Archive for March 28th, 2010
Surprising new way to get that coffee jolt
If, like us, you can’t bare to face the morning before a near-ritualistic double espresso, then this bizarre gizmo could be just your sort of thing.
It’s a ‘coffee inhaler’ which allows users to ‘inhale’ 100mg of caffeine – the equivalent of a single espresso – in the form of a breathable coffee powder.
Read more: Inhale your coffee — It’s the liquidless future of caffeine
The Caveman Diet: Lose weight & get well?
We’re used to seeing the potato as a focal point of conflict and discord, the clichéd casualty of the carbohydrate wars. But hoopla over green beans, that healthiest of vegetables? There are lots of reasons why Loren Cordain wouldn’t touch a green bean. If you ask him, he might talk about how legumes can render a healthy gut “leaky.” Or he might rant about their “anti-nutrient” properties. But it would come down to this: green beans weren’t around tens of thousands of years ago, when our prehistoric ancestors ushered in the Paleolithic era with the first tools made of stone. And so we shouldn’t eat them today.
Read more: Cavemen who walk among us
