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Is Burger King Changing Its Name To Fries King?

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Last month you may have heard that Burger King brought out a new crinkle cut ‘Satisfries’ which contained 30% less calories than regular fries. It would have been hard to miss them because Burger King couldn’t stop banging on about them and acting like it was the biggest deal ever. It seems like they’re an even bigger deal than we thought though as it appears that Burger King is looking to change its whole brand identity and become Fries King in order to promote their new fries.

If this is true and not just a temporary measure to promote the Satisfries then this is completely massive, as Burger King has been a recognisable brand in its current form for over 60 years. For all intents and purposes though it looks like it is real – at least temporarily – with Burger King announcing the name change on its Twitter account:

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Later on, all of Burger King’s social media followed suit and even posted up a bunch of pictures of workers wearing the new Fries King logo, made a video promo-ing the new name  and changed the decor and packaging of products at one of its restaurants to the new Fries King logo. This makes me think that this is at least intentional on their part and not like the time that the Burger King Twitter account got hacked and turned into a McDonalds Twitter account.

Critically though Burger King have kept the Twitter handle @BurgerKing and the name on their Facebook page is still Burger King, which implies to me that this name change is only going to be temporary to get people talking about their new Satisfries. And hey, it seems to have worked because love it or hate it, the internet has definitely been talking about it the last couple of days. You can check out what the internet thought of Burger King’s idea to rebrand as Fries King on the next page.

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Check out the next page for some of the best social media reactions to Burger King’s name change.


VIDEO: 200 Bacon Wrapped McChickens In A 170,360 Calorie Sandwich

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Well this is just ridiculous. How in the hell anyone expected to even eat about 1/30th of this is a mystery to me, but I guess that’s what the guys at Epic Meal Time have to do in order to keep outdoing themselves.

And don’t worry, they polish off the whole thing. Or at least they say they do but I don’t really believe them – how the hell could anyone eat that monstrosity!?!

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This Is America’s Unhealthiest Meal

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The honour of being America’s most unhealthy meal has fallen to fast food outlet Red Robin, which is a gourmet burger fast food chain over in America. The meal involves a ‘Monster’ double burger, bottomless fries and a ‘Monster’ milkshake. It apparently has even more calories than a deep fried mac and cheese burger.

The burger joint has the regular toppings after investigating it online – because none of the reports on this actually told you what was so calorific about the burger specifically, so I just think the fact that it’s a huge double burger with a huge milkshake and unlimited fries is the reason it contains so many calories. The burgers look surprisingly good though and are relatively cheap so I might have to check them out next time I’m over in the states. Although in reality they’ll probably look like dogshit when compared to the pictures because that’s what always happens.

When asked about being named America’s unhealthiest meal, a spokesperson for Red Robin - chief marketing officer Denny Marie Post - stated that ‘combines some of our most indulgent items into one meal’ and that was why it was so unhealthy. She said that people looking for a healthier meal could always go for the a lettuce-wrapped turkey burger, sans cheese and bun, with a side of broccoli and a light lemonade which would only weigh in at 540 calories. I think we all know if you’re eating at Red Robin which one you’re going to go for though, right? 

Oh yeah, and if you want to offset the damage done by the Monster combo meal then you would have to do 12 hours of brisk walking following it. Would it be worth it? I’ll leave you with some pictures of Red Robin’s burger selection to try and help you decide. No doubt we’ll be seeing some of them on boobs and burgers soon.

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KFC Korea Launches The Double Down King

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We’ve featured a lot of high calorie treats here on Sick Chirpse with the best (?) probably being the ultimeatum but this offering from KFC Korea might give it a run for its money.

There isn’t really much to say about it beside the obvious – that it’s a burger that has ditched the bread for two pieces of fried chicken. Of course cheese and bacon are included too like any good burger. I’m not really sure how practical it would be to eat – surely it’s going to be fairly difficult to bit into three lumps of meat at the same time? – but it looks like it would be delicious to have maybe once in your lifetime if you weren’t planning on eating anything for a few days afterwards. More than that is probably way too much.

The Double Down King is a descendant from the Double Down which was just a piece of bacon, cheese and sauce wedged between two pieces of fried chicken. As the Double Down was only released in Korea and never made it to the UK it seems unlikely that the Double Down King will either, but hey we can dream right? If anyone over there’s eaten one and wants to tell us what it’s like, please get in touch.

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Introducing The Doughnut Bacon Buttie

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Hot on the heels of the ridiculous bacon crusted onion rings that we featured the other day, Shoreditch chicken restaurant Bird has released an even more outrageous item of food – only this time you can tuck into it for your breakfast.

It’s called the doughnut bacon buttie and it’s exactly what you think it would be – a bacon buttie that isn’t covered in bread but is surrounded by two halves of a doughnut instead. It’s then covered in a delicious maple glaze to add a few more calories and make it even tastier. I guess that’s one way to keep hunger locked up until lunch eh?

There isn’t really much else to say about it, except that all the reviews I’ve read of it so far have been insanely positive and that I’ll probably be trying one myself and letting you know what I think of it, as I literally live around the corner from Bird. I mean how could I resist, it looks delicious doesn’t it?

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Watch Michael Stonie Demolish Michael Phelps’ 12000 Calorie Diet Challenge

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With the growing popularity of people attempting Dwayne Johnson’s Hercules meal plan; we thought we’d show you a guy who puts all athletes and bodybuilders alike to shame.

Introducing Matt Stonie, the college student who has been absolutely crushing the competitive eating events in America. Although he looks small, Stonie has collected a following of over 50,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel, as he demolishes challenge after challenge, proposed to him by his fans.

Below is arguably his most impressive video, as Stonie takes on the “Michael Phelps challenge” consuming 12,590 calories in 42 minutes. This guy is my hero.

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Lettuce Is Three Times Worse Than Bacon For Emissions

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Pretty much everything you ever read about nutrition will advise you to eat way more fruit and vegetables and cut down on your red meat intake and as a bonus that this would also benefit the environment and the resources of the world.

It turns out that could be completely and utterly wrong as a new study from the prestigious Carnegie Mellon University has claimed that eating vegetables is a lot worse for the environment than eating meat. Sure, that isn’t exactly affecting your diet, health and body, but it’s definitely a reason that some people cite when explaining why they eat more vegetables than meat. There have also been recent calls to stop eating meat to curve climate change, but these could be inaccurate too as a result of this study.

It didn’t argue that people should be eating less meat, or the generally accepted knowledge that livestock contributed to an enormous amount of greenhouse gas emissions, but did comment that recommended “healthier” foods prescribed in recent advice from the US Department of Agriculture increased a person’s impact on the environment across energy cost, water use and emissions. This was even true when they consumed less of these foods, as the study found how each of these affected those three factors per calorie consumed.

One of the authors Paul Fishbeck had the following to say:

Lots of common vegetables require more resources per calorie than you would think.

Eggplant, celery and cucumbers look particularly bad when compared to pork or chicken.

Whilst another of his co authors Caroline Tom elaborated on this:

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What is good for us health-wise isn’t always what’s best for the environment.

That’s important for public officials to know and for them to be cognisant of these trade-offs as they develop or continue to develop dietary guidelines in the future.

The key figures and ideas that the study promoted were the following:

Reducing calorie intake, regardless of reducing meat intake reduces combined emissions, energy and water use by around 9 per cent.

Maintaining calorie intake but shifting to ‘healthy’ foods however increased energy use by 43 per cent, water use by 16 per cent and emissions by 11 per cent.

If people cut out meat and reduced their calories to USDA-recommended levels, their environmental impact would increase across energy use (38 per cent), water (10 per cent) and emissions (6 per cent).

As is often the case with these academic studies though, these figures have already been disputed, with a guy called Anthony Froggatt from Chatham House – an independent think-tank which is currently running a project looking at the link between meat consumption and greenhouse gas emissions – offering the following:

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It is true that lettuce can be incredibly water intensive and energy intensive to produce, but such comparative exercises vary hugely depending on how the foods are raised or grown.

We usually look at proteins rather than calories, and as a general rule it is still the case that reducing meat consumption in favour of plant-based proteins can reduce emissions.

It’s important to look at production methods as well as the complex issue of how land use is likely to be impacted by changing diets.

The key point I would agree with here is that you need to look at both the environmental and health impacts at the same time.

We do know there is global overconsumption of meat, particularly in countries such as the US. Looking forward that is set to increase significantly, which will have a significant impact on global warming.

So there you have it. Basically one study said one thing and some guy disagreed with them. I’m not really sure if any of us are going to be any wiser after reading that and I’m not sure that even if I was worried about climate change and altered my diet it would even help. I mean I wouldn’t even know what I was doing after reading that, would you? Maybe one day there will be a definitive study on the subject but it’s looking like it will be something that nobody will ever agree on.

If we don’t try and do something about it though, then this is what London could look like after climate change goes crazy. Uh oh.

This Master Sushi Chef Has Made The Ultimate Dessert Roll

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There seems to be a trend at the moment with sushi chefs creating outrageous sushi combos – like the meat lover’s sushi roll we recently featured – but this one is taking it to the next level.

It’s the brainchild of Master Sushi Chef Hiroyuki Terada, who has decided to combine all your favourite desserts into the ultimate sushi dessert roll. That means Krispy Kreme donuts, ice cream and chocolate all feature and it whacks in at a healthy 1195 calories. Check out the how it’s made video below:

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Wow, imagine if your mum got this out on Christmas day for dessert. I mean you would already be stuffed from all that turkey and all those pigs in blankets, but man you would be able to get a bit of that down you for sure. Mmmmm.

It’s probably not going to happen though because your mum isn’t a master sushi chef. More likely to get a deep fried mince pie to be honest.


A McDonald’s Salad Actually Has More Calories Than A Big Mac

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As more and more people become worried about what exactly they’re putting in their mouths and how many calories they’re consuming, fast food restaurants like McDonald’s have started adding so called ‘healthier’ options to their menus in an attempt to adapt with the times.

The only problem is that not all of these options are necessarily healthier, as it’s been found that the kale salad is actually worse for you than a Double Big Mac.

The kale part itself is fine, but when it’s combined with crispy bacon, real parmesan petals and roasted garlic focaccia croutons then the calorie count starts to rise. If you add a seasoned crispy chicken or a grilled chicken breast, then that adds another 200 calories again.

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All in all, the kale salad clocks in at 730 calories, with 53 grams of fat and 1400 milligrams of salt, whereas a Double Big Mac has just 680 calories, 38 frams of fat and 1,340 milligrams of salt. Unbelievable. The study was carried out in the States though, where they inevitably have bigger portions so it might be slightly less over here. Still, watch out.

I’m not really sure what McDonald’s motivation for this is – make their salads appear healthy but still taste good so people feel good about themselves and come back? Get them to add more options so the company makes more money? Just trying to make the whole country obese in general? – but I suppose we don’t really need to question their intentions do we because we all know they’re dickheads after their mozzarella sticks didn’t even have any cheese in them.

So I guess the moral of the story is if you’re going to McDonald’s, you might as well just have a Big Mac rather than a salad. Having said all this though, who the hell buys salad when they go to McDonald’s?

Big Macs Are About To Get A Giant Makeover

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Big Macs are about to get a huge makeover – and this time it might finally involve the UK.

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We’ve reported on a fair few menu items at our chapel of hungover praise over the years, here at Sick Chirpse. But it always seems like other countries are getting the good stuff, while we’re being fobbed off with some fake iPads for the kids to play with. It’s shit.

However, if things go well over in the US with the new burgers that are currently being trialled, it’s likely they’ll be rolled out worldwide – and it’s a gooden.

In an attempt to turbo-boost the brand’s dwindling sales, they’re introducing two new versions of their best seller the Big Mac, one being a giant burger and the other being a smaller, bitesized imitation.

The Grand Mac will contain the two thicker beef patties that you get in other burgers in the fast food joint (none of that flimsy shit we get at the moment) and will retail for around £3.40. Not bad considering you’re getting 890 calories for that money – it’s going to be cheaper and easier than ever to get fat which is what we all want really.

On the other hand, if you do want to watch the waist line (you probably shouldn’t be in Maccy Ds at all, if that’s the case. But who am I to judge), then they’ll also be offering a smaller Big Mac – the Mac Jr.

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Not much has been said about this one, but apparently the idea is that it’ll be ‘easier to eat on the go’ – whatever that means. One handed, perhaps? It only has one patty and doesn’t have the bit of bun in the middle – so it’s not really a Big Mac at all – but let’s not point that out in case they decide to ignore us over here in the UK again. The Jr. contains just over half the calories of its big brother, at 480 per burger; and will retail for exactly half the price. A measly £1.70.

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All we need now is for McDonalds to bring these burgers over here, along with that delivery service that’s been kicking around the rumour mill for a while, and we’re set.

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Pornhub Release Revolutionary New Way Of Burning Calories While Watching Porn

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I’m pretty sure that everyone reading this will be aware of just how difficult it is to keep fit in modern society as we spend most of our time sitting down at a desk working and not being active like our bodies were designed to be. As such, whenever we want to try and lose weight or get into shape we head to the gym, but pretty much everyone hates going to the gym so it’s very easy to fall off the wagon and start putting on weight.

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One thing that we’ll always have time for though is sex and Pornhub have realised this and developed a revolutionary new exercise system to combine burning calories and banging your other half. It’s called BangFit and basically involves you assuming various positions and following the guidelines on screen  in order to get fit.

This video explains a little bit more about it:

Sounds fun right? I initially thought it was a joke because it seems too stupid to be real, but I checked out the website and it’s all there for you to see, with a choice of about 20 different sexercises including Downward Doggy, Cowgirl Crunches and Booty Builders.

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It’s a great idea basically and I’m sure it’s one that everyone can get behind (heh) too. It might be a bit weird having sex with your partner whilst watching a computer screen, but I suppose if you do it once and reap the benefits then you’ll get past that. And it probably beats going to the gym any day of the week too.

If that doesn’t work, check out this guy’s perfect four point guide on how to lose weight.

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These Are The Unhealthiest High Street Breakfasts Ranked From Bad To The Absolute Worst

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A new study from a website called treated.com called ‘High Street Chain Breakfasts: How Unhealthy Can They Be?’ has looked at the various UK chain restaurant breakfasts and has ranked them in terms of how bad for you they are.

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The data looks at salt content, sugar, saturated fat and calories in dishes from food outlets ranging from Wetherspoons to McDonald’s. And some of the statistics are pretty damn worrying. Everything in moderation is all good and that, but if you’re consuming half your caloric intake in one sitting that’s got to put a pretty bad strain on your heart.

So here goes – the top 11 unhealthiest high street breakfasts:

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Wow, looks like Wetherspoons is the main offender here. I would’ve predicted it would be something like Maccy’s or Greggs or something. Still, it might be bad for you, but you can’t argue that their prices aren’t decent.

Here’s What You Can Buy In Wetherspoons On A Diet And A Budget

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Only kidding. These dishes are what our favourite pub chain Wetherspoons are portraying as ‘healthy’, when in actual fact you might as well be eating a sugar-coated stick of butter.

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Yes, they might be easy on the pocket, but in no way are they the plate of superfood goodness that cheeky Spoons is telling us they are. If you’ve been eating any of these dishes thinking you’re doing your body a favour then you’ve been mugged off.

1) Porridge with banana and honey

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Think you’re doing yourself a solid by swerving the greasy fry-up in place for a nice and wholesome porridge with fruit and nature’s nectar? Think again buddy. A recent health organisation survey found that this plate of sweetness contains 64.3g of sugar. Yes, you read that right. Bear in mind you’re only meant to have around 25g at most, that’s a pretty hefty intake for one sitting. Hello fillings.

2) Superfood pasta with Grilled Halloumi

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You just assume that anything with superfood in the title is going to be good for you, but this cheeky dish is telling you a lie. Not only does it contain 902 calories (nearly half your daily intake), but it contains 107% of your daily saturated fat. So basically you can eat this, but only if you eat -7% saturated fat for the rest of the day. Is a superfood pasta really worth it? 

3) Broccoli and cheese soup

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Soup’s got to be healthy right? I mean, yeah it’s got a bit of cheese in it. But it’s mostly just vegetables and broth – how the hell can they make that unhealthy? By loading the fucker with salt, that’s how. This average lunch choice contains 4.3g of salt, which is 72% of your daily intake. And like the superfood pasta, there’s more than 108% of your allowance of saturated fat in this soup. What the actual fuck?

4) Chicken Caesar Salad

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Salad. Thank god. There’s no way lettuce and shitty, lean meat can be bad for you. That’s what the doctors tell you to eat. Well, not in Wetherspoons. Some bent chef around the back must be loading this plate with liquefied duck fat or something, because a Chicken Caesar Salad at Wetherspoons will take up 92% of your daily saturated fat allowance and 69% of your salt intake. So after that satisfying dish, you’d better eat sparsely for the rest of the week. 

5) Chicken and avocado wrap 

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The final offender is an incredibly boring mix of white meat and avocado. Are you ready for this? Here goes – the Chicken and Avocado Wrap at Wetherspoons contains 1,265 calories – more than 63% of your daily intake. Not to mention 80% of your fat allowance and 61% of your salt.

Shocker right? So what have we learnt here? Basically, if you want to eat healthily and don’t want to be a fat cunt, don’t eat in Wetherspoons. But as if any of us go there in search of a balanced meal anyway.

Don’t worry Wetherspoons – your drink deals are so good that we could never stay mad at you.

Think You Can Eat? This ‘Parmo Kebab’ Contains Over 8000 Calories

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If you’ve ever faced eating 8000 calories in one meal – that’s more than 4 times the recommended daily amount for women and three times the recommended daily amount for men – then get yourself up to the George Pub and Grill in Stockton where you can purchase the ‘Parmo Kebab’.

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If you’ve never heard of a parmo then some might say that you’ve never lived, but it’s a signature dish up in Middlesbrough that’s basically like a pizza on a piece of breaded chicken. It’s as delicious/gross as it sounds.

The parmo kebab takes it up another notch though. For the price of just £13.95, it’s two massive parmos filled with kebab meat. Due to the number of calories contained in the sandwich, you actually have to sign a disclaimer before you eat it promising not to sue the pub if you have a heart attack. If you show signs of heart failure whilst eating it though, then they will drive you to the nearest hospital. Nice of them.

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Bar manager Craig Harker said the following about the parmo kebab:

If anyone has a heart attack after eating the meal we’ll pay for a taxi to the hospital.

And if they do pop their clogs whilst eating it, we’ll chip in on the headstone.

The dish has gone down very, very well.

Looks can be deceiving. For example, here the sandwich looks pretty normal – but it is packed with just so many carbs.

It only really takes 10 minutes to make – so we usually get them out pretty quick.

Probably need to get them out quick so that people don’t change their mind when they realise the hell that they’re about to be putting their bodies through. Still, it sounds like a good once in a lifetime meal – unfortunately I can’t see myself travelling up to Stockton to try it anytime soon. Maybe one day though.

For more kebabs, check out the most expensive kebab in the world. And it’s available in London.

This 960 Pound Man Is A Modern Day Hercules

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I can understand why people would want to be strong, but I’ve never really got why people want to get so big that they end up looking like the guy you can see above me.

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His name is Arbab Khizer, he’s 25 years old and he’s claiming that he’s the strongest man in Pakistan. He decided to become so big because he dreams of becoming a power lifting champion.

In order to maintain and grow his massive frame, Khizer eats 10,000 calories a day, including 36 eggs for breakfast, 5 litres of milk and 3kg of meat. That’s probably more than I eat in a week.

You can watch Kizer in action in the video below. He demonstrates his strength by holding back moving cars with just his bare hands:

Pretty strong huh? I suppose that is pretty impressive, but I just wouldn’t want to weigh 960 pounds and be that humongous, even if it meant I could hold back a car.

Still, fair play to the guy for being dedicated enough to his goals by giving it his all and putting everything into it. Hope he manages to win that powerlifting championship or whatever it is he’s trying to master.

For more insanely strong dudes, watch this guy pick up a car with his bare hands and move it. Beefy.


Check Out The Tallest Teenager In The World, Already On His Way To The NBA

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We’ve featured 7’7″ basketball teenager Robert Bobroczky before on the site, where a year ago he was learning how to play basketball in the prestigious Stella Azzurra academy in Rome. Things have changed drastically since then.

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Robert has now moved over to the Spire Institute in Geneva, Ohio – an Olympic/American basketball training institute – where he’s just made the Varsity team despite only being 16 years old. What an incredible achievement, but I suppose a lot of it is down to his height. However, coaches are also quick to say that he has a lot of talent too and is dedicated to becoming the best he can be in the sport.

Robert himself is trying to pack on a lot of muscle to his wiry frame to give him a real chance against people in the NBA:

I’m mostly trying to get my body stronger and better.

I’m eating 4,000 calories per day in 7 different meals and want to weigh between 220-230 pounds by the end of the season.

I’m also working on my speed, mobility, and every part of my game.

Considering he’s only 16, he sounds like the kind of kid who’s absolutely going to make it in the future as a pro player. Probably only a couple of years before we see him in the NBA. Can’t wait.

For more basketball, check out the greatest basketball comeback of all time. Unbelievable.

This New App Will Teach You How To Finally Go Down On A Girl Properly

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Any guy who knows anything about having sex with a girl will tell you that you’ve got to go down on them if you really want to show them a good time, but it can be kinda tricky to get to the point where you actually know what you’re doing down there.

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Thankfully now – as with most things in this life these days – there’s an app to help us out with that. It’s called Lickster and you can see how it works in the promo video for it below:

OK, so I think the fact that it wasn’t actually real came to the forefront when they announced that you could easily broadcast your high score to Facebook, Snapchat and LinkedIn, but in reality I don’t think it’s actually THAT bad an idea. From what I’ve heard a lot of guys could do with some help in that department, so maybe someone should actually knuckle down and make this app?

Might be a real money spinner, if guys actually want to spend their spare time licking their phone I suppose. Sure some people out there would play it for that elusive high score though, even if they didn’t want to share it with their co-workers.

There’s also another benefit of going down on your woman – apparently it burns more calories than going to the gym. Who would have thought it?

Improve Your Sex Life With The World’s First Ever ‘Smart Condom’

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One of the absolute worst things about having sex is when you have to use a condom, because it completely kills the moment.

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Unfortunately, if you don’t want to get pregnant or catch a disease though, it’s a very necessary part of sexual intercourse for most of us. And it’s about to become an even more awkward and awful experience – albeit a lot more safer perhaps – with the introduction of the new i.Con or ‘Smart Condom’.

This new ring will fit over your condom and will not only monitor calories burnt, the number of thrusts, girth measurements and duration of intercourse, but will also tell you whether or not you have a sexual disease when you place it on your dick. Fantastic – sure that won’t be awkward at all when it starts flashing off when someone is about to have sex with you.

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All of that data is also transferable to your smartphone, presumably so you can easily share it with other people via social media as well. Again, definitely a feature that I just didn’t know I needed in my life at all. But boy am I glad it’s here. Aaron Slater – a spokesperson for British Condoms (dream job) – said the following:

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We knew we were on the cusp of creating something special with i.Con and bringing a new meaning to ‘wearable tech’, but being advocates of safe sex, we wanted something more and the addition of an STI indicator has certainly done that.

It certainly has. Whilst I don’t doubt that the inclusion of an STI indicator is useful, I still can’t get over how awful it’s gonna be when it starts flashing or whatever before you have sex. Or how the phrase “wait, I need to get my smart condom on as well” is going to integrate into English vocabulary.

Still, it seems to be really popular as apparently 96,000 people have pre-ordered it already despite it costing £60. Maybe it’s just me? For more on safe sex, check out this new condom that’s designed to feel exactly like human skin.

Science Finds That Taking A Hot Bath Burns More Calories Than A Workout

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Everybody wants to lose weight, but hardly anyone wants to put the effort in to achieve that. Thankfully, science is telling us that there might be another way thanks to hot baths. Alright.

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A recent study at Loughborough University compared two sets of men taking part in two different activities for an hour – enjoying a 104 degree bath (that’s not too hot and normally the temperature of a jacuzzi so don’t worry about that) or cycling on an exercise bike for an hour. Here’s what they found out:

Cycling resulted in more calories being burned compared with a hot bath, but bathing resulted in about as many calories being burned as a half-hour walk (around 140 calories).

The overall blood sugar response to both conditions was similar, but peak blood sugar after eating was about 10% lower when participants took a hot bath compared with when they exercised.

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We also showed changes to the inflammatory response similar to that following exercise.

The anti-inflammatory response to exercise is important as it helps to protect us against infection and illness, but chronic inflammation is associated with a reduced ability to fight off diseases.

This suggests that repeated passive heating may contribute to reducing chronic inflammation, which is often present with long-term diseases, such as type 2 diabetes.

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OK, so it might not burn as many calories as a full blown workout, but at least it’s actually burning calories and all you’re doing there is lying around enjoying yourself, maybe watching a movie or reading a book. So next time you feel like skipping a workout, just take a bath instead and you won’t feel so bad about it. Sounds good to me.

For more baths, check out this guy bathing in 600lbs of Nutella. Not sure if that’s gonna have the same effect.

These Smoked Whiskey Cheeseburgers Look Absolutely Incredible

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Say what you want about southern American rednecks, they sure know how to do BBQ food right and this video is pure evidence of that.

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The video comes from the self styled BBQ Pit Boys and involves a recipe for what looks like one of the most delicious cheeseburgers I’ve ever seen: the BBQ Smoked Whiskey Cheeseburger. These boys know how to BBQ:

Man that looks good, doesn’t it? Never really thought about putting mushrooms AND peppers on a burger but I might have to do that in the future.

Not sure how the guys are even going to get their mouths around them because they’re absolutely huge, but they seem pretty experienced with their BBQing so I’ll assume they know what they’re doing when it comes to eating them as well.

I’ve gotta comment on the delivery too – he absolutely nails the slow southern drawl and the slow southern way of cooking BBQ food. Gotta love that comment about vegetarians too – “watch the vegomatics attack on this one”. Yeah, OK dude.

For more burgers, check out the Nelson’s Column burger. Only 10,500 calories.

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