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phuketrichard · Post by **phuketrichard** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 5:28 pm

Scientists Have More Bad News for People Who Like Bacon and Alcohol

Does anyone dare eat meat nowadays? After the World Health Organisation (WHO) compared ham sandwiches to cigarettes and researchers at the University of Texas discovered that barbecued meat (oh, the irony) could lead to kidney cancer, the carnivorous diet is looking less and less appealing.

Not surprising, then, that nearly a third of Brits cut back on meat following the WHO announcement and almost everyone you know seems to be going “flexitarian.” What’s next? Notoriously militant anti-meat activists running for public office? Oh wait.

https://munchies.vice.com/en/articles/s ... nd-alcohol

YouTube · Post by **General Mackevili** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 5:37 pm

Well, I hear you, and this is all I can reply with:

Study says pizza, not money, boosts productivity at work

She works hard for the money, but she works even harder for pizza.

That’s what Duke University psychology professor Dan Ariely found in an experiment he describes in his new book, Payoff: The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivations.

To conduct the study, Ariely sent three out of four workers at a semiconductor factory in Israel messages at the start of the week that promised them specific rewards for assembling a prescribed number of chips each day.

One group was promised a “Well Done!” text message from the boss at the end of the week. Another group was promised a bonus of about $30. A third group was told they would get a voucher for a free pizza. A fourth group, roughly 25 percent of the workers, got no message and no offer...

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2016/08/ ... y-at-work/