Archives for the ‘Food and Fitness’ Category

The Tale of Tofurky

By Ylan • Aug 26th, 2008 • Category: Food and Fitness

Seth Tibbott was just an ordinary hippie living in a treehouse when he came up with a multimillion-dollar idea that would become a cultural icon and make him the hero of vegetarians around the world.



Bringing your own “sexy back”

By Ylan • Aug 30th, 2008 • Category: Food and Fitness

Why should Justin Timberlake be the only one bringing sexy back? Ylan searches for advice from personal trainers, chiropractors and the best spas to help you look good coming and going.



A Wicked Change of Pace, Courtesy of the Marine Corps 


By Ylan • Aug 30th, 2008 • Category: Food and Fitness

No one ever claimed that running was a pretty sport. Sweat streams from the brow. Deerflies bite at the neck. Chafing — well, don’t even get us started on that one. Now, the Marine Corps Marathon has set out to make running downright dirty. Ylan gets her hands — and everything else — dirty as she tests out the group’s new 5K mud run and obstacle course.



Tastes Like Home: Po’ Boys

By Ylan • Aug 30th, 2008 • Category: Food and Fitness

Ylan hunts for the most authentic version of this New Orleans classic in the nation’s capital. It turns out that po’boys are hard to replicate, but the research sure is fun.



Fitness Epiphanies — and Things That Hold Us Back

By Ylan • Aug 30th, 2008 • Category: Food and Fitness

At some point, after all the yo-yo dieting and broken New Year’s resolutions, we turn a corner and turn our lives around. A look at how and why we get ourselves in shape.



Soft Drinks Get Softer: New Niche Aims to Quench Stress

By Ylan • Aug 20th, 2009 • Category: Consumer Culture, Food and Fitness, Recession Living

Published on: Saturday, 8/15/2009, The Washington Post, front page
Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/14/AR2009081403463.html 
 
EVERY action must have an equal and opposite reaction, or so the laws of physics say. Push and pull. Proton and electron. Gravity and levity.
And now, Red Bull and Drank.
Drank falls in an emerging category of “relaxation beverages,” concocted to soothe the overextended, overbooked and overworked masses that [...]