The Checkup: 8 Foods That’ll Undo Your Training

Photograph by Mitchell Leff

• Training for the Philadelphia Marathon? You might want to cut out these foods. Like, all of them, and right now. [Active.com]

• How many of these bad workout habits are you guilty of? [Health]

• You need to relax! Get your de-stressing on with Philly’s six best spa treatments this fall. (Pumpkin facial, anyone?) [Shoppist]

• This six-year-old ran a half marathon at a 12:47-per-mile pace, setting a world record for her age group. Dang. [Competitor]

• Alicia Silverstone may want your breast milk, but you may not want hers. A new study of breast milk purchased through an online breast-milk sharing website turned up some alarming findings. [NPR]