The Checkup: 10 Delicious Ways to Boost Your Metabolism Fast


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• After a full month of holiday festivities—and lots of heavy holiday meals—I’m sure we’d all do just about anything to get our metabolisms moving, right? These 10 foods should help do the trick. [Self]

• So THIS is how you’re supposed to breathe when you run. [POPSUGAR Fitness]

• The cure for the common cold? Hugs! Seriously—science says so. Now, how you will get anyone to hug you when you have a killer cold, I don’t know. [Science of Us]

• If you fall asleep playing Candy Crush on your iPhone and wake up checking Twitter, you so need to read this: The case for why we should all leave our phones (and iPads, and laptops) far, far away from the bedroom. [The Atlantic]

• Here, how to finally (finally!) nail a handstand. [Greatist]

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