Playing golf ideal way to stay fit burning 1,500 calories in an average round

Macmillan Cancer Support said golfers walk between four and eight miles while working their way through an 18-hole course, completing between 11,245 and 16,667 steps in the process. Those golfers who carry their clubs can also chip away more than 1,500 calories during an average round. Quoting research from the British Journal of Sports Medicine, […]

THIS is how many calories you eat on a flight… and the amount will SHOCK you

A long aeroplane journey is normally filled with snacks and meals throughout, helping bored passengers to pass the time. But sadly, this does not always mean tasty food. But new book Gastrophysics: The New Science of Eating, written by Oxford professor Charles Spence, has revealed the shocking amount of calories that passengers eat in the […]

How to boost your metabolism: Burn more calories with these simple tricks

GETTY Eating little and often can help keep you metabolism functioning effectively Or maybe you’ve hit your 40s and are now struggling to keep your waistline in check (when in the past you could eat what you wanted without gaining a pound).  Both are common problems and the natural response for many is to blame […]

How many calories is that human? A nutritional guide for prehistoric cannibals

If you were to eat, say, another human being, how many calories would you be taking in? That’s a valid question not only for health-conscious people, but for anthropologists, too. You see, our human ancestors were cannibals — but we don’t really know why. Did they kill and eat each other like they would a […]

How many calories do you burn during sex? THIS condom device could tell you

The i-Con Smart Condom is billed as a new form of wearable technology which provides all the statistics men need to monitor their sex life. The device will also help detect sexually transmitted diseases such as chlamydia and syphilis. Inventors have said the kit will be available in 2017, exclusively from British Condoms. This data […]

Weight loss – a 30 minute session on THIS machine could burn 800 calories

Launching in the UK, the treatment exposes the body to -160 degrees in a liquid nitrogen tank.  The treatment has the potential to increase the metabolic rate to burn a whopping 500 to 800 calories within just 24 hours, compared to the 180 250 calories an average person burns during an hour gym session. The […]

We photographed 150 calories of all our favorite snacks — and the results are depressing

Hollis Johnson When’s the last time you ate just two Oreos? Yeah, we can’t recall the last time we did either. Yet that is the standard FDA serving size listed on the back of the package.* Read on to see what the standard serving size — or around 150 calories — of your other favorite snack […]