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Operation Hangover: 8 Foods That Are Worth More Than an Aspirin
Headache, nausea, fatigue, bad mood? If you drank too much last night, you might be suffering from what is popularly known as a "hangover," or what scientists call "veisalgia" (from the Norwegian keys, something like "restlessness after excessiveness," with the Greek ending algia, meaning "pain"). The usual thing, the next day, is to search the fridge desperately and kitchen cupboards in search of something – be it solid, liquid, animal, or vegetable – that will alleviate our discomfort. Are there foods that can help us in this distressing situation? The answer is yes.
By Marco Antonio4 years ago in Proof
6 websites that pay you for little tasks.
1.MTurk In essence, Mechanical Turk is an online marketplace that pays participants to accomplish modest jobs. HITs are the tasks that users complete (Human Intelligence Tasks). Mturk operates by matching up the requester with employees who carry out the desired tasks in exchange for a payment that the requester specifies next to each HIT. Your worker ratings will rise as a result of your accurate work on HITs, which will eventually boost your chances of receiving more assignments.
By Alex Andrei4 years ago in Proof
The 4 Alcoholic Drinks That Are Worst for Blood Sugar
Keep your blood sugar consistent by considering these four drinks before making a beverage choice.Did you know that consuming alcohol can help to lower your blood sugar? The American Diabetes Association (ADA) claims that a daily drink might enhance insulin sensitivity and blood sugar control, which may seem unusual. This is true if you only have one or two drinks each day, which is considered to be no more than a 5-ounce glass of wine, a 12-ounce lager, or 1.5 ounces of an 80-proof spirit.
By Shashini Thennakoon4 years ago in Proof
Bad Movie Drinking Game - Cyrano (2022)
Ever since I saw the trailer for Cyrano back in October, I knew it would be a new classic bad movie. The trailer, which I would go on to see before every movie I saw in theatres for the next six months, is jam-packed with corny dialogue and lazy singing. It contains a conversation, which I have since memorized, that made me laugh so much that I knew, right away, that this movie was destined to be a bad movie drinking game. The conversation goes as follows, performed with breathy, posh British accents:
By Natalie McC4 years ago in Proof
"In What Furnace Was Thy Brain?"*. Top Story - June 2022.
*From "The Tyger" by William Blake Most amino acids build proteins. Undeniably important, they are the basis of the body's structure. Nevertheless, some amino acids have other roles, roles that help sew together the vast complex of protein structures into a seamlessly moving, thinking creature.
By D. Thea Baldrick4 years ago in Proof
Margaritas, Baby
Walk with me. You are twenty years old, sitting in a dive bar on the outskirts of San Antonio. San Antonio is the desert. You prefer the snow, yet love led you astray. This isn't the kind of bar that will serve you some trendy, alcohol-free beverage besides Coke, and Coke is not going to be enough to rescue a Canadian in Texas after a long day of spelunking.
By Call Me Les4 years ago in Proof
Lost Memories
My head was pounding and I felt as if I'd been hit by a freight train. I was disoriented and I wasn't particularly sure where I was. I looked around and realized that I had been sleeping on my buddy Mark's pool table in his basement. As I looked around the room there were people passed out all over the room. It smelled of whiskey and stale beer combined with the revolting smell of vomit. How did I get here? I thought to myself as I climbed off the pool table and rushed to the bathroom, barely making it before I puked.
By Kayla Kobi4 years ago in Proof
The High Life
My favorite summer food is bottled Miller High Life beer. The most versatile of beverages, its circular, grated bottom slides spinning seamlessly into any occasion – whether an afternoon sitting by the noisy, urine-filled community pool; an evening flipping seasoned, elotes corn-on-the-cob with clicking, insectoid metal tongs on the grill; or a late, moon-lit night listening to classic-rock around the flickering fire. High Life is never out of place. As far as light, mass-produced domestic beers go, High Life contains within its bubbly, transparent glass encasement the best of every world. It’s hint of citrus provides refreshment, though its full-body is flavorful enough to be unique. It’s classic. It’s a beverage somehow both formal and trashy – somehow both pretentious and modest. And don’t go telling me that Miller High Life doesn’t qualify as food. I’ve spent many an afternoon filling my belly with that fizzy goodness, sustaining myself more than well enough – through an afternoon on the golf course, or at the pool, or by the creek – until the inevitable evening barbecue allowed me the opportunity to fill my stomach with something more traditionally “nutritious”. I can’t gush about it enough, as you can tell. It does its simple, though necessary job, perfectly.
By Robert Pettus4 years ago in Proof
