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Ways to Burn 200 Calories

AsapSCIENCE enumerates some wacky ways to burn 200 calories. For instance, 45 sessions of tooth-brushing will do the trick!

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Up Next? Maggot Burgers

Have you ever considered having caterpillars or termites for dinner? Insects may be repulsive to the average Westerner but the squishy insides of the critter’s crunchy exoskeleton are rich in proteins, and also provide several other health benefits for humans.

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The Paleo Diet Delusion

“The fact is that organisms are never perfectly suited to their environment,” says evolutionary biologist Marlene Zuk, “the way evolution works is through a whole series of compromises and jerry-rigged solutions based on what was there before.”

Zuk sat down with ReasonTV’s Tracy Oppenheimer to discuss her findings in her new book Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live. She says that the paleo diet, philosophy and lifestyle overlook “a lot of really cool stuff that’s been happening in evolution.”

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