Articles for category: Health

March 31, 2025

Luna Carver

chewing gum explosion

Chewing Gum Nightmare: Your Gum’s Packed with Plastic!

Hold onto your jaws, gum lovers: that refreshing chew might be stuffing you with microplastics! A wild UCLA study dropped at the American Chemical Society’s Spring 2025 meeting reveals a terrifying fact—each piece of gum unleashes hundreds to thousands of plastic bits into your mouth. Yep, you’re swallowing them! Testing 10 top gum brands, researchers found every gram sheds up to 600 microplastics—meaning a 6-gram stick could hit you with 3,000 plastic invaders per chew. Synthetic or “natural,” it doesn’t matter—they’re all plastic-spewing culprits. Chew 160 sticks a year? That’s 30,000 microplastics down your throat, joining the flood from food

March 26, 2025

Evelyn Storme

picture of two burgers

Two Burgers Beat One with Fries: The Fast Food Hack Going Viral!

Move over, fries—there’s a new king of the fast food game, and it’s double the cheeseburgers! A jaw-dropping food hack is taking the internet by storm, claiming that scarfing down two cheeseburgers is not only tastier but smarter than the classic one-burger-and-fries combo. And the numbers don’t lie—this burger bonanza might just be your next go-to order. Nutrition guru Emily Field dropped the bombshell in Newsweek, revealing that two cheeseburgers pack more protein, fewer calories, and keep you full longer than pairing a single patty with those greasy spuds. Take McDonald’s: one cheeseburger (300 calories, 15 g protein) plus medium

March 2, 2025

Clara Wisp

bad watermelon

Never eat this food

Watermelon reigns supreme as a beloved summer fruit, prized for its succulent sweetness and revitalizing properties. Bursting with water, natural sugars, and vital vitamins, it’s the ultimate choice when the heat intensifies. Yet, beneath its reputation as a beacon of hydration and wellness lies a potential danger—cracks within the flesh that signal it’s time to pause before taking a bite. The Allure of Watermelon in Summer What makes watermelon a seasonal star? Beyond its delicious flavor, it’s a hydration powerhouse, with roughly 90% of its makeup being water—perfect for scorching days. It’s also packed with vitamins A, B6, and C,