The Checkup: Why You Should Order a Fancy Cocktail Tonight — For Your Waistline

And more healthy reads for your morning.

• One weekend habit that could help you shed pounds? When you head out for drinks after work with friends (because it’s the freakin’ weekend!), treat yourself to a fancy cocktail instead of a cheap happy hour deal. It’s simple math: If you’re sticking to a budget, you’ll probably indulge in just one instead of overdoing it on the cheap stuff, lowering your calorie count in the process. [Women’s Health]


• Prepare to roll your eyes: Limited edition wellness drinks are a thing now. In fact, Suja just came out with a limited edition activated charcoal concoction today. [Well + Good]

• Rosemary, sage and sex: The keys to living ’til 100? [The Daily Beast]

• Your obsession with self-diagnosing yourself on Google is ruining doctors’ lives. So stop. For your sanity and theirs. [Science of Us]

• A question we never thought would come: Have we reached peak Whole Foods? (For the love of kombucha variety, say no.) [Grub Street]

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