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Topic: Health
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Memoir: I'm Not Your Typical Vegan
2 days ago by Jamie Peck | 2 CommentsWhat do you think of when you hear the word “vegan”? A straight-edge hardcore kid with neck tattoos? Your hippie aunt who never married and lives in Northampton with five cats? That willowy girl from your high school who ate only lima beans? How badly you want to eat a steak right now?
Personally, it makes me think of getting a snack, because it describes all the food I’ve eaten for the past seven years. That’s right, I’m one of those people. After I get some hummus and pita from the fridge, I will tell you how I, an otherwise hedonistic person, got this way. … More »
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HPV Is Everywhere, But You Can Protect Yourself Against Infertility
3 days ago by Amanda Ernst | CommentChristine Baze, the founder of The Yellow Umbrella, a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating women about HPV prevention, took to Lemondrop today to write about her own experience with the common STD Human papillomavirus and offer advice to women about protecting yourself. This is serious stuff, and so necessary to know. … More »
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Blisstree's Top 5 Posts
Crushable’s sibling site Blisstree proves it’s possible to be both “Zen” and “relatable” – we’re not falling off the grid to an Ashram anytime soon, OK? This past week, Blisstree offered a mix of service-y groundedness with excellent posts on Eat Pray Love’s not-so-original theme, the travails of hoop dancing and the 10 best energy bars (because we cannot solely subsist on Lunas). … More »
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Ever Heard of the 5-Bite Diet? – Crushable’s Editors may be on a health kick for the next week or so, but some of these extreme diets are making us want to run to the nearest bodega and buy up all the trans-fat we can handle. (via Weird Worm)
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Don’t Believe the Hype – According to some fancy scientists, students who obsessively browse the Internet are 2.5 times more likely to be depressed than other kids. Riiiight…but didn’t we create the Internet so we’d have something to do when we were depressed and lonely? Cause does not equal effect! (via Time.com)
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3-D Glasses, Not As Clean As They Look — Wasn’t it awesome when you got to wear those glasses to see Avatar in 3-D? Turns out they’re disgustingly grimy and probably breeding bacteria. (via Good Housekeeping)
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Bethenny Tells Us 'How To Be Thin Forever Without Dieting'
51 days ago by Hillary Reinsberg | CommentBethenny Frankel has some of the better-looking legs around. Seriously. The cork Louboutins helped, certainly, but those are some beautifully chiseled legs. Naturally, when we caught up with Bethenny today, we asked her how to inch closer to her shape.
Did we mention she had a baby like, two months ago? … More » -
Would You Hire A Personal Trainer To Get Your Vag In Shape?
There are SO many crazee things we can do with our vaginas these days: Vajazzle, Va-ttoo. you name it.
Now this: Vagina Fitness. Blisstree’s Briana Rognlin explores this curious trend, writing, “We rolled our eyes at first, too, but it turns out that ‘pelvic fitness’ training can help you have better, … More » -
Teen Girls Now Catching Up With Boys In Terms Of Drug, Alcohol Use, Says Not-Very-Concerned Scientists – Well, that’s not entirely true about scientists being dicks. They just blame you: “We’ve become a society that basically says, ‘If things aren’t perfect in your life, take a pill,’ ” Fay says. “This causes our young people to see drugs as an answer.” (via USA Today)
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What If You Had To Eat 60 Meals A Day To Stay Alive?
74 days ago by Drew Grant | 1 Comment“I eat small portions of crisps, sweets, chocolate, pizza, chicken, cake, doughnuts, ice cream, noodles and pop tarts all day long,” says 20-year old Texan Lizzie Velasquez, who is trying desperately to gain some weight. While this might have some of us writhing around in jealousy, Lizzie’s … More »
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Top 10 Posts From Blisstree
Unlike our sister site Blisstree, we don’t eat organic. Look at what we eat when no one’s watching! In addition, we consume three Diet Cokes daily, so when we read their item on what happens to your body when you drink ONE Coke a day over a long period of … More »
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Video: Kristen Stewart Gives The Finger And Tells Girls To Be Healthy
77 days ago by Hillary Reinsberg | 2 CommentsCheck it out: Kristen Stewart telling it how it is. At last night’s premiere of Twilight: Eclipse, Kristen spoke candidly about body image, saying, “Be healthy and fuck everyone! Seriously, like whaaaatever.” To fully express all that teenage Bella angst, she even gave the finger! But then, obviously realizing her … More »
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Sex, Honestly: Try Planned Parenthood (But Don't Book Your Appointment Online)
78 days ago by Nikol Hasler | 1 Comment“Well, hello 21st Century! I see you are now looking after my vaginal health,” I’m thinking as I check out the Planned Parenthood website. After two years of no health insurance, I decided I could no longer wait things out, and used the site’s location finder.
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Off The Market: Like A Handy, Shake Weight Is Difficult, Boring
113 days ago by Amanda Ernst | CommentWe’ve all seen the slightly disturbing and suggestive infomercials for the Shake Weight — you know the ones that look like all these women are performing a sex act in the hopes of getting a toned upper body. I wanted to try it.
The Shake Weight promises that in six minutes … More »
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Get 25% Off EBOOST And Help Fight Breast Cancer
115 days ago by Crushable Staff | CommentHere’s a message from Crushable’s sister site Blisstree, which is committed to women’s health and wellness. You may not have been directly affected by breast cancer, but it’s a disease that affects us all in some way or another.
Have you or someone you know been affected by breast cancer? If … More »
