Edible Nail Polish Will Literally Give You Chicken (Flavored) Fingers

Haveyou ever painted your nails and thought, “They look okay, but I wish they tasted like chicken?”

If so, you have issues, but you also might have a solution with KFC’s new “Finger Lickin’ Good” nail polish.

1 For some reason, this now exists at least in Hong Kong. via: Ad WeekAccording to Ad Week, Ogilvy & Mather worked with food technologists at McCormick, the spice company that…

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Pharma Use Loophole To Hike Up The Price Of Drugs So Why Doesnt The NHS Stop It?

Pharma Use Loophole To Hike Up The Price Of Drugs So Why Doesnt The NHS Stop It?

A recent Sunday Times expose of drug price rises in the NHS revealed that drug companies were exploiting a loophole that allowed them to charge up to 2,358% more for medicines through a process called debranding. Because the NHS has strict rules governing how much it will pay for branded drugs, some pharma companies were able to charge more by essentially re-categorising them.

The report…

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Are You A Terrible Cook? Go Back To Basics With 20 Skills Everyone Should Know

Are You A Terrible Cook? Go Back To Basics With 20 Skills Everyone Should Know

If you’re anything like me, you’re probably way better at eating than you are at cooking.

As you can imagine, my first foray into feeding myself after moving out of my parents’ house was less than pleasant. After botching one too many mind-numbingly simple meals, I hit the books to figure out what I was doing wrong. (As it turns out, that was just about everything.)

If you’re off to a rough…

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10 Picnic-Perfect Dishes That Won't Wilt In The Summer Heat

10 Picnic-Perfect Dishes That Won’t Wilt In The Summer Heat

1. Quick-Pickled Cucumber-Melon Salad

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Time is the real draw here: the cucumbers in this salad only need about 15 quick minutes to pickle. Add some sweet melon and a bit of salty prosciutto, and you’ve got yourself a portable picnic side in less than 20 minutes — giving…

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Those Fitness Pictures You See Online Are Lies! Here's Why

Those Fitness Pictures You See Online Are Lies! Here’s Why

People are obsessed with losing weight. It has been a fad forever, and many people scramble to find the quickest solutions possible. But what if I told you that you could lose weight and look fit in only 30 seconds? You wouldn’t believe me, right? Good! Because you totally shouldn’t. Some people on social media, however, try to trick others into thinking that their results are real.

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Top 10 Resolutions NOT to Make for 2015

Top 10 Resolutions NOT to Make for 2015

Whatever you do don’t set self-sabotaging resolutions, like these, this year.

January 1 is right around the corner and that means many of our brains are thinking about what we can do to better ourselves in 2015. This is a good thing. However, the way you go about it could be self-sabotaging. In a recent talk with Business Insider, Amy Cuddy, a social psychologist and associate professor at…

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23,000 People In The US End Up In ER Every Year Because Of Supplements

23,000 People In The US End Up In ER Every Year Because Of Supplements

The evidence is stacking up: Dietary supplements arent worth your money.The message from many doctors and scientists alike is simple: If you dont need them, dont bother taking them. But if people want to buy them, and they believe these pills, potions and powders make them healthier, whats the harm, right?

Perhaps its time for a rethink of this commonly held idea. A large new study has estimated…

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Why We Need To Stop Talking About What Women Are Eating

Why We Need To Stop Talking About What Women Are Eating

Five women discuss society’s obsession with what women eat, how it affects them, and why it’s so dangerous.

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Many women look to celebrities for a sense of what their body should like look and what their relationship with food should be. However, this doesn’t leave room for the different types of bodies, metabolisms, and needs that a “real” lady…

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Poop Pills Investigated As Obesity Treatment

Poop Pills Investigated As Obesity Treatment

Could an exchange of poop from a slim person help an obese individual lose weight? We could soon find out, as scientists in the U.S. are embarking on a clinical trial to find out whether so called fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) can aid weight loss.

Hearing the term fecal transplant may leave you with some tense glute muscles, and yes, the procedure can involve exactly what youre thinking…

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5 Tips to Take Food Photos Good Enough to Eat

5 Tips to Take Food Photos Good Enough to Eat

The world’s most delicious cheeseburger has just appeared before you and you can’t resist snapping a picture. But all too often, pictures of food never come out the way you’d like them to.

Whether it’s the lighting or the angle in which you’re holding the camera, there are a few things to keep in mind at home or at a restaurant that enhance the outcome of food pictures.

“Smartphone photos of…

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16 Crazy Myths That People Believe About Their Own Bodies

16 Crazy Myths That People Believe About Their Own Bodies

The human body is an amazing thing. It can fight off diseases, digest food, and regulate all of your bodily functions automatically.

But there are things that hundreds of people believe about the human body that aren’t true at all. In fact, you might believe in some of these myths as well. Luckily for you, we’re here to debunk them for you today.

1. You can’t lose weight because you have a slow…

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Heres a Healthy Lunch For EVERY Day of the Month

Heres a Healthy Lunch For EVERY Day of the Month

You know the routine. The week starts out and you have the best of intentionsto make healthy lunches you can take to work instead of ordering out.

Then 8:01 AM on Mondayrolls around and you’re flying out the door, grabbing one of the healthy breakfasts we showed you last time, but completely forgetting that you didn’t packa luncheven a salad. Ugh. Can I get a No. 3 and a side of regret?

Well,…

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Four Common Myths About Exercise And Weight Loss

Four Common Myths About Exercise And Weight Loss

Its that time of year when many are trying, and some are failing, to live up to their New Years’ resolution of losing weight. Many of these probably include resolutions to be more physically active in striving for this goal. But first, there are some common misconceptions about exercise and weight loss that need to be addressed.

Myth 1. Exercise /is The Best Way To Lose Weight

While there is…

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16 Reasons Why You Should Start Lifting Weights

16 Reasons Why You Should Start Lifting Weights

Lifting weights is an important activity if you want to look good and feel your best. It isn’t easy at first, and it will feel like a struggle for a while, but the pros of lifting weights far outweigh the cons.

And building muscle doesn’t have to be your only motivation for pumping iron. These 16 benefits are even better than liking what you see in the mirror.

1. You’ll be less stressed.

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GI Diets Dont Work Gut Bacteria And Dark Chocolate Are A Better Bet For Losing Weight

GI Diets Dont Work Gut Bacteria And Dark Chocolate Are A Better Bet For Losing Weight

The mainstays of most of the diet regimens of the last 30 years have been the GI (glycaemic index) rating score as well as its cousin the glycaemic load. Famous best-selling diet books such as the G-Plan Diet, the South Beach diet all used the index in some way and changed the way we thought about carbohydrates. Now a detailed new study published in Cellpays this score and how we use it some…

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25 Things That Are Undeniably True About The Maltese

25 Things That Are Undeniably True About The Maltese

<b>No one can do sea, sand, sun, <i>and</i> food quite like us.</b>

1. You can get anywhere really quickly. Because Malta is only 316 square kilometers, you’re never more than 40 minutes away from the other side of the island.

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These Pencils Will Grow Into Plants If You Place Them In A Pot

These Pencils Will Grow Into Plants If You Place Them In A Pot

A collaboration between students and Danish entrepreneurs has producedpencils that can grow into flowering plants, herbs, and vegetables.

When the writing portion of the pencil is worn-down, you simply put the eraser-end (which is actuallya seed capsule)in a pot with soil. Eventually, after enough water and sunlight, a plant will sprout. The sprout pencilscome with a variety of seeds, including…

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