YOUR FRIENDS' ACTIVITY

    Shine On

    • Brazilian woman named all her 15 children Walter

      By | Shine On – Wed, 15 May, 2013 11:53 AM EDT
      The Brandao family. (Courtesy Brandao family/Oddity Central)

      How much do you love your spouse? Enough to name all fifteen of your children after them?

      When Brazilian woman Erotides Brandao got pregnant for the first time, she and her husband agreed to name their daughter Walterlucia, as a tribute to the husband's first name -- Walter.

      The trend continued for an additional 14 sons and daughters, and to this day all her children are named some variation of Walter.

      Also see: Jacob and Sophia top list of most popular baby names

      ''He asked to put his name on all of our children," Brandao told Brazilian news station Globo last year. She was 88 years-old at the time.

      To simplify things, the couple decided to add traditional female and male names to the end of Walter.

      The corresponding names are as follows: Walterlivia, Walterlenia, Walterlonia, Walterlacia, Walterluzia, Walterluana, Walterangelina, Waltersilviana, Walteremanuel, Walterluis, Walteroliver, Waltermarcelo, Walterlicinio and Walterfernando.

      ''I didn't know so many [children] would come, but we

      Read More »

    • Scroll through the slideshow below to see the complete workout. (American College of Sports Medicine Health & Fitness Journal)Scroll through the slideshow below to see the complete workout. (American College of Sports Medicine Health & Fitness Journal)Behold the painful, yet short workout.

      Time and time again we've been told that short high-intensity workouts can be just as effective as long endurance training, if performed correctly.

      And now, new research suggests that a seven minute high-intensity workout using a chair and 12 moves, each 30 seconds long, is equally as efficient for weight loss and overall health as long endurance training.

      “Established research has proven that it works,” study author Chris Jordan from the Human Performance Institute in Orlando, Fla. tells the Toronto Star. “We know that high-intensity interval training is just as effective as longer endurance training, usually in a shorter time.”

      Also see: Walking is just as healthy as running, study reveals

      Published in the May-June issue of the American College of Sports Medicine’s Health & Fitness Journal, the study claims that the seven minute routine should not be performed more than three to four times a week. Each move is to be done 15-20 times with a 5-10

      Read More »

    • Every now and then well-respected international organizations make statements that when heard out of context can leave you scratching your head.

      Have you ever eaten an insect or would you ever eat one? (United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization)On Monday, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) published a press release that discussed the general importance of maintaining forests around the globe. Nothing new there.

      Yet buried midway down the release it states that eating insects found in forests can be very nutritious and might help with the obesity crisis and world hunger because they are lean sources of protein.

      Of course, to many Westerners, the idea of eating bugs is repulsive, yet more than 1,900 species of insects are eaten around the world, mainly in Africa and Asia. And when put in the context of global hunger and an obesity epidemic, eating insects doesn't seem so extreme.

      Also see: In vitro burger costs $325,000 but tastes 'reasonably good'

      "In the West we have a cultural bias, and think that because insects come from developing countries, they cannot be

      Read More »

    Pagination

    1. 1
    2. 2
    3. 3
    4. 4
    5. 5
    6. 6
    7. 7
    8. 8
    9. 9
    10. 10
    (1,207 Stories)
    POLL

    A brain cancer survivor is fighting to keep his 'F Cancr' licence plate after authorities told him to remove it. Do you think he should be allowed to keep it?

    Loading...
    Poll Choice Options

    See results

    This poll is expired