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Food & Drink

10 Fast Food Restaurants That Serve Up Healthier Options

While most fast foods are based on cheap, unhealthy ingredients, many fast-food establishments now offer healthy alternatives. Some major chains even focus exclusively on providing healthy fast food. These can be life-savers when you don't have the time or energy to cook a healthy meal. Here are 10 fast-food restaurants that have some healthy options on the menu. 1. Chipotle Chipotle Mexican Grill specializes in foods like tacos and burritos.The […]

todayJune 6, 2019

Home Improvement

Updating Your Backyard: Do More With Less

One of the biggest expenses of backyard upgrades are the hardscape materials: the wood, stone, brick and concrete used for patios, walkways, retaining walls and more. There are a number of high-impact, minimal material projects that can give your yard the “wow” factor for less money. With savvy hacks and shopping strategies, these ideas and projects can be as affordable as they are doable.   A slatted versus solid fence—with […]

todayJune 6, 2019

Health & Wellness

Rural Living Contributes to Rise in Obesity Rates

Rates of obesity worldwide have nearly tripled since 1975, and the prevailing belief is that city living is to blame. But a major study that covers 112 million adults suggests that weight gain in rural areas is responsible for much of this increase.   Members of the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration — an international group of health scientists — analyzed over 2,000 studies of how body mass index (BMI) has […]

todayJune 6, 2019

Fashion

Menswear Alert: The 90’s Are Back in Style

The nineties resurgence has hit full throttle in the Men's Fashion World. If this thought fills you with more dread than the final scene of Se7en, fear not. They say hindsight is 20:20, and luckily, that means we’re now able to see through the ‘eclectic’ clobber and dodgy hairstyles to pick the good stuff buried under those khaki cut-offs.   “There’s a lot of nostalgia at the moment for things […]

todayJune 5, 2019

Health & Wellness

New York Allows Early Vaccination for Infants to Combat Measles Outbreaks

As the number of measles cases in the United States has surged, some officials are encouraging parents to get their children vaccinated sooner rather than later. Normally, kids would get their first measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine when they’re about a year old, but given the rise in cases, babies in areas with ongoing measles outbreaks may be able to get theirs earlier in an effort to keep some of […]

todayJune 5, 2019

Tech Made Simple

Lego Celebrates Apollo 11’s 50th Anniversary with New Lunar Lander Set

This summer marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission (July 20th, specifically, for the actual date of the Moon landing itself), and Lego is already gearing up to celebrate with a new Apollo 11 Eagle Lunar Lander Set, developed together with NASA. The set isn’t the first lunar lander from Lego — the company released one in 2003 in partnership with the Discovery Channel — but the new […]

todayJune 5, 2019

Home Improvement

Updating Your Backyard: Everything Old is New Again

It’s dispiriting to look at beat-up wood, worn-out-looking wicker and rusted metal on your outdoor furniture pieces, given how pricey it could be to replace. Luckily, we live in the era of Pinterest, DIY blogs and home improvement websites that make it easier than ever to find inspiration and project ideas to tailor to your own tastes and needs.   A blog post at the Creativity Exchange shows just how […]

todayJune 5, 2019

Food & Drink

Why Starbucks Baristas Secretly Hate Frappuccinos

It's Summertime, and few things sound better on a hot sunny day than a cool refreshing Frappuccino from Starbucks, right?  Well, if you've ever wondered if your Starbucks barista secretly hates making your drink, we've got bad news: if you're ordering a Frappuccino, the answer is probably yes. Here are some of the reasons why: For one, they're time consuming. They require baristas to switch between the hot bar and […]

todayJune 5, 2019

Health & Wellness

Use Ginger in the Morning for a Superfood Boost

While breakfast is the most important meal of the day, it can sometimes get a little repetitive and boring. Unless you spice it up with a little ginger. This versatile superfood hosts a bevy of health benefits, from treating nausea to reducing muscle pain.  But what makes it really super? It’s easier to rely on than any other superfood and can be easily added to any meal of the day.  […]

todayJune 4, 2019

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